An Early Frost

Plot

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, Rovi

Cast

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

Cheryl Anderson - Christine; D.W. Moffett - Peter Hilton; Terry O'Quinn - Dr. Redding; Bill Paxton - Bob Maracek; Sydney Walsh - Susan Maracek

Credit

James Hulsey - Art Director, John Erman - Director, Jerrold L. Ludwig - Editor, John Kander - Composer (Music Score), James Hulsey - Production Designer, Woody Omens - Cinematographer, Perry Lafferty - Producer, Art Seidel - Producer, Sherman Yellen - Screen Story, Ron Cowen - Screenwriter, Daniel Lipman - Screenwriter

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