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Buddies is a 1985 American drama film. It is the first film to deal with the AIDS pandemic, preceding the television film An Early Frost (also released in 1985).
Oct 31, 1985 · With Geoff Edholm, David Schachter, Billy Lux, David Rose. The film follows a New York City gay man, in a monogamous relationship, becoming a "buddy" or volunteer bedside companion to another gay man dying of AIDS, and the friendship that develops. Restored in 2020.
Aug 16, 2023 · Former actor David Schachter on how Arthur J. Bressan Jr.'s indie was the first to tell the story of AIDS from a gay-specific perspective.
Jul 31, 2018 · The drama “Buddies,” from 1985, was the first feature about the disease, the work of a writer-director who would die of AIDS complications.
David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens ...
A man in the final stages of AIDS shares personal memories and insights with his volunteer caregiver.
David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens ...
