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Longtime Companion (1989)
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The emergence and devastation of the AIDS epidemic is chronicled in the lives of several gay men living during the 1980s. Director:Norman RenéWriter:Craig Lucas |
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Willy
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| Patrick Cassidy | ... |
Howard
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John Dossett | ... |
Paul
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| Mary-Louise Parker | ... |
Lisa
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Stephen Caffrey | ... |
Fuzzy
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Tanya Berezin | ... |
Office Manager
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| Welker White | ... |
Rochelle
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Michael Piontek | ... |
Office Worker
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Joyce Reehling | ... |
Office Worker
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Bruce Davison | ... | |
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Mark Lamos | ... |
Sean
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| Dermot Mulroney | ... |
John
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Michael Schoeffling | ... |
Michael
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| Brian Cousins | ... |
Bob
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Marceline Hugot | ... |
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Perhaps the first film to put a human face on the AIDS epidemic, Longtime Companion follows the lives of a small circle of friends from the first mention of the disease in the New York Times in 1981. First referred to as "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder," we watch the effect of the disease as it devastates the lives of our protagonists. Jumping between Manhattan and Fire Island, vignettes carry us from the it-couldn't-happen-to-me mentality of the early days of the disease to the invasive effect it has had on all of our lives, today. The title of the film comes from the New York Times' refusal to acknowledge homosexual relationships in their obituary section during this period. Instead, survivors were referred to as "Longtime Companions" of the deceased. Written by Mark Fleetwood <mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu>
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Che mi dici di Willy? See more »Box Office
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John: I'll have the sweat of that hairy man's brow, thank you.
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Aria from the Opera "Norma"
Written by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Jona Sova and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
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The title refers to the only way that newspapers at the time would allow a gay man's lover to be listed in an obituary. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Howard and Paul live next door to Lisa in an apartment building. In the opening scenes, Lisa and Paul each come out of their respective apartments into the hallway at the same time, establishing her apartment on the left and the boys' apartment on the right. Later in the movie, after Paul and Howard have gone out to dinner, the same apartments are filmed from the opposite side (through the outside windows), but instead of being mirrored as they should be (with the boys' apartment on the left and Lisa's on the right), Lisa's is still on the left and Howard and Paul's are still on the right. See more »Quotes
Bartender: What do you want?John: I'll have the sweat of that hairy man's brow, thank you.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Creeping Terror (#7.6)" (1994) See more »Soundtracks
"Casta Diva"Aria from the Opera "Norma"
Written by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Jona Sova and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
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