Genre: Drama
Release Date: 07/18/2006
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: Wolfe Video

Originally telecast November 11, 1985, An Early Frost was the first TV movie to deal with the subject of AIDS. Aidan Quinn plays a personable young gay lawyer who is stricken with the HIV virus. As his health deteriorates, Quinn finds that his physical agony is secondary to his mental anguish. Ben Gazzara and Gena Rowlands play Quinn's parents, who must not only come to grips with their son's impending death, but with their own long-standing fears and prejudices concerning homosexuality. No easy answers are offered in this realistic drama, which also stars Sylvia Sidney as Quinn's grandmother and John Glover as a fellow AIDS victim. Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman won Emmys for their pioneering teleplay.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Aidan Quinn - Michael Pierson
Gena Rowlands - Katherine Pierson
Ben Gazzara - Nick Pierson
Sylvia Sidney - Beatrice McKenna
John Glover - Victor DiMato

Production:
John Erman - Director
Perry Lafferty Art Seidel - Producer
John Kander - Composer
Jerrold L. Ludwig - Editor
Ron Cowen Daniel Lipman - Screen Writer
James Hulsey - Art Director
Woody Omens - Cinematographer
James Hulsey - Production Designer
Sherman Yellen - Screen Story

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