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Buddies

...The first dramatic movie about AIDS

8.2(54)
Released:September 12, 1985
Runtime:1h 21m
Status:Released

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.

Cast

Geoff Edholm

Robert Willow

David Schachter

David Schachter

David Bennett

Libby Saines

Mrs. Bennett

David Rose

David Rose

Steve

Billy Lux

Edward

Joyce Korn

Lynn

Susan Schneider

Sylvia Douglas

Tracy Vivat

Nurse

Damon Hairston

Gym Instructor

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David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.

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