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Dallas Buyers Club is a 2013 American biographical drama film written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. The film tells the story of Ron Woodroof ( Matthew McConaughey ), a cowboy diagnosed with AIDS in the mid-1980s, a time when both the etiology and the treatment of HIV /AIDS are poorly understood and its ...
Nov 22, 2013 · A true story of Ron Woodroof, an electrician and hustler who defies the medical establishment to help AIDS patients in 1980s Texas. The film won 3 Oscars, including Best Actor for Matthew McConaughey and Best Supporting Actor for Jared Leto.
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- Biography, Drama
- Jean-Marc Vallée
- 2013-11-22
Ronald Dickson Woodroof (February 3, 1950 – September 12, 1992) was an American man who created what would become known as the Dallas Buyer's Club [9] in March 1988, one of several such AIDS buyers clubs that sprang up at the time.
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Nov 1, 2013 · In mid-1980s Texas, electrician Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) is stunned to learn that he has AIDS. Though told that he has just 30 days left to live, Woodroof refuses to give in to despair ...
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- Jean-Marc Vallée
- R
- Matthew Mcconaughey
A biographical drama about Ron Woodroof, a Texas electrician and rodeo cowboy who contracts HIV in 1985 and smuggles alternative treatments for himself and others. He challenges the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies, and forms a buyers club with a transgender ally, Rayon.
Dallas Buyers Club. Based on the true story of Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), whose life was overturned when he was diagnosed with HIV and given thirty days to live. Bereft of government-approved effective medicines, Woodroof decides to take matters into his own hands. 8,351 IMDb 7.9 1 h 57 min 2013. X-Ray R.
Nov 1, 2013 · A drama based on the true story of Ron Woodroof, a HIV-positive activist who defied the FDA and Big Pharma in the 1980s. The review praises the performances of McConaughey and Leto, but criticizes the film's style and tone as dry and elliptical.
