The Cure (1995)

Dexter, age 11, who has AIDS, and his next door neighbor Eric, a little older and much bigger, become best friends. Eric also becomes closer to Dexter's mother than to his own, who is ... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Horton

Writer:

Robert Kuhn

Stars:

Brad Renfro, Aeryk Egan, Delphine French

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brad Renfro	...	Erik
Aeryk Egan	...	Tyler
Delphine French	...	Tyler's Girlfriend
Mona Powell	...	Tyler's Girlfriend
Andrew Broder	...	Tyler's Buddy
Jeremy Howard	...	Tyler's Buddy #2
Joseph Mazzello	...	Dexter
Annabella Sciorra	...	Linda
Diana Scarwid	...	Gail
Rosemary Corman	...	Elderly Woman in Street
T. Mychael Rambo	...	Garbageman #1
David Alan Smith	...	Garbageman #2
Delia Jurek	...	Angry Woman
Fran Korba	...	Elderly Women in Market
John Carroll Lynch	...	Skipper #1 (as John Lynch)

Storyline

Dexter, age 11, who has AIDS, and his next door neighbor Eric, a little older and much bigger, become best friends. Eric also becomes closer to Dexter's mother than to his own, who is neglectful and bigoted and violently forbids their friendship upon learning of it. When they read that a doctor in distant New Orleans claims to have found a cure for AIDS, the boys leave home on their own, planning to float down the Mississippi river and find him.

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Plot Keywords:

friendship | river | terminal illness | suspected homosexual | medical | 

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Taglines:

Two boys found a way to make one summer last a lifetime.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for emotional thematic elements, and for language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 April 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Cura

Filming Locations:

815 Second St. South, Stillwater, Minnesota, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$2,568,429 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Island World, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The opening credits feature the track 'My Great Escape' by Marc Cohn. A prelude is also heard later in the movie. However, this track was not released on any medium other than the movie itself.

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Goofs

When they are on the river sailing to New Orleans, you see the same smoke stack in the background, even though days have passed.

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Quotes

Dexter: Have to eat my lunch now.
Erik: Why don't you just eat whenever you're hungry?
Dexter: 'Cause if I only ate when I was hungry, I wouldn't be here.

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Crazy Credits

Bruce Davison played the character of "Dr. Jenson", but was credited as Dr. Stevens.

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Connections

Features 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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Soundtracks

"My Great Escape"
Written and Performed by Marc Cohn

User Reviews

Great Film!

Very nice movie! I was browsing the channels on my TV and I usually ignore the channels that air drama movies but then I saw this channel that airs old school movies and it is where I saw this movie. At first, when I saw the title "The Cure" I thought it's gonna be boring but then I got hooked when I saw Brad Renfro was in this movie (because of one of my favorite movie of all time is "The Client" where Brad also stars). Then the scenes was getting better and better. The story is so beautiful and very touching! I cried hard in this movie which I don't usually do. Great casting! and there are so many beautiful lines/quotes in this movie which is very striking and made me cry hard! Now, I bought my own copy on DVD and I always recommend it to everyone!