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Quick Info

Rating

7.7/10

Release2014

Runtime2h 12m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

HBO Films

20th Century Fox Television

Ryan Murphy Television

Plan B Entertainment

Blumhouse Productions

Movie

The Normal Heart

2014

2h 12m

7.7

Drama

Synopsis

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.

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