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Longtime Companion (1989)

★ 7.6R96 min

1989 American film

Longtime Companion is a 1989 American romantic drama film directed by Norman René and starring Bruce Davison, Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy and Mary-Louise Parker. The first wide-release theatrical film to deal with the subject of AIDS, the film takes its title from the euphemism The New York Times used during the 1980s to describe the surviving same-sex partner of someone who had died of AIDS.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Longtime Companion about?
Longtime Companion (1989) — Longtime Companion follows the lives of a small circle of friends from the first mention of the disease in the New York Times in 1981. First referred to as "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder," we watch the effect of the disease as it devastates the lives of our protagonists. Jumping be
Is Longtime Companion based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Longtime Companion scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.