The Normal Heart

To win a war, You have to start one

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The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.

Released: May 25, 2014

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Mark Ruffalo

Ned Weeks

Matt Bomer

Felix Turner

Taylor Kitsch

Bruce Niles

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