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And the Band Played On is a 1993 HBO film about the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it..
- Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. Written by Arnold Schulman, based on the novel by Randy Shilts.
A threat no one dared face. A word no one wanted to speak. A fight for many, fought by few.
[edit] Dr. Don Francis
- This may be the first epidemic in history of which no one officially died.
- How many hemophiliacs have to die before it'll be cost effective for you people to do something about it? A hundred? A thousand? Give us a number so we won't annoy you until the amount of money you start losing on LAWSUITS makes it PROFITABLE for you to save people than to kill them!
[edit] Others
- The Choreographer: The party's over.
- Dr. Dennis Donohue: When the doctors start acting like businessmen, who do the people turn to for doctors?
- Roger Gail Lyon: This is not a political issue. This is a health issue. This is not a gay issue. This is a human issue. And I do not intend to be defeated by it. I came here today in the hope that my epitaph would not read that I died of red tape.
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