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Matthew McConaughey plays hard living electrician and rodeo rider, Ron Woodroof. Woodroof is a supercharged cowboy-redneck dynamo who finally hits the deck one day only to wake up in a Dallas hospital with a diagnosis of HIV and having 30 days to live. In a state of disbelief, he refuses to accept his death sentence and begins to seek out what he can do for himself by crossing the border to find a solution. He comes back with a trunk full of drugs (non FDA approved) and begins to distribute them by selling monthly memberships. The time is 1985 and AZT was just then being used in trials which proved more fatal than the disease while the FDA was blocking almost every from of treatment from outside the country. Amazingly, Woodroof beat his 30 day sentence by seven years before succumbing.MM and the supporting cast are good but Jared Leto gives an Oscar worthy performance as Rayon who is Woodroof's cross-dressing gay business partner also afflicted with AIDS. This film is well worth a trip to the theater.
Edits: 12/09/13Follow Ups:
...McConaughey and Leto are spectacular and sure to be nominated for Oscars.
On the other hand Jennifer Garner is out of place and turns in two-dimensional smiley performance.
I vividly recall the era (I'm in healthcare and was working with AIDS patients in SF at the time) when Reagan was president denying any government support for the AIDS epidemic.
If the topic and era interest you, I recommend you read "The Band Played On" by Randy Shilts.
as well as MM for Lead Actor and Leto as Support Actor.PS. Dench as Lead Actress (Philomena)
Edits: 12/11/13
The Dallas Buyers Club is based on a true story about Ron Woodruff (McConaughey), a redneck, heterosexual Texan who contracts the HIV virus in the 1980s. There is lots of sex, drugs, drinking, homosexuals, and even transsexuals, in addition to great acting, so be warned, this movie is not for everyone. However, it teaches us many lessons about how the state and its agents work.
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Excellent commentary on the 'Dallas Buyers Club' . . .
Edits: 12/11/13
Completely agree about the movie and Jared Leto's performance.
Because of the sympathetic subject and Leto's performance I can't help but think this will be buzzed for Oskie's.
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