The Normal Heart

Year:

2014

Duration:

132 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

8

Director:

Ryan Murphy

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 45 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2014-05-25

Filming Locations: New York, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Mark Ruffalo

Ned Weeks

Jonathan Groff

Craig

Frank De Julio

Nick

William DeMeritt

Nino

Taylor Kitsch

Bruce Niles

Joe Mantello

Mickey Marcus

Sean Meehan

Morton

Stephen Spinella

Sanford

Jill Melanie Wirth

Receptionist

BD Wong

Buzzy

Julia Roberts

Dr. Emma Brookner

Jim Parsons

Tommy Boatwright

Adam B. Shapiro

Bella

John Mainieri

John

Matt Bomer

Felix Turner

Alfred Molina

Ben Weeks

Will Bradley

Mario

Chris Sullivan

Mike the Tech

Corey Brill

Henry

Frank Fortunato

City Hall Guard

Finn Wittrock

Albert

Armand Schultz

Dick Lombardo

Rebecca Watson

Sarabeth Clare

Gregory Adair

Malcom Murphy (as Greg Adair)

Danielle Ferland

Estelle

Joe Lanza

TV Reporter

Francois Battiste

Cameraman

Denis O'Hare

Hiram Keebler

Wenne Alton Davis

Gloria

Richard Prioleau

Phil

Patrick Woodall

Grady

Brett Glazer

Lenny

Rob Tunstall

Man on the Subway

Irena Bakovic

Stewardess

Catherine Chadwick

Albert's Mother

Eden Marryshow

Orderly

Scott Johnsen

Undertaker

Remy Auberjonois

Examining Doctor

Corey Stoll

John Bruno

Louis Armstrong

Orchestra Leader (archive footage: Hello Dolly)

Andrew Alberson

Beach Goer / Party Guest (uncredited)

Andy Allen

Meat Rack Guy (uncredited)

Anna Allen

New York Times (uncredited)

Shaun Allen

Beach Goer (uncredited)

Jake Allyne

Man in Woods / Partygoer (uncredited)

Frank Bal

Koch Security Detail (uncredited)

David Beck

Disco Guy (uncredited)

Raymond Michael Bell

GMHC Worker (uncredited)

Lorenzo Beronilla

Pedestrian (uncredited)

Jacob Devik

Disco Patron (uncredited)

Eduardo J. Escobar

Disco Dancer (uncredited)

Joe Fionda

Ferry Rider (uncredited)

Adam Francisco

Disco Dancer (uncredited)

Les Gardonyi

Reporter (uncredited)

David Gibson

NY Times Reporter (uncredited)

Matthew Gooley

Health Committee Member (uncredited)

Jamie Greco

Party Goer (uncredited)

Wes Haskell

Guy in Pines / Bathhouse Goer (uncredited)

Frank Hernandez

Minister on the Beach (uncredited)

Corey Jantzen

Pool Guest (uncredited)

Daniel Keith

Disco Twink (uncredited)

John Kish

Gay Disco Couple (uncredited)

Jeanmarie Lally

Fag Hag (uncredited)

Benjamin Lott

Taxi Cab Driver (uncredited)

Richard Meiman

New York Times Reporter (uncredited)

Gregg Micheals

GMHC Volunteer (uncredited)

Ben Monk

Disco Queen (uncredited)

Mdivani Monroe

GMHC Fundraiser Attendee (uncredited)

Jesse Newman

Hospital Patient (uncredited)

Lisa Perez

Fag Hag (uncredited)

Josh Pesin

Janitor (uncredited)

Rich Petrillo

Pneumonia patient (uncredited)

Blake Pruitt

Yale Student (uncredited)

Romesh Radhakrishnan

Disco Dancer (uncredited)

James Roberts

Disco Attendee (uncredited)

Tyler Evan Rowe

Man's Country Ad Mustache Guy (uncredited)

Shade Rupe

Angry Activist (uncredited)

Christian Paul Sherwood

Disco Patron (uncredited)

Nancy Ellen Shore

NYC Government Bureaucrat (uncredited)

Robert Shulman

Newsroom Employee (uncredited)

John Stepanian

Fire Island Resident (uncredited)

Thomas W. Stewart

Man at Disco (uncredited)

Joseph Anthony Sudol

Fire Island Party Boy (uncredited)

Rafael Svarin

Disco Attendee (uncredited)

Yeuris Taveras

GMHC Staff (uncredited)

Tuna Tekeli

1982 Gay Disco Attendee (uncredited)

Jamie Theurich

Disco Dancer (uncredited)

Adrian Van Ess

Newsroom Employee (uncredited)

Stephen Velichko

Ferry Passenger (uncredited)

William Henderson White

New York Times Editor (uncredited)

Joe Zaso

Pines Tree Orgy Member (Center) (uncredited)

Zenon Zeleniuch

Ed Koch (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When Tommy Boatwright (Jim Parsons) pulls a card from his Rolodex and puts it along with a bunch of cards tied with a rubber band, is based on what David Geffen used to do those days. On November 18th 1992, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) gave Geffen the Commitment To Life Award at the Universal Amphitheater. During his acceptance speech he said: "When the first person I knew died, I couldn't bring myself to throw his Rolodex card away, so I saved it. I now have a rubber band around 341 cards". David Geffen was referring to Michael Bennett.

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Denis O'Hare also appears in Dallas Buyers Club (2013), another AIDS themed movie.

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When Ned reels off the names of doctors who treated him he refers to Drs. LaVerne, Patty, and Maxene. These are the names of The Andrews Sisters.

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Goofs

In "Men's Country" scene, when Ned gets in his room, the hinges of the door are on the right side; when Felix followed in, the hinges are on the left side.

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When Ned and his friends are trying to collect money for "Gay Cancer" in the park, the 3 quarters one donor throws down are all from the State Quarter Series, which was begun by the US Mint in 1999.

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When Felix is riding the subway while observing a rider with lesions, the subway car is immaculately clean and graffiti free. During the early-1980s (the time this film takes place), New York City subway cars were notoriously gritty looking with graffiti covering the inside and outside of the cars. Police officers were also a common sight as crime on the subway was at an all time high. During the late 1980s, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) which oversaw the city's subway services purchased a newer model from Canadian manufacturer Bombardier that was made of graffiti-proof alloys and had a different seat layout from previous trains. This model is the one used in this film.

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Quotes

Ned Weeks: [to the President's advisor] What exactly does your title mean in terms of our plague?

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Ned Weeks: I belong to a culture that includes Marcel Proust, Walt Whitman, Tennessee Williams, Alexander the Great, so many popes and cardinals you wouldn't believe. Mr. Green Beret, did you know that it was an openly gay Englishman who's responsible for winning World War II? His name's Alan Turing and he cracked the Germans' Enigma code. After the war was over, he committed suicide because he was so hounded for being gay. Why didn't they teach any of that in schools? A gay man is responsible for winning World War II! If they did, maybe he wouldn't have killed himself and you wouldn't be so terrified of who you are. That's how I want to be remembered. As one of the men who won the war.

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Felix Turner: You cannot force the goddamn sun to come out!

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