AND THE BAND PLAYED ON

2h 21min | Drama, History |

United States

Synopsis
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
Director:

Roger Spottiswoode

Writer:

Randy Shilts (book)
Arnold Schulman (teleplay)

Producer:

Cynthia Fitzpatrick (producer: trailer)
Sarah Pillsbury (producer)
Midge Sanford (producer)
Arnold Schulman (co-producer)
Edward Teets (co-producer)
Marcia Basichis (associate producer)
Omneya 'Nini' Mazen (associate producer)
Albert M. Shapiro (associate producer)
Aaron Spelling (executive producer)
E. Duke Vincent (executive producer)
Karen J. McCabe (line producer: San Francisco)

Cinematographer:

Paul Elliott (director of photography)

Music/Composer:

Carter Burwell (music by)
Gary Chester (scoring engineer)
Robb Navrides (music editor)
Adam Milo Smalley (music editor)
Yvonne Yedibalian (second scoring engineer)
Carter Burwell (conductor / orchestrator)
John Moses (musician: clarinet soloist)

Editorial Department:

Lois Freeman-Fox (film editor)
Cynthia Fitzpatrick (editor: syndication / editor: trailer / editor: video montage)
Camille Bourque (assistant editor)
Daniel Craven (assistant editor)
Carrie Elizabeth Foresman (assistant editor)
Garth Craven (additional editor)
Terry Kelley (additional editor)
Gary Weimberg (additional editor)
Brent White (additional editor)
Dan Muscarella (color timer)
Barbara Riley (negative cutter)

Production Design/Art Department:

Victoria Paul (production designer)
Lee Maymen (art director)
Kris Boxell (art director: San Francisco)
Wendy Smith (art department coordinator)
Maya Shimoguchi (set designer)
Diana Allen Williams (set decorator)
Tom Craig (set dresser)
Stoney Emshwiller (set dresser)
Ryan Wilson (set dresser)
Jeff LeGore (set dresser)
Roger Nall (on-set dresser)
Ray Maxwell (propmaker)
Kim McDonald (propmaker)
Richard J. Brown (assistant props)
Allan A. Apone (key makeup artist)
Adam Brandy (makeup artist)
Michael Spatola (additional makeup artist)
Arturo Rojas (hair stylist)
Martin Christopher (additional hair stylist)
Sharon Rosenberg (costume supervisor)
Ariella Berbrier (costume assistant)
Rosa Leo (assistant to costume designer)
Patti Callicott (costumer)
Sandy Kenyon (costumer)
Nancy Malone (costumer)
Salvador Pérez Jr. (costumer)
Garet Reilly (costumer)
Danny Abadeza (special effects)

Production Management:

Jeffrey Downer (production manager)
Susan J. Hellmann (key set production assistant)
Casey B. Collins (production assistant)
D. Michael Dahlquist (production assistant)
Blake Danforth (production assistant)
Ronald Cosmo Vecchiarelli (production assistant)
Steve Cowie (production assistant)
Richard Lorenzana (production accountant)
Sharon Vise (assistant accountant)

Sound Department:

Peter Austin (supervising sound editor)
David Hawkins (supervising sound editor)
David Beadle (sound editor)
Peter Bergren (sound editor)
Ron Evans (sound editor)
James Hebenstreit (sound editor)
Sonya Henry (sound editor)
Steve Dutkovich (sound editor)
Gary Lewis (sound editor)
Albert Edmund Lord III (sound editor)
Pat McCormick (sound editor)
Bruce Tanis (sound editor)
Alyson Dee Moore (foley artist)
Brian Ruberg (foley mixer)
Paul Coogan (boom operator)
Dean Drabin (adr mixer)

Camera and Lighting Department:

Chris Squires (camera operator)
Scott Andrew Ressler (first assistant camera)
Doug Hunt (first assistant camera: San Francisco)
Debra Dotts-Sladek (second assistant camera)
Todd R. Beveridge (additional second assistant camera)
Bruce McCleery (gaffer)
Peter Thomas (gaffer: San Francisco)
Jules Labarthe (rigging gaffer)
Jeffrey P. Soderberg (rigging gaffer)
Michael Listorti (dolly grip)
John L. Dardis (electrician)
Willie E. Dawkins (electrician)
Jerry L. Mandley (electrician)
Jeff Orsa (daily rigging electrician)

Post-production:
Assistant/Associate Director:

Toby Lavallo (first assistant director: San Francisco)
Albert M. Shapiro (first assistant director)
Albert Cho (second assistant director)
Mark Hansson (second second assistant director)
Michael Scott Bryant (dga trainee)

Production Company:

HBO Films (as HBO Pictures)
Spelling Entertainment

Cast:

Matthew Modine (as Dr. Don Francis)
Alan Alda (as Dr. Robert Gallo)
Patrick Bauchau (as Dr. Luc Montagnier)
Nathalie Baye (as Dr. Françoise Barre)
Christian Clemenson (as Dr. Dale Lawrence)
David Clennon (as Mr. Johnstone)
Phil Collins (as Eddie Papasano)
Bud Cort (as Antique shop owner)
Alex Courtney (as Dr. Mika Popovic)
David Dukes (as Dr. Mervyn Silverman)
Richard Gere (as The Choreographer)
David Marshall Grant (as Dennis Seeley)
Ronald Guttman (as Dr. Jean-Claude Chermann)
Glenne Headly (as Dr. Mary Guinan)
Anjelica Huston (as Dr. Betsy Reisz)
Ken Jenkins (as Dr. Dennis Donohue)
Richard Jenkins (as Dr. Marc Conant)
Tchéky Karyo (as Dr. Willy Rozenbaum)
Swoosie Kurtz (as Mrs. Johnstone)
Jack Laufer (as Brian McDonough)
Donal Logue (as Bobbi Campbell)
Steve Martin (as The Brother)
Richard Masur (as William W. Darrow, PhD)
Dakin Matthews (as Congressman Phil Burton)
Ian McKellen (as Bill Kraus)
Peter McRobbie (as Dr. Max Essex)
Lawrence Monoson (as Chip)
Jeffrey Nordling (as Gaetan Dugas)
Saul Rubinek (as Dr. Jim Curran)
Charles Martin Smith (as Dr. Harold Jaffe)
Stephen Spinella (as Brandy Alexander)
Lily Tomlin (as Dr. Selma Dritz)
BD Wong (as Kico Govantes)
Walter Addison (as Blood Bank executive)
Jill Andre (as Red Cross spokesperson)
Alan Barry (as Hemophiliac patient)
Neal Benari (as Dr. Tom Spira)
David Dean Bottrell (as Man #3)
Rico Bueno (as Bellevue Hospital Patient)
Bill Carmichael (as Delivery Man)
Christopher Carroll (as Dr. Aaron Kellner)
Reg E. Cathey (as Staff Doctor #2)
John Del Regno (as Man in Grand Central)
John Durbin (as 6th Man)
Mogens Eckert (as Chief Executive (Copenhagen))
Carey Eidel (as Tennis Player)
Robert Briscoe Evans (as 2nd Reporter)
Richard Fancy (as Dr. Michael Gottlieb)
Keythe Farley (as Lab Technician)
Christopher John Fields (as Lawyer)
Dave Florek (as Doughnut Shop Counterman)
Niki Guluchi (as Sudanese Girl)
Yasmine Golchan (as Dr. Françoise Brun-Vezinet)
Patrick Gorman (as Charles Dauget)
James Greene (as Dr. Alvin Freedman-Kien)
Jeff Hayenga (as Dr. Bruce Voeller)
Daniel Henning (as Blaine)
Ike Ikediashi (as Sudanese Boy)
Laura Innes (as Hemophiliac Representative)
Laura James (as Margaret Heckler)
Michael Kearns (as Cleve)
Erasor Kemie (as Sudanese Student)
Jack Kenny (as San Francisco Activist)
Thomas Kopache (as Blood Bank Executive)
Clyde Kusatsu (as Blood Bank Executive)
Frank Li'Bay (as Desk Clerk)
Rob LaBelle (as Gay Rights Activist)
Neal Lerner (as 1st Man)
René Le Vant (as Blood Bank Executive)
Geoff Lower (as Dr. David Simpson)
Anthony Lucero (as Mailroom Man)
James Mastrantonio (as 8th Man)
Jon Shear (as Greg)
Rosemary Murphy (as Blood Bank Executive)
Susanne Olsen (as Intern (Copenhagen))
Angela Paton (Woman in Denver)
Sierra Pecheur (as Female Reporter)
Miguel Pérez (as Reporter)
Martin Raymond (as 4th Man)
Jeremy Regan (as Ticket Seller)
Robert Martin (as Chief Administrator)
Valeri Ross (as Jim's Secretary)
Hildur Ruriks (as Female Danish 2nd Executive)
Tom Schanley (as Waiter)
Sean Whitesell (as Country Club Attendant)
Michael Winters (as Middle-aged Man)
William Wintersole (as Dr. Paul Florino)
Lenny Wolpe (as Dr. Joseph Bove)

Additional Crew:

Deborah Ricketts (film/historical research)
Helen Caldwell (script supervisor)
Janet Van Ham (still photographer)
]]Michael Haro (location assistant)
Steve Housewright (location assistant)
Lauren Ross (location manager)
Gail Stempler (location manager: San Francisco)
Kevin Aiello (caterer)
Bill Bence (unit publicist)
David L. Wolfson (assistant location manager)
Barry Franenberg (property master)
Josh Koral (property master: San Francisco)
Riley 'Sean' Jones (assistant property master)
Michael Atwell (construction foreman)
Aaron J. Harney (construction foreman)
Christine Lanier (construction production assistant)
David E. Leicester (construction coordinator)
Erich W. Schultz (construction coordinator)
James Michael Drury Jr. (carpenter)
Dannen King (carpenter)
Franklin R. Healy (carpenter)
A Gary L. Brennan (gang boss)
Steve Olson (gang boss)
aron Groszmann (swing gang)
Charles Doane (swing gang)
William Livingston (swing gang)
Hector Rivera (swing gang)
John W. Rozas (swing gang)
Richie Solomon (swing gang)
Caryn Marcus (buyer)
Paul McConnell (lead man)
Pat Morache (lead scenic artist)
Bill Couturié (editorial consultant)
Steve Austin (video playback operator)
Huston Beaumont (best boy electric)
Joseph P. Clem (best boy electric)
Rick Kangrga (grip)
Gary Molyneux (grip)
Bill Summers (grip)
Steven Pehl (best boy grip)
Michael Pizzuto (key grip)
Dennis Pope (key grip: San Francisco)
Ric Urbauer (key rigging grip)
Scott Edelson (cable person)
Chris Jenkins (re-recording mixer)
Walt Martin (sound mixer)
Brad Sherman (re-recording mixer)
Mark Smith (re-recording mixer)
Jeff Bova (craft service)
Donna Cline (medical advisor / medical coordinator / technical advisor
Robert Dawson (title designer)
Sarah Elgart (choreographer)
Anne Marie Feldman (assistant: Ms. Mazan)
Maxine Garcia (production coordinator: San Francisco
Elizabeth Glaser (archive footage)
Ned Haspel (business affairs)
Jay Hoyle (clips and photos: Mark Hoyle)
William P. Lafon (animal wrangler)
B. Richard Jeffery (post-production accountant)
Mia Levinson (assistant production coordinator: San Francisco)
Patt McCurdy (production coordinator)
Diana Lui (assistant production coordinator)
Nick Mook (first aid)
Darryl Mori (assistant to producers)
Nick Roberts (security officer)
Richard Rothenstein (special consultant)
Myles Thoroughgood (assistant choreographer)
Chuck Workman (consultant: historical montage)
Ernie Adams (transportation captain)
Steve Halldorson (driver: honeywagon)
Terry Mack (production driver)
Fred Robbins (transportation coordinator)
Jacqueline Travers (transportation coordinator: San Francisco)
Carlos Williams (driver)
 

Alternative Title:
Year: 1993
Genre: Drama
History
Country:

United States

Language:

English

Locations:

San Francisco, California, USA

Subtitle:
Awards, Recognition, & Participation:

Special Grand Prize of the Jury - Roger Spottiswoode
Montréal World Film Festival (1993)

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Casting - Judith Holstra (casting executive), Nikki Valko (casting executive)
Primetime Emmy Awards (1994)

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special (Single Camera Production) - Lois Freeman-Fox
Primetime Emmy Awards (1994)

Outstanding Made for Television Movie - Aaron Spelling (executive producer), E. Duke Vincent (executive producer), Midge Sanford (producer), Sarah Pillsbury (producer)
Primetime Emmy Awards (1994)

Best Edited Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television - Lois Freeman-Fox
American Cinema Editors, USA (1994)

Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries - Ian McKellen
Writing a Movie or Miniseries
Arnold Schulman
Home Box Office (HBO)

Best Casting for TV Movie of the Week - Judith Holstra, Nikki Valko
Casting Society of America, USA (1994)

Outstanding TV Movie
GLAAD Media Awards (1994)

PBS/Cable Category - Arnold Schulman
Humanitas Prize (1994)

OFTA TV Hall of Fame - Television Programs
Online Film & Television Association (2007)

Nominations - Primetime Emmy Awards (1994)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special - Victoria Paul (production designer), Lee Maymen (art director), Diana Allen Williams (set decorator)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special, Roger Spottiswoode (director)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special - Arturo Rojas (hairstylist), Martin Christopher (hairstylist)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special - Allan A. Apone (key makeup artist), Michael Spatola (makeup artist)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Miniseries or a Special - Arnold Schulman (writer)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special - Matthew Modine (For playing "Don Francis")
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special - Alan Alda (For playing "Robert Gallo")
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special - Richard Gere (For playing "The Choreographer")
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special - Ian McKellen (For playing "Bill Kraus")
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special - Swoosie Kurtz (For playing "Mrs. Johnstone")
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special - Lily Tomlin (For playing "Selma Dritz")

Nomination - American Society of Cinematographers, USA (1995)
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Pilots - Paul Elliott

Nomination - Directors Guild of America, USA (1994)
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials - Roger Spottiswoode

Nominations - Golden Globes, USA (1994)
Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Matthew Modine

Nominations - CableACE Awards (1995)
Movie or Miniseries - Aaron Spelling (executive producer), E. Duke Vincent (executive producer), Sarah Pillsbury (producer), Midge Sanford (producer)
Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries, Lawrence Monoson
Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries - Richard Gere
Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries - Lily Tomlin
Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries - Swoosie Kurtz
Make-Up - Allan A. Apone, Michael Spatola
Directing a Movie or Miniseries - Roger Spottiswoode, Home Box Office (HBO)
Editing a Dramatic Special or Series/Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries - Lois Freeman-Fox, Home Box Office (HBO)
 

Total Running Time: 2h 21min
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio:
Sound Mix:
General Carrier Specific Carrier Form Completeness
Film 35mm Trailer Complete
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18 October 2019, Friday