Matthew Modine stars in this HBO movie based on the book by Randy Shilts looking at the start of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Modine is with the Centre for Disease Control when reports about a strange new disease comes in and he tries to figure out what the disease is and what can be done about it. An all star case includes Alan Alda, Angelica Huston, Phil Collins, Ian McKellen, Lily Tomlin, Glenne Headly, Richard Gere, , Swoosie Kurtz, Richard Masur, Saul Rubinek and BD Wong