FILM

Buddies (1985)

Name: Buddies
Director: Arthur J. Bressan
Genre: Drama
Released: 1985-09-12
Cast: Geoff Edholm, David Schachter, Libby Saines, David Rose, Billy Lux

Film · 1985 · 81 min · NR · Drama

...The first dramatic movie about AIDS

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.

Directed by Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.

Starring Geoff Edholm, David Schachter, Libby Saines, David Rose, Billy Lux, Joyce Korn, Susan Schneider, Tracy Vivat

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Release dates in United States

In cinemas	12 September 1985
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First release anywhere	12 September 1985

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