Close Friend ( Longtime Companion ) is an American film directed by Norman Renee .
| Close friend | |
|---|---|
| English Longtime companion | |
 | |
| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Norman Renee |
| Producer | Stan Wlodkowski |
| Author script | Craig Lucas |
| In the main cast | Stephen Caffrey Patrick Cassidy Brian Cousins Bruce davison John Dossett Mark Lamos Dermot Mulroney Mary Louise Parker Michael Shoffling Campbell scott |
| Operator | Tony S. Janelli |
| Composer | Greg de Belle |
| Film company | The samuel goldwyn company |
| Duration | 100 minutes |
| Budget | $ 3 million |
| Fees | $ 4 609 953 |
| A country |  USA |
| Language | |
| Year | 1989 |
| IMDb | ID 0100049 |
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Prizes and nominations
- 4 Criticism
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Story
The film gives a chronicle of the lives of several gays and a woman - a friend of one of them. The action begins in the days when scientists discovered a connection between Kaposi’s sarcoma and a new disease, presumably a form of cancer that later became known as AIDS (summer 1981 ). Next we see scenes from the next few years, until the end of the 80s.
One of the main characters, gay aristocratic origin, David ( Bruce Davison ) dies of the "plague of the XX century" in May 1987 .
The film "A Close Friend" is one of the first attempts to show the drama of homosexuals with AIDS through cinema .
Cast
- Patrick Cassidy - Howard
- Bruce Davison - David
- Campbell Scott - Willie
- Mary Louise Parker - Lisa
- John Dossett - Paul
- Stephen Cuffrey - Faji
- Tanya Berezin - office manager
- Waker White - Went
- Dermot Mulroney - John
- Michael Piontek
Prizes and nominations
The film was nominated for the following awards and received awards [1] :
- Oscar nomination in the category "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" (Bruce Davison), 1991
- GLAAD Media Awards in Outstanding Film, 1990
- Sundance Film Festival , Audience Award (Norman Renee), 1990
- Prize of the National Society of Film Critics in the category "best supporting actor" (Bruce Davison), 1990
- Golden Globe in the category "Best Supporting Role in the Movie" (Bruce Davison), 1991
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor (Bruce Davison), 1991
Criticism
The film has a 100% “fresh” rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website with an average score of 7.7 out of ten possible, sixteen reviewers gave the film a fresh tomato [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Awards for Longtime Companion (1989 ) . Date of treatment March 8, 2013. Archived March 9, 2013.
- ↑ Longtime Companion (1990 ) . Rotten Tomatoes . Date of treatment March 8, 2013.
Links
- " A Close Friend ” on the Internet Movie Database