Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
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| Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story |
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| Directed by | Tom McLoughlin |
| Produced by | Joan Barnett Jack Grossbart |
| Written by | Deborah Joy LeVine |
| Starring | Molly Ringwald Lee Grant Perry King Martin Landau |
| Music by | David Shire |
| Cinematography | Shelly Johnson |
| Editing by | Charles Bornstein Sidney Wolinsky |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (also known in UK as Fatal Love) is a 1992 television movie based on the life of a prominent AIDS activist Alison Gertz.
[edit] Plot summary
Alison Gertz (played by Molly Ringwald) is an upscale and self-assured Manhattanite. At the age of sixteen, Gertz meets a bartender named Darren and has an one-night stand with him. This results in her contracting HIV.
The film shows how Gertz overcomes her fears and becomes an advocate educating high schoolers and collegians.
[edit] Cast
- Molly Ringwald ... Alison Gertz
- Lee Grant ... Carol Gertz
- Perry King ... Mark
- Roxana Zal ... Tracy
- George Coe ... Dr. Feldman
- Christopher Meloni ... David
- Kim Myers ... Lindy
- Peter Spears ... Peter
- Robert Bauer ... Ben
- Victor Brandt ... Dr. Siege
- Janet MacLachlan ... Mrs. Barrett
- Martin Landau ... Jerry Gertz
- Ren Hanami ... Younger Nurse
[edit] External links
- Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story at the Internet Movie Database
- Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story at AllRovi
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