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An Early Frost (TV 1985) 7.6
A young lawyer hasn't told his parents about his homosexuality. Now he must tell them--at a time when the diagnosis was still a death sentence--that he has AIDS. Director:John Erman |
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| Gena Rowlands | ... |
Katherine Pierson
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| Ben Gazzara | ... |
Nick Pierson
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| Sylvia Sidney | ... |
Beatrice McKenna
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| Aidan Quinn | ... |
Michael Pierson
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| D.W. Moffett | ... |
Peter Hilton
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Victor DiMato
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Susan Maracek
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| Terry O'Quinn | ... |
Dr. Redding
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Bob Maracek
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Christine
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Todd
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Sue Ann Gilfillan | ... |
Nurse Lincoln
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Don Hood | ... |
Dr. Gilbert
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Barbara Hey | ... |
Meredith
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Scott Jaeck | ... |
Phil
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Set in the mid-eighties Michael Pierson, a young gay man, is struck with AIDS in the prime of his life. He's forced to be open about the disease and his homosexuality for the first time with his co-workers (he's a successful lawyer) and family. He, and the people around him, must face up to the inevitablity of his death and the disease that's killing him. "An Early Frost" was many people's first look at an AIDS victim as a human being instead of a statistic. Written by Susan Southall <stobchatay@aol.com>
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11 November 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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It's hard to believe that 'An Early Frost' was made for TV in 1985. I watched it for the first time on 11 November 2008 - 23 years after it was released - and I found it surprisingly fresh and enduring. Although it's an important historic record of the early response to AIDS (and for that reason alone is worth watching) it's more an exploration of family love and courage. The script is well-written, production values are high and the acting is uniformly excellent. Sylvia Sidney won a Golden Globe for her part as the grandmother, but the other main actors including Aidan Quinn (as the young man suffering from AIDS), Ben Gazzara and Gena Rowlands (playing his parents) are all excellent. A very rewarding experience.