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And the Band Played On

Year:

1993

Duration:

141 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Roger Spottiswoode

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 21 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1993-09-11

Filming Locations: San Francisco, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

David Clennon

And the Band Played On

Matthew Modine

Dr. Don Francis

Alan Alda

Dr. Robert Gallo

Patrick Bauchau

Dr. Luc Montagnier

Nathalie Baye

Dr. Françoise Barre

Christian Clemenson

Dr. Dale Lawrence

Phil Collins

Eddie Papasano

Bud Cort

Antique shop owner

Alex Courtney

Dr. Mika Popovic

David Dukes

Dr. Mervyn Silverman

Richard Gere

The Choreographer

David Marshall Grant

Dennis Seeley

Ronald Guttman

Dr. Jean-Claude Chermann

Glenne Headly

Dr. Mary Guinan

Anjelica Huston

Dr. Betsy Reisz

Ken Jenkins

Dr. Dennis Donohue

Richard Jenkins

Dr. Marc Conant

Tchéky Karyo

Dr. Willy Rozenbaum

Swoosie Kurtz

Mrs. Johnstone

Jack Laufer

Brian McDonough

Donal Logue

Bobbi Campbell

Steve Martin

The Brother

Richard Masur

William W. Darrow, PhD

Dakin Matthews

Congressman Phil Burton

Ian McKellen

Bill Kraus

Peter McRobbie

Dr. Max Essex

Lawrence Monoson

Chip

Jeffrey Nordling

Gaetan Dugas

Saul Rubinek

Dr. Jim Curran

Charles Martin Smith

Dr. Harold Jaffe

Stephen Spinella

Brandy Alexander

Lily Tomlin

Dr. Selma Dritz

BD Wong

Kico Govantes

Walter Addison

Blood Bank executive

Jill Andre

Red Cross spokesperson

Alan Barry

Hemophiliac patient

Neal Benari

Dr. Tom Spira

David Dean Bottrell

Man #3

Rico Bueno

Bellevue Hospital Patient

Bill Carmichael

Delivery Man

Christopher Carroll

Dr. Aaron Kellner

Reg E. Cathey

Staff Doctor #2

John Del Regno

Man in Grand Central

John Durbin

6th Man

Mogens Eckert

Chief Executive (Copenhagen)

Carey Eidel

Tennis Player

Robert Briscoe Evans

2nd Reporter

Richard Fancy

Dr. Michael Gottlieb

Keythe Farley

Lab Technician

Christopher John Fields

Lawyer

Dave Florek

Doughnut Shop Counterman

Niki Guluchi

Sudanese Girl

Yasmine Golchan

Dr. Françoise Brun-Vezinet

Patrick Gorman

Charles Dauget

James Greene

Dr. Alvin Freedman-Kien

Jeff Hayenga

Dr. Bruce Voeller

Daniel Henning

Blaine

Ike Ikediashi

Sudanese Boy

Laura Innes

Hemophiliac Representative

Laura James

Margaret Heckler

Michael Kearns

Cleve

Erasor Kemie

Sudanese Student

Jack Kenny

San Francisco Activist

Thomas Kopache

Blood Bank Executive

Clyde Kusatsu

Blood Bank Executive

Frank Li'Bay

Desk Clerk

Rob LaBelle

Gay Rights Activist

Neal Lerner

1st Man

René Le Vant

Blood Bank Executive

Geoff Lower

Dr. David Simpson

Anthony Lucero

Mailroom Man

James Mastrantonio

8th Man

Jon Shear

Greg

Rosemary Murphy

Blood Bank Executive

Susanne Olsen

Intern (Copenhagen)

Angela Paton

Woman in Denver

Sierra Pecheur

Female Reporter

Miguel Pérez

Reporter

Martin Raymond

4th Man

Jeremy Regan

Ticket Seller

Robert Martin Robinson

Chief Administrator (French)

Valeri Ross

Jim's Secretary

Hildur Ruriks

Female Danish 2nd Executive

Tom Schanley

Waiter

Sean Whitesell

Country Club Attendant

Michael Winters

Middle-aged Man

William Wintersole

Dr. Paul Florino

Lenny Wolpe

Dr. Joseph Bove

Peter Allen

Himself (archive footage)

Edafe Okurume

Sudanese Driver

Arthur Ashe

Himself (epilogue sequence) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Aric Cushing

Street Walker

Brad Davis

Billy Hayes (epilogue sequence) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Denholm Elliott

Undetermined film role (epilogue sequence) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ryal Haakenson

Physician

Rock Hudson

Himself (epilogue sequence) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Magic Johnson

Himself (epilogue sequence) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Giorgio Kokosin

Hospital patient

Liberace

Himself (epilogue sequence) (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Lizzi

Congressional Aide

Geoffrey Lower

Dr. David Simpson

Roger Gail Lyon

Himself (uncredited)

Richard Marcus

Reporter

Freddie Mercury

Himself (epilogue sequence) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul Moncrief

Court Photographer

Anthony Perkins

Himself (epilogue sequence) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Princess Diana

Herself, in epilogue sequence (archive footage) (uncredited)

Richie Solomon

Procession Marcher

Michael Szymanski

Reporter

Elizabeth Taylor

Herself (epilogue sequence) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Matthew Modine and Donal Logue both worked on projects based on DC comics Batman; Modine for The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Logue for Gotham (2014).

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Mary Guinan, the role played by Glenne Headly, was Nevada's State Health Officer in the early 2000s. She has since retired.

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Produced despite heavy misgivings in the film industry. When film star Richard Gere accepted a small role, he broke the taboos - at grave risk to his career - about both the subject and major film stars taking small parts in TV productions. Subsequently Steve Martin, Alan Alda, Phil Collins and Anjelica Huston were willing to appear.

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Goofs

The shadow of the boom mic is visible during the scene of Dr. Gallo playing tennis.

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This movie is set early 1980s, but there is a box of Wheatables from the early 1990s on the coffee table.

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One scene opens in New York City, in January 1985. The shot is a fly-by of the Statue of Liberty. But in 1985, the Statue was surrounded by scaffolding.

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Quotes

Dr. Mary Guinan: How long has it been.

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Bobbi Campbell: Well, you know, if the gay community doesn't start raising hell, do you think Reagan is going to do a damn thing?

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Dr. Dennis Donohue: When the doctors start acting like businessmen, who do the people turn to for doctors?

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