An Early Frost

An Early Frost (1985)

When AIDS hits home... what does a family do?

Successful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from his mother, Katherine, father, Nick, and grandmother Beatrice. But when Michael discovers he has AIDS and is dying of complications from the disease, he must open up to his parents and the rest of his family. Though fearful of their reactions, he introduces them to his longtime lover, Peter, and looks to them for support.

Date of release
1985-05-01
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (37)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Director
John Erman

Casting

Interesting facts

An Early Frost is a 1985 American drama television film directed by John Erman and written by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, based on a story by Sherman Yellen. It was first broadcast on NBC on November 11, 1985. Aidan Quinn stars as Michael Pierson, a Chicago attorney who goes home to break the news to his parents, played by Gena Rowlands and Ben Gazzara, that he is gay and has AIDS. Sylvia Sidney, D. W. Moffett, and John Glover also star.

Development

The teleplay for the film by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman spent two years in development and underwent at least thirteen rewrites before the Standards and Practices division at the network accepted it for airing.

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