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Longtime Companion is a american film of genre Drama directed by Norman René released in USA on 11 october 1989 with Campbell Scott
Longtime Companion (1989)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 october 1989
Length 1h36
Directed by Norman René
OriginUSA
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Rating75%
Longtime Companion is a 1989 film with Bruce Davison, Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy, and Mary-Louise Parker. The first wide-release theatrical film to deal with the subject of AIDS, the film takes its title from the words The New York Times used to describe the surviving same-sex partner of someone who had died of AIDS during the 1980s.
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Longtime Companion chronicles the first years of the AIDS epidemic as seen through its impact on several gay men and the straight sister of one of them. The film is split into several sections identified by dates.Actors
Campbell Scott
(Willy)
Bruce Davison
(David)
Mary-Louise Parker
(Lisa)
Patrick Cassidy
(Howard)
John Dossett
(Paul)
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