Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2014];©2014
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- DVD NTSC, region 1 Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
- Closed-captioned in English optional subtitles in Spanish and English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
- Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Steve Zahn, Denis O’Hare, Dallas Roberts, Michael O’Neill, Kevin Rankin, Griffin Dunne, Jared Leto, Donna Duplantier.
- Director of photography, Yves Bélanger production designer, John Paino editors, John Mac McMurphy, Martin Pensa costume designers, Kurt and Bart.
- Originally released in 2013 as a motion picture.
- MPAA rating: R for pervasive language, some strong sexual content, nudity and drug use.
- Texas cowboy Ron Woodroof’s free-wheeling life was overturned in 1985 when he was diagnosed as HIV-positive. Shunned and ostracized by many old friends and bereft of government-approved medicines, he decided to take matters in his own hands, tracking down alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Bypassing the establishment, he joined forces with an unlikely band of renegades and outcasts and established a hugely successful buyers’ club.
- Bonus: Deleted scenes A look inside Dallas buyers club.
- Academy Awards, 2014: Best performance by an actor in a leading role (McConaughey), Best performance by an actor in a supporting role (Leto), Best achievement in makeup and hairstyling.
Subjects:
- Woodroof, Ron, 1950-1992 — Drama.
- HIV-positive persons — Drama.
- Cowboys — Texas — Drama.
- HIV-positive persons — Care — Drama.
- HIV (Viruses) — Alternative treatment — Drama.
- Nineteen eighties — Drama.
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