Movie
The Normal Heart
Overview
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-05-25
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- HBO Films, 20th Century Fox Television, Ryan Murphy Television, Plan B Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks
- Matt Bomer as Felix Turner
- Taylor Kitsch as Bruce Niles
- Jim Parsons as Tommy Boatwright
- Alfred Molina as Ben Weeks
- Julia Roberts as Dr. Emma Brookner
- Joe Mantello as Mickey Marcus
- BD Wong as Buzzy
- Jonathan Groff as Craig
- Stephen Spinella as Sanford
- Finn Wittrock as Albert
- Denis O'Hare as Hiram Keebler
Crew
- Ryan Murphy - Director
- Larry Kramer - Screenplay
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