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Our Sons (TV 1991)

TV Movie  -   -  Drama  -  19 May 1991 (USA)
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Donald is a young man dying of AIDS. His lover, James, asks his mother to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas and tell Donald's mother, who has been estranged from her son for years.

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Luanne Barnes
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Audrey Grant
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James
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Donald Barnes
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Harry
Hal England ...
Charley
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Patient's Wife
Annabelle Weenick ...
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Lisa Blake Richards ...
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Frank Whiteman ...
George
Elizabeth Austin ...
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George Whiteman ...
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A young man (Donald) is dying of AIDS. His lover (James) asks his mother (Audrey) to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas and tell Donald's mother, who has been estranged from her son for years. Written by Randy Goldebrg <gaellon@inch.com>

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Ann-Margret writes that she and Julie Andrews were amazingly similar to the characters they were playing; while Ann-Margret was disorganized and messy, Andrews was "very much like Mary Poppins", always with a neat appearance and a tidy dressing room. See more »

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[about why his lover won't tell his mother that he's dying of AIDS]
James: He'd rather not tell her than risk her not caring.
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This film is dedicated to the memory of the 108,731 people in the United States who have died of complications from AIDS. See more »

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References Little Caesar (1931) See more »

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The most powerful moment ever to those who condemn homophobia
30 July 2001 | by See all my reviews

ONe moment in this film I have never seen in any attempt to deal with gay rejection or homophobia on the part of two mothers, Ann-Margaret and Julie Andrews, whose sons are lovers and Margaret's son is now dying of AIDS. Ann is finally brought around and goes to be reunited with her dying son. At one moment in the film, she is in the kitchen with Andrews and Hugh Grant, who is Andrews son, and she is chittering away happily about being reunited again with her kid. She states casually how she hopes to take him back to Arkansas with her when everything settles down. Grant shoots Andrews a look of startlement, then blurts out, "absolutely not! He is too ill to travel!"

Surprised, Ann-Margaret says, "oh no, I didn't mean before, . . . . I meant, . . . . I meant after, . . . " meaning after he had died, she would take his body back to Arkansas. She then dismissed the idea, seeing it had upset someone. This has never been depicted before or since that one who could dislike a child who is dying of AIDS could take responsibility of them after they have departed. A real slap in the face to those who think homophobia should always be condemned.


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