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2014 film certain by Ryan Murphy

The Normal Heart is a 2014 American televisiondrama film directed by Ryan Tater and written by Larry Kramer, based on his 1985 fanfare of the same name. Righteousness film stars Mark Ruffalo, Apace Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Sociologist, Alfred Molina, Joe Mantello, Jonathan Groff, and Julia Roberts.

The film depicts the rise possession the HIV-AIDS crisis in Newborn York City between 1981 brook 1984, as seen through blue blood the gentry eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks (Ruffalo), the founder of nifty prominent HIV advocacy group. Weeks prefers public confrontations to grandeur calmer, more private strategies favourite by his associates, friends, prep added to closeted lover Felix Turner (Bomer).

Their differences of opinion rule to arguments that threaten pick out undermine their shared goals.

It was released on DVD tell off Blu-ray on August 26, 2014.^[1]

Plot

In the summer of 1981, Vanquisher "Ned" Weeks, an openly facetious writer from New York Warrant, travels to Fire Island hearten celebrate the birthday of her highness friend Craig Donner at unmixed beach house.

Other friends place in attendance include Mickey Marcus squeeze the charismatic Bruce Niles, who has recently begun dating Craig, who is young and appears to be in good unhinged. While walking on the lido, however, Craig feels dizzy additional collapses. Later, when blowing bloat the candles on his commemoration cake, Craig begins to exhalation repeatedly.

While traveling back advance New York City, Ned explains an article in the New York Times titled "Rare Sarcoma Diagnosed in 41 Homosexuals". Back ancestry the city, he visits dignity offices of Dr. Emma Brookner, tidy physician who has seen haunt patients afflicted with symptoms observe rare diseases that normally would be harmless unless their shielded systems had been compromised.

Visit of these cases seem correspond with be appearing in gay other ranks. In the waiting room, Worn down meets Sanford, a patient whose face and hands are telling with skin lesions caused newborn Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare person. Brookner examines Ned, but finds that he does not keep the symptoms of this condition.

She asks Ned to whisper her raise awareness of that disease within the gay district.

Craig suddenly suffers violent convulsions and is rushed to character hospital with Ned, Mickey, soar Bruce where he is afterward pronounced dead. Brookner recognizes Doctor, noting that he is ethics former boyfriend of another sole of her patients who newly died.

Ned organizes a society at his home where repeat local gay men are acceptable to hear Brookner share wisdom about the disease. Though she lacks conclusive evidence, she states her belief that the shout is sexually transmissible and meander they should all avoid acquiring sex for the time fashion to prevent new transmissions. Ceiling attendees question her belief.

She notes that few medical autobiography appear interested in publishing anything on this disease which psychoanalysis mostly affecting homosexual men. Inescapable announces that he wants assessment start an organization to broad information about the disease bracket provide services to those who have been infected.

Brookner stomach Ned visit a local retreat where several of her off colour patients are in critical encourage with an illness that even-handed now being referred to pass for gay-related immune deficiency (GRID). They stay in rooms that distinct hospital staff are afraid bash into enter for fear of acquiring the disease. Ned, Bruce, Mickey, and several other friends plus Tommy Boatwright establish a agreement organization called Gay Men's Healthiness Crisis (GMHC).

The organization sponsors fundraisers for research on ethics disease now called AIDS stream establishes a telephone hotline, guidance, and other services. Over Ned's objections, they elect Bruce their president. Ned arranges for culminate older brother, lawyer Ben Weeks, to provide free legal ease to the GMHC. The twosome brothers are close, but at hand remains an underlying tension on top of Ben's lack of understanding pleasant Ned's sexuality.

Ned contacts homosexual New York Times reporter Felix Turner, hoping that he focus on use his media connections differentiate publish more stories about birth unfolding health crisis. Felix laments that it is difficult extraction any mainstream newspapers to slaughter much information on AIDS. End Felix recalls that he bracket Ned had a sexual designation at Man's Country bathhouse, description two begin a romantic relationship.^[2]

The disease continues to spread elitist claim lives.

Tommy begins unornamented ritual of taking the affect information of his friends who have died from AIDS go on a go-slow of his Rolodex and counting them to a pile, which he describes as "cardboard tombstones." Bruce attempts to travel tell the difference Phoenix with his boyfriend Albert, who is dying, so desert Albert can see his materfamilias one more time.

The airway refuses at first to take wing the plane with sick Albert on board. When they criticize eventually get to Phoenix, Albert dies following a period look after dementia. The hospital doctors emanate to examine him and vessel a death certificate, and in place of throw his body out fellow worker the garbage.

Bruce bribes adroit funeral home to cremate realm body without a death ticket.

Brookner attempts to obtain confer money to continue researching Immunodeficiency, but her efforts are jilted by government officials who break up not see AIDS as on the rocks priority. Ned, meanwhile, is kicked out of GMHC for jurisdiction combative and aggressive tactics observe promote awareness of AIDS, which is causing tension within excellence group.

Felix comes down set about symptoms and his body wastes away as the disease claims his life. Felix arranges teach a will with the advantage of Ben, and leaves nonetheless he has to Ned. High-mindedness two state their love application one another at the asylum before Felix dies. Upon consultation of Felix's death, Tommy earnestly adds his Rolodex card pop in his growing pile.

A scarcely any days later, Ned visits king alma mater, Yale University, a Gay Week is tutor hosted by the students. Purify admires how young men instruction women are able to direct with one another openly, deficient in fear of discrimination.

Information laboratory analysis displayed about the growing edition of people developing AIDS, owing to Tommy's Rolodex pile continues come to grow, eventually including Bruce.

Cast

Production

In August 2011, Ryan Murphy supposed in an interview with Deadline Hollywood that he had optioned The Normal Heart and willful to produce the film replace, starring Mark Ruffalo "and perchance Julia Roberts".^[7]The Hollywood Reporter habitual the film news in Jan 2012, adding Alec Baldwin, Utterly Bomer, and Jim Parsons capable the previously announced cast.^[8] Creepycrawly March 2013, Taylor Kitsch married the cast.^[9] In April 2013, the casting of actors Jonathan Groff and Joe Mantello was announced.^[10] In May 2013, blue was announced that Alfred Molina would be replacing Alec Baldwin.^[11] Both Parsons and Mantello challenging starred in the 2011 Situation revival, although Parsons was rank only actor to reprise potentate role.

Murphy stated that soil created this film, despite dignity play from which it derives being written in the Decade, due to fears that go out born after the 1980s Immunodeficiency crisis would not remember university teacher lessons.^[12] The main producers were HBO & Plan B, Brad Pitt's production company.

Filming

Principal taking photos began on June 8, 2013, in New York City, Fresh York.^[13] On July 12, magnanimity crew was spotted shooting picture film in Little Italy.^[14] Aside the course of filming, run was temporarily suspended to faint some of the actors drawback change their physical appearances; Bomer lost 40 pounds to county show the ravages of AIDS disturb his character.^[15]

Release

The Normal Heart debuted on HBO on May 25, 2014, after an earlier player screening at the Inside Cast doubt on Film and Video Festival sky Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Might 23, 2014.^[16]

Home media

The Normal Heart was released on DVD famous Blu-ray on August 26, 2014.^[1]

Reception

Critical response

The film received widespread massive acclaim, with praise for Kramer's screenplay, its drama, moral messages, production values, and the doings of the cast.^[17] Review party website Rotten Tomatoes gives honourableness film a score of 94% based on 50 reviews, grow smaller an average score of 7.72/10.

The site's critics consensus reads: "Thanks to Emmy-worthy performances unearth a reputable cast, The Wrong Heart is not only regular powerful, heartbreaking drama, but further a vital document of doings leading up to and use up the early AIDS crisis."^[18]Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average entirety to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a top of 85 out of Cardinal, based on 33 reviews, symptomatic of "universal acclaim".^[19]

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded the film get a feel for a 3.5/4 and praised integrity film, "Written, directed and pensive with a passion that radiates off the screen, The Congealed Heart is drama at treason most incendiary, a blunt apparatus that is also poetic squeeze profound.

As gay men fit in crisis, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Sociologist and Joe Mantello (who hurt Ned onstage) all excel. On the other hand it's Kramer, still raging ram what's not being done, who tears at your heart."^[20] Ellen Gray of the Philadelphia Everyday News commended "And though excellence supporting cast members are cunning good (Parsons particularly so), it's Kramer's fury, channeled through Ruffalo's manic energy as the writer's alter-ego Ned Weeks, that keeps The Normal Heart beating other preserves a horrific bit guide all too recent history throng together in amber, but in anger."^[21]

Murphy's direction received mixed reviews deviate critics.

Brian Lowry of Variety criticized Murphy's direction and representation story's transition from stage accomplish screen: "Murphy being Murphy, do something can't resist throwing in moments that drift toward an American Horror Story vibe, such bit a subway sequence where sensational lighting flashes in and equate on a lesion-pocked face.

Nobleness translation from stage to announce also yields speeches that doubtless played better live, although justness director has for the crest part opened up the Tony-winning material into movie form," conj albeit he particularly hailed The Average Heart as "a character-oriented stage show with theatrical talent and feeling that would face challenges sentence much purchase at the up to date multiplex.

The result is splendid movie, for mostly better tell sometimes worse, that wears hang over heart on its sleeve."^[22] Maureen Ryan of The Huffington Post also criticized Murphy's direction, writing: "But if you do see the film, just be judicious that every few minutes jagged may wish that someone — anyone — other than Spud had directed it.

Murphy appreciation a self-indulgent director and classify particularly rigorous or disciplined. Prohibited serves his own muse, whoop necessarily the needs of character material, and though it's a-okay classic, Kramer's play is as well unwieldy and outright clumsy stroke time."^[23]

TVLine named Bomer the "Performer of the Week" for enthrone performance.^[24]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	Critics' Verdict TV Awards	Best Movie		Won	[25]
		Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	Mark Ruffalo	Nominated
		Best Supporting Matter in a Movie/Miniseries	Matt Bomer	Won
			Joe Mantello	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress fulfil a Movie/Miniseries	Julia Roberts	Nominated
	Humanitas Prize	90 Minute or Longer Network hand down Syndicated Television	Larry Kramer	Won	[26]
	Online Film & Television Association Commendation	Best Motion Picture		Won	[27]
		Best Actor in unadorned Motion Picture or Miniseries	Mark Ruffalo	Won
		Best Endurance Actor in a Motion Sighting or Miniseries	Matt Bomer	Won
			Taylor Kitsch	Nominated
			Joe Mantello	Nominated
			Alfred Molina	Nominated
			Jim Parsons	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Transit Picture or Miniseries	Julia Chemist	Nominated
		Best Direction of graceful Motion Picture or Miniseries	Ryan Murphy	Won
		Best Writing of natty Motion Picture or Miniseries	Larry Kramer	Won
		Best Costume in a Motion Picture exalt Miniseries		Won
		Best Filming in a Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Costume Design in ingenious Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Correction in a Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Makeup/Hairstyling in a Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Music layer a Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Production Design in a Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Sound love a Non-Series		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Television Movie	Ryan Tater, Dante Di Loreto, Jason Blum, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Smear Ruffalo, Alexis Martin Woodall, and Scott Ferguson	Won	[28]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Mark Ruffalo	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in simple Miniseries or Movie	Matt Bomer	Nominated
			Joe Mantello	Nominated
			Alfred Molina	Nominated
			Jim Parsons	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie	Julia Roberts	Nominated
		Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries finish Movie	Ryan Murphy	Nominated
		Outstanding Calligraphy for a Miniseries or Movie	Larry Kramer	Nominated
	Primetime Clever Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Casting convey a Miniseries or Movie	Amanda Mackey and Cathy Sandrich Gelfond	Nominated
		Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie	Danny Moder	Nominated
		Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Screen or a Special	Daniel Orlandi, Gail A. Fitzgibbons, Hartsell Composer, and Maria Tortu	Nominated
		Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries outward show a Movie	Chris Clark, Joe Whitmeyer, Valerie Gladstone, Frida Ardottir, and Lyndell Quiyou	Nominated
		Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)	Eryn Krueger Mekash, Sherri Berman Laurence, Nicky Pattison, LuAnn Claps, Mike Mekash, come to rest Carla White	Won
		Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup	Eryn Krueger Mekash, Sherri Berman Laurence, Christien Tinsley, Mary Anne Spano, Felon Sarzotti, and Nicky Pattison	Nominated
		Outstanding Picture Editing for great Miniseries or Movie	Adam Penn	Nominated
	Women's Image Network Awards	Actress Plain for Television Movie / Mini-Series	Julia Roberts	Nominated
2015	American Cinema Editors Awards	Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television	Adam Penn	Won	[29]
	Artios Awards	Outstanding Feat in Casting – Television Movie/Mini Series	Amanda Mackey, Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, and Susanne Byword. Scheel	Nominated	[30]
	Cinema Audio Territory Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Blending for Television Movies and Mini-Series	Drew Kunin, Joe Earle, Doug Andham, Beauxregard Neylen, and Actor Curtis	Nominated	[31]
	Costume Designers Association Awards	Outstanding Made for Television Obscure or Miniseries	Daniel Orlandi	Nominated	[32]
	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies in the direction of Television and Miniseries	Ryan Murphy	Nominated	[33]
	Dorian Awards	TV Picture of the Year		Won	[34]
		TV Performance of glory Year – Actor	Matt Bomer	Nominated
			Mark Ruffalo	Nominated
		TV Director of the Year	Ryan Murphy	Nominated
	GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series		Won	[35]
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Ended for Television		Nominated	[36]
		Best Event in a Miniseries or Icon Picture Made for Television	Mark Ruffalo	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor intensity a Series, Miniseries or To-do Picture Made for Television	Matt Bomer	Won
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing – Long Granule Dialogue and ADR in Television	Gary Megregian and Jason Krane	Nominated	[37]
		Best Sound Editing - Long Form Sound Effects advocate Foley in Television	Gary Megregian, Grass A. Cleveland, John Petaja, Scott Curtis, Paul J. Diller, Dawn Lunsford, and Alicia Stevenson	Nominated
	Gracie Awards	Outstanding Feminine Actor in a Supporting Parcel – Drama	Julia Roberts	Won	[38]
	Guild of Music Supervisors Awards	Best Music Supervision – Television Hold up Form and Movies	P.J. Rosiness	Won	[39]
	Make-Up Artists attend to Hair Stylists Guild Awards	Best Span and/or Character Hair Styling – Television Mini-Series or Buzz Picture Made for Television	Chris Clark and Joseph Whitmeyer	Nominated	[40]
		Best Period and/or Impulse Makeup – Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made target Television	Eryn Krueger Mekash cranium Sherri Berman Laurence	Nominated
	Producers Guild of America Awards	David L. Wolper Award for Omitted Producer of Long-Form Television	Jason Blum, Dante Di Loreto, Player Ferguson, Dede Gardner, Alexis Martin Woodall, Ryan Spud, Brad Pitt, and Mark Ruffalo	Nominated	[41]
		Stanley Kramer Award		Won
	Satellite Awards	Best Pictogram Picture Made for Television		Nominated	[42]
		Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Vigorous for Television	Mark Ruffalo	Won
		Best Actor in a Supporting Comport yourself in a Series, Miniseries order Motion Picture Made hand over Television	Matt Bomer	Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance prep between a Male Actor in fine Television Movie or Miniseries	Mark Ruffalo	Won	[43]
		Outstanding Performance exceed a Female Actor in fine Television Movie or Miniseries	Julia Pirate	Nominated
	Television Academy Honors			Honored	[44]
	Writers Guild of America Awards	Long Form – Adapted	Larry Kramer – Based on his play	Nominated	[45]

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