Buddies
“...The first dramatic movie about AIDS”
David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.
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Cast
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Geoff Edholm
Robert Willow
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David Schachter
David Bennett
Also in
Abuse
Libby Saines
Mrs. Bennett
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David Rose
Steve
Known for
Kalifornia
Billy Lux
Edward
Also in
Abuse
I Like It Like That
Joyce Korn
Lynn
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Susan Schneider
Sylvia Douglas
Also in
Abuse
Origin: Beyond the Impact
Tracy Vivat
Nurse
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Abuse
Dark Harvest
Damon Hairston
Gym Instructor
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Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. Director · Jeffrey Olmstead Composer Carl Teitelbaum Cinematographer
United States release September 12, 1985 · Produced in United States · Production New Line Cinema
Production
Film and Video Workshop
Production
New Line Cinema
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 12, 1985
Limited theatrical · San Francisco, California
United States
September 20, 1985 · Premiere · Chicago Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
June 21, 2018 · Limited theatrical · San Francisco's Castro Theater
Denmark
June 22, 1987 · Premiere
Germany
October 31, 1985 · Theatrical
Ireland
December 20, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Irish Film Institute
Sweden
August 9, 1986 · Premiere
United Kingdom
December 6, 2019 · Limited theatrical · re-release in under 25 locations
December 9, 2019 · Digital
December 9, 2019 · Physical · DVD and BD
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