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Buddies

Cast

Geoff Edholm, David Schachter, Libby Saines, David Rose View All

Crew

Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. (Director) View All

Release: Jul. 1st, 1985

Runtime: 1 hour, 21 minutes

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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ScarletLion
It's additionally moving to learn that director Arthur Bressan and Geoff Edholm both actually died of AIDS shortly after the film was completed.

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Takoma11
It's not how anyone should experience the last days or weeks of life, and for all their conversations about gay rights, the heart of the film is the way that David provides Robert with emotional and even physical intimacy that he's missing.