http://www.tvguide.com/movies/longtime-companion/127954 The latest on Longtime Companion TV Guide RSS Publishing Engine V 1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 http://www.tvguide.com/images/tvg_rss_logo.gif http://www.tvguide.com/movies/longtime-companion/127954 http://video.tvguide.com/ID/819252?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/819252?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://videodetective.com/photos/030/001297_29.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Longtime Companion" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>At the time of Longtime Companion's release in 1990, the devastating disease of AIDS was seen as a mysterious and deadly scourge, replete with rumors, lies, and panic. As the first narrative film to examine the AIDS epidemic, screenwriter Craig Lucas and director Norman Ren place the disease in an historical context, dramatizing the impact of the disease through time in a series of vignettes involving seven gay men. AIDS first made its presence felt surreptitiously, as an article in The New York Times reported on a rare cancer attacking gay men called Karposi's syndrome. Then the Village Voice began a series of in-depth articles concerning a gay plague which later became known as AIDS. The film follows the AIDS crisis through the lives of the seven main characters so that they are only aware of AIDS in the historical framework of each episode. The characters include former gay couple Willy (Campbell Scott) and John (Dermot Mulroney), first seen partying at a Fire Island club, who don't pay much attention to</p> Video Detective http://video.tvguide.com/ID/819252?rss=object Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:21:30 +0000 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/ID/819252?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://videodetective.com/photos/030/001297_29.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Longtime Companion" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>At the time of Longtime Companion's release in 1990, the devastating disease of AIDS was seen as a mysterious and deadly scourge, replete with rumors, lies, and panic. As the first narrative film to examine the AIDS epidemic, screenwriter Craig Lucas and director Norman Ren place the disease in an historical context, dramatizing the impact of the disease through time in a series of vignettes involving seven gay men. AIDS first made its presence felt surreptitiously, as an article in The New York Times reported on a rare cancer attacking gay men called Karposi's syndrome. Then the Village Voice began a series of in-depth articles concerning a gay plague which later became known as AIDS. The film follows the AIDS crisis through the lives of the seven main characters so that they are only aware of AIDS in the historical framework of each episode. The characters include former gay couple Willy (Campbell Scott) and John (Dermot Mulroney), first seen partying at a Fire Island club, who don't pay much attention to</p> Longtime Companion http://www.tvguide.com/listings Get your local listings TV Guide Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:22:13 +0000