Summary
Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof's free-wheeling life is overturned in 1985 when he is diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. Determined to survive, he takes matters into his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joins forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and establishes a hugely successful "buyers' club."Additional Information
Subjects |
HIV-positive persons
-- Drama.
Cowboys -- Texas -- Drama. HIV-positive persons -- Care -- Drama. HIV (Viruses) -- Alternative treatment -- Drama. Nineteen eighties -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Biographical films. Historical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | Universal City, CA :Universal Studios Home Entertainment,2014 |
Edition | Widescreen. |
Contributors |
Brenner, Robbie,
producer. Winter, Rachel, producer. Borten, Craig, screenwriter. Wallack, Melisa, screenwriter. Vallée, Jean-Marc, director. McConaughey, Matthew, 1969- actor. Garner, Jennifer, 1972- actor. Leto, Jared, 1971- actor. Focus Features, production company. Truth Entertainment (Firm), production company. Voltage Pictures, production company. R² Films (Firm), production company. Evolution Independent (Firm), production company. Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. |
Participants/Performers |
Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto. |
Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Yves Bélanger ; editors, John Mac McMurphy, Martin Pensa. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language, some strong sexual content, nudity, and drug use. |
Language |
English Spanish In English; with optional Spanish subtitles; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. Special features: Deleted scenes; A look inside Dallas buyers club. |
System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby digital 5.1. |
Description |
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Other | Classic View |