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Longtime Companion (1989)

During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious "gay cancer" soon turns into a major crisis as, one by one, some of the friends begin to fall ill, leaving the others to panic about who will be next. As death takes its toll, the lives of these friends are forever redefined by an unconditional display of love, hope and courage.

Genres: Drama, Romance
Keywords: tmdb.aids, tmdb.hiv, tmdb.lgbt, tmdb.fire-island, tmdb.1980s, tmdb.personal-trainer, tmdb.homophobia + 233 more, tmdb.politics, tmdb.death-of-lover, tmdb.manhattan-new-york-city, tmdb.virus, tmdb.pandemic, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.gay-men-s-health-crisis, imdb.kaposi-s-sarcoma, imdb.solidarity, imdb.longtime-companion, imdb.friend, imdb.homosexual, imdb.deathbed, imdb.death-of-partner, imdb.death-of-loved-one, imdb.watching-a-soap-opera-on-tv, imdb.hugging, imdb.gay-kiss, imdb.watching-tv, imdb.waiting-room, imdb.surgical-mask, imdb.storytelling, imdb.staff-meeting, imdb.pneumonia, imdb.male-male-kiss, imdb.fever, imdb.female-doctor, tmdb.deadly-disease, imdb.aids, imdb.courage, imdb.disease, imdb.new-york-times, imdb.epidemic, imdb.obituary, imdb.gay, imdb.1980s, imdb.homosexuality, imdb.gay-relationship, imdb.gay-couple, imdb.writer, imdb.wealth, imdb.virus, imdb.singing, imdb.singer, imdb.sadness, imdb.protest, imdb.politics, imdb.nurse, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.medical-profession, imdb.kiss, imdb.funeral, imdb.friendship, imdb.demonstration, imdb.fire-island, imdb.dying, imdb.beach, mdblist.fresh, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, tmdb.gay-theme, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.golden-globe-winner, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.gay-love, imdb.soap-opera, imdb.hospital, imdb.gay-friend, imdb.loss-of-lover, imdb.death-of-friend, imdb.based-on-play, imdb.united-states-of-america, imdb.social-commentary, imdb.falsetto, imdb.stroking-someone-s-hair, imdb.crying-man, imdb.telephone-call, imdb.gay-interest, imdb.year-1981, imdb.pay-phone, imdb.skinny-dipping, imdb.reading-a-newspaper, imdb.character-says-i-love-you, imdb.friendship-between-men, imdb.reading-a-newspaper-aloud, imdb.gay-cancer, imdb.speedo, imdb.beard, imdb.man-undresses-a-man, imdb.soap-opera-actor, imdb.man-dances-with-a-man, imdb.men-holding-hands, imdb.jumping-up-and-down, imdb.best-friend, imdb.poppers, imdb.undressing, imdb.year-1982, imdb.emergency-room, imdb.oxygen-mask, imdb.coughing, imdb.throwing-a-telephone, imdb.gay-slur, imdb.reference-to-william-hurt, imdb.ventilator, imdb.year-1983, imdb.fear-of-illness, imdb.reference-to-e-t-the-extraterrestrial, imdb.holding-hands, imdb.rain, imdb.year-1984, imdb.washing-hands, imdb.book, imdb.year-1985, imdb.reference-to-ayatollah-khomeini, imdb.cuddling, imdb.hospital-bed, imdb.diaper, imdb.dying-man, imdb.year-1986, imdb.personal-trainer, imdb.dead-body, imdb.eulogy, imdb.year-1987, imdb.year-1988, imdb.volunteer, imdb.fundraiser, imdb.year-1989, imdb.boardwalk, imdb.running, imdb.death-of-lover, imdb.undressing-someone, imdb.reference-to-dynasty, imdb.f-word, imdb.straight-actor-gay-character, imdb.vito-russo-test-passed, imdb.live-action, imdb.group-of-gay-men, imdb.group-of-friends, imdb.rear-nudity, imdb.male-rear-nudity, imdb.white-briefs, imdb.briefs, imdb.male-underwear, imdb.hairy-chest, imdb.bare-chested-male, imdb.adult-diaper, imdb.tearjerker, imdb.waiter, imdb.urination, imdb.underwear, imdb.ulcer, imdb.toilet, imdb.tv-show, imdb.tears, imdb.taxi, imdb.summer, imdb.sex, imdb.self-help-book, imdb.seizure, imdb.saliva, imdb.rumor, imdb.restaurant, imdb.respirator, imdb.reference-to-ronald-reagan, imdb.reference-to-nancy-reagan, imdb.reference-to-ayatollah-kohmeni, imdb.read-my-lips, imdb.protest-march, imdb.popper, imdb.party, imdb.park, imdb.outreach, imdb.nudity, imdb.newspaper, imdb.neurologist, imdb.memorial, imdb.medicard, imdb.mayor, imdb.lip-syncing, imdb.lesion, imdb.intravenous, imdb.insurance, imdb.illness, imdb.hospital-waiting-room, imdb.hospital-visit, imdb.hospital-gown, imdb.hope, imdb.herpes, imdb.health, imdb.health-crisis, imdb.gym, imdb.grief, imdb.fear, imdb.fantasy-sequence, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.exercise, imdb.fired-from-a-job, imdb.drug-use, imdb.drink, imdb.drinking, imdb.doctor, imdb.disco, imdb.deer, imdb.death, imdb.death-bag, imdb.dancing, imdb.dancer, imdb.cure, imdb.crying, imdb.cruising, imdb.controversy, imdb.computer, imdb.clothing, imdb.brother-sister-relationship, imdb.brain-damage, imdb.blood, imdb.black-leather, imdb.benefit, imdb.bathroom, imdb.audition, imdb.arrest, imdb.apartment, imdb.amyl-nitrate, imdb.agent, imdb.aclu, imdb.male-nudity, imdb.television, imdb.bereavement, imdb.actor, imdb.independent-film, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, imdb.studio-54, imdb.bathhouse, aspectratio.1-85-1

Country: United States
Languages: English

Runtime: 96 min.
Released: Oct. 11, 1989
Status: Released
Revenue: $4,609,953
Certification: R / 17+
poster

Longtime Companion (1989)

During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious "gay cancer" soon turns into a major crisis as, one by one, some of the friends begin to fall ill, leaving the others to panic about who will be next. As death takes its toll, the lives of these friends are forever redefined by an unconditional display of love, hope and courage.

Genres: Drama, Romance

Keywords: tmdb.aids, tmdb.hiv, tmdb.lgbt, tmdb.fire-island, tmdb.1980s, tmdb.personal-trainer, tmdb.homophobia + 233 more, tmdb.politics, tmdb.death-of-lover, tmdb.manhattan-new-york-city, tmdb.virus, tmdb.pandemic, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.gay-men-s-health-crisis, imdb.kaposi-s-sarcoma, imdb.solidarity, imdb.longtime-companion, imdb.friend, imdb.homosexual, imdb.deathbed, imdb.death-of-partner, imdb.death-of-loved-one, imdb.watching-a-soap-opera-on-tv, imdb.hugging, imdb.gay-kiss, imdb.watching-tv, imdb.waiting-room, imdb.surgical-mask, imdb.storytelling, imdb.staff-meeting, imdb.pneumonia, imdb.male-male-kiss, imdb.fever, imdb.female-doctor, tmdb.deadly-disease, imdb.aids, imdb.courage, imdb.disease, imdb.new-york-times, imdb.epidemic, imdb.obituary, imdb.gay, imdb.1980s, imdb.homosexuality, imdb.gay-relationship, imdb.gay-couple, imdb.writer, imdb.wealth, imdb.virus, imdb.singing, imdb.singer, imdb.sadness, imdb.protest, imdb.politics, imdb.nurse, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.medical-profession, imdb.kiss, imdb.funeral, imdb.friendship, imdb.demonstration, imdb.fire-island, imdb.dying, imdb.beach, mdblist.fresh, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, tmdb.gay-theme, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.golden-globe-winner, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.gay-love, imdb.soap-opera, imdb.hospital, imdb.gay-friend, imdb.loss-of-lover, imdb.death-of-friend, imdb.based-on-play, imdb.united-states-of-america, imdb.social-commentary, imdb.falsetto, imdb.stroking-someone-s-hair, imdb.crying-man, imdb.telephone-call, imdb.gay-interest, imdb.year-1981, imdb.pay-phone, imdb.skinny-dipping, imdb.reading-a-newspaper, imdb.character-says-i-love-you, imdb.friendship-between-men, imdb.reading-a-newspaper-aloud, imdb.gay-cancer, imdb.speedo, imdb.beard, imdb.man-undresses-a-man, imdb.soap-opera-actor, imdb.man-dances-with-a-man, imdb.men-holding-hands, imdb.jumping-up-and-down, imdb.best-friend, imdb.poppers, imdb.undressing, imdb.year-1982, imdb.emergency-room, imdb.oxygen-mask, imdb.coughing, imdb.throwing-a-telephone, imdb.gay-slur, imdb.reference-to-william-hurt, imdb.ventilator, imdb.year-1983, imdb.fear-of-illness, imdb.reference-to-e-t-the-extraterrestrial, imdb.holding-hands, imdb.rain, imdb.year-1984, imdb.washing-hands, imdb.book, imdb.year-1985, imdb.reference-to-ayatollah-khomeini, imdb.cuddling, imdb.hospital-bed, imdb.diaper, imdb.dying-man, imdb.year-1986, imdb.personal-trainer, imdb.dead-body, imdb.eulogy, imdb.year-1987, imdb.year-1988, imdb.volunteer, imdb.fundraiser, imdb.year-1989, imdb.boardwalk, imdb.running, imdb.death-of-lover, imdb.undressing-someone, imdb.reference-to-dynasty, imdb.f-word, imdb.straight-actor-gay-character, imdb.vito-russo-test-passed, imdb.live-action, imdb.group-of-gay-men, imdb.group-of-friends, imdb.rear-nudity, imdb.male-rear-nudity, imdb.white-briefs, imdb.briefs, imdb.male-underwear, imdb.hairy-chest, imdb.bare-chested-male, imdb.adult-diaper, imdb.tearjerker, imdb.waiter, imdb.urination, imdb.underwear, imdb.ulcer, imdb.toilet, imdb.tv-show, imdb.tears, imdb.taxi, imdb.summer, imdb.sex, imdb.self-help-book, imdb.seizure, imdb.saliva, imdb.rumor, imdb.restaurant, imdb.respirator, imdb.reference-to-ronald-reagan, imdb.reference-to-nancy-reagan, imdb.reference-to-ayatollah-kohmeni, imdb.read-my-lips, imdb.protest-march, imdb.popper, imdb.party, imdb.park, imdb.outreach, imdb.nudity, imdb.newspaper, imdb.neurologist, imdb.memorial, imdb.medicard, imdb.mayor, imdb.lip-syncing, imdb.lesion, imdb.intravenous, imdb.insurance, imdb.illness, imdb.hospital-waiting-room, imdb.hospital-visit, imdb.hospital-gown, imdb.hope, imdb.herpes, imdb.health, imdb.health-crisis, imdb.gym, imdb.grief, imdb.fear, imdb.fantasy-sequence, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.exercise, imdb.fired-from-a-job, imdb.drug-use, imdb.drink, imdb.drinking, imdb.doctor, imdb.disco, imdb.deer, imdb.death, imdb.death-bag, imdb.dancing, imdb.dancer, imdb.cure, imdb.crying, imdb.cruising, imdb.controversy, imdb.computer, imdb.clothing, imdb.brother-sister-relationship, imdb.brain-damage, imdb.blood, imdb.black-leather, imdb.benefit, imdb.bathroom, imdb.audition, imdb.arrest, imdb.apartment, imdb.amyl-nitrate, imdb.agent, imdb.aclu, imdb.male-nudity, imdb.television, imdb.bereavement, imdb.actor, imdb.independent-film, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, imdb.studio-54, imdb.bathhouse, aspectratio.1-85-1

Production companies: American Playhouse, Companion Productions, The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Country: United States
Languages: English

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trailer
Runtime: 96 min.
Released: Oct. 11, 1989
Status: Released
Revenue: $4,609,953
Certification: R / 17+

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