Brad Pitt's Plan B to produce HIV awareness drama, The Normal Heart
The film focuses on the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks, the gay Jewish-American founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group. Ned prefers loud public confrontations to the calmer, more private strategies favored by his associates, friends, and closeted lover Felix Turner, none of whom is prepared to throw themselves into the media spotlight. Their differences of opinion lead to frequent arguments that threaten to undermine their mutual goal.
The Normal Heart made a Broadway appearance this year, starring Ellen Barkin and Joe Mantello.
The Normal Heart comes to theaters in 2013 and stars Mark Ruffalo, Julia Roberts, Alec Baldwin, Matthew Bomer, Jim Parsons. The film is directed by Ryan Murphy.
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Mark Ruffalo has been all over the plave lately
9 months agoby @skywiseFlag