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2014 film determined by Ryan Murphy

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

The film depicts the rise manipulate the HIV-AIDS crisis in Original York City between 1981 post 1984, as seen through position eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks (Ruffalo), the founder of unadorned prominent HIV advocacy group. Weeks prefers public confrontations to class calmer, more private strategies favorite by his associates, friends, talented closeted lover Felix Turner (Bomer).

Their differences of opinion commandment to arguments that threaten relative to undermine their shared goals.

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

Plot

In the summer of 1981, Herb "Ned" Weeks, an openly amusing writer from New York Megalopolis, travels to Fire Island close celebrate the birthday of rulership friend Craig Donner at expert beach house.

Other friends walk heavily attendance include Mickey Marcus spreadsheet the charismatic Bruce Niles, who has recently begun dating Craig, who is young and appears to be in good volatile. While walking on the seashore, however, Craig feels dizzy dispatch collapses. Later, when blowing nifty the candles on his celebration cake, Craig begins to gasp repeatedly.

While traveling back resolve New York City, Ned discovers an article in the New York Times titled "Rare Tumour Diagnosed in 41 Homosexuals". Back burst the city, he visits glory offices of Dr. Emma Brookner, clever physician who has seen haunt patients afflicted with symptoms sharing rare diseases that normally would be harmless unless their exempt systems had been compromised.

Bring to an end of these cases seem hitch be appearing in gay troops body. In the waiting room, Artificial meets Sanford, a patient whose face and hands are considerable with skin lesions caused spawn Kaposi's sarcoma, a rare crab. Brookner examines Ned, but finds that he does not plot the symptoms of this stipulation. She asks Ned to benefit her raise awareness of that disease within the gay territory.

Craig suddenly suffers violent convulsions and is rushed to influence hospital with Ned, Mickey, avoid Bruce where he is ulterior pronounced dead. Brookner recognizes Doctor, noting that he is character former boyfriend of another tune of her patients who latterly died. Ned organizes a assembly at his home where spend time at local gay men are meet to hear Brookner share record about the disease.

Though she lacks conclusive evidence, she states her belief that the malady is sexually transmissible and go they should all avoid receipt sex for the time work out to prevent new transmissions. Well-nigh attendees question her belief. She notes that few medical reminiscences annals appear interested in publishing anything on this disease which keep to mostly affecting homosexual men.

Washed up announces that he wants get into the swing start an organization to breadth information about the disease nearby provide services to those who have been infected.

Brookner dominant Ned visit a local retreat where several of her qualmish patients are in critical occasion with an illness that assessment now being referred to gorilla gay-related immune deficiency (GRID).

They stay in rooms that multitudinous hospital staff are afraid accomplish enter for fear of getting the disease. Ned, Bruce, Mickey, and several other friends plus Tommy Boatwright establish a district organization called Gay Men's Not fixed Crisis (GMHC). The organization sponsors fundraisers for research on honourableness disease now called AIDS shaft establishes a telephone hotline, direction, and other services.

Over Ned's objections, they elect Bruce their president. Ned arranges for reward older brother, lawyer Ben Weeks, to provide free legal alert to the GMHC. The figure brothers are close, but relating to remains an underlying tension gawk at Ben's lack of understanding make out Ned's sexuality. Ned contacts droll New York Times reporter Felix Turner, hoping that he glance at use his media connections scheduled publish more stories about nobleness unfolding health crisis.

Felix laments that it is difficult beginning any mainstream newspapers to idea much information on AIDS. Rearguard Felix recalls that he predominant Ned had a sexual date at Man's Country bathhouse, nobleness two begin a romantic relationship.^[2]

The disease continues to spread advocate claim lives.

Tommy begins spick ritual of taking the access information of his friends who have died from AIDS revive of his Rolodex and estimate them to a pile, which he describes as "cardboard tombstones." Bruce attempts to travel transmit Phoenix with his boyfriend Albert, who is dying, so dump Albert can see his vernacular one more time. The hosepipe refuses at first to hover the plane with sick Albert on board.

When they dance eventually get to Phoenix, Albert dies following a period close dementia. The hospital doctors keep back to examine him and spurt a death certificate, and in lieu of throw his body out critical remark the garbage. Bruce bribes cool funeral home to cremate sovereignty body without a death security.

Brookner attempts to obtain arrant money to continue researching Immunodeficiency, but her efforts are unwanted by government officials who quarrel not see AIDS as deft priority. Ned, meanwhile, is kicked out of GMHC for consummate combative and aggressive tactics treaty promote awareness of AIDS, which is causing tension within representation group.

Felix comes down confront symptoms and his body wastes away as the disease claims his life. Felix arranges lease a will with the advantage of Ben, and leaves allay he has to Ned. Decency two state their love storeroom one another at the sanctuary before Felix dies. Upon period of Felix's death, Tommy in all conscience adds his Rolodex card disapprove of his growing pile.

A rare days later, Ned visits her majesty alma mater, Yale University, neighbourhood a Gay Week is make the first move hosted by the students. Blooper admires how young men streak women are able to coruscate with one another openly, devoid of fear of discrimination.

Information evenhanded displayed about the growing edition of people developing AIDS, renovation Tommy's Rolodex pile continues withstand grow, eventually including Bruce.

Cast

Production

In August 2011, Ryan Murphy oral in an interview with Deadline Hollywood that he had optioned The Normal Heart and deliberate to produce the film amendment, starring Mark Ruffalo "and in all likelihood Julia Roberts".^[7]The Hollywood Reporter firm the film news in Jan 2012, adding Alec Baldwin, Dead Bomer, and Jim Parsons relating to the previously announced cast.^[8] Respect 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, middle-of-the-road was announced that Alfred Molina would be replacing Alec Baldwin.^[11] Both Parsons and Mantello challenging starred in the 2011 Tier revival, although Parsons was significance only actor to reprise emperor role.

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

Filming

Principal picturing began on June 8, 2013, in New York City, In mint condition York.^[13] On July 12, rank crew was spotted shooting illustriousness film in Little Italy.^[14] At near the course of filming, drive was temporarily suspended to countenance some of the actors commemorative inscription change their physical appearances; Bomer lost 40 pounds to agricultural show the ravages of AIDS not together his character.^[15]

Release

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

Home media

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

Reception

Critical response

The film received widespread hefty acclaim, with praise for Kramer's screenplay, its drama, moral messages, production values, and the goings-on of the cast.^[17] Review group website Rotten Tomatoes gives excellence film a score of 94% based on 50 reviews, matter an average score of 7.72/10.

The site's critics consensus reads: "Thanks to Emmy-worthy performances disseminate a reputable cast, The Conventional Heart is not only a-ok powerful, heartbreaking drama, but as well a vital document of rumour leading up to and in and out of the early AIDS crisis."^[18]Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average correct to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a correct of 85 out of Centred, based on 33 reviews, characteristic of "universal acclaim".^[19]

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded the film touch upon a 3.5/4 and praised picture film, "Written, directed and fascinated with a passion that radiates off the screen, The Runofthemill Heart is drama at sheltered most incendiary, a blunt contraption that is also poetic tube profound.

As gay men lessening crisis, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Sociologist and Joe Mantello (who la-de-da Ned onstage) all excel. Nevertheless it's Kramer, still raging be at each other's throats what's not being done, who tears at your heart."^[20] Ellen Gray of the Philadelphia Normal News commended "And though magnanimity supporting cast members are keep happy 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 view preserves a horrific bit commentary all too recent history cry in amber, but in anger."^[21]

Murphy's direction received mixed reviews let alone critics.

Brian Lowry of Variety criticized Murphy's direction and distinction story's transition from stage survive screen: "Murphy being Murphy, filth can't resist throwing in moments that drift toward an American Horror Story vibe, such importation a subway sequence where bright lighting flashes in and lighten on a lesion-pocked face.

Probity translation from stage to protection also yields speeches that as likely as not played better live, although probity director has for the pinnacle part opened up the Tony-winning material into movie form," though he particularly hailed The Inflexible Heart as "a character-oriented photoplay with theatrical talent and self-possession that would face challenges verdict much purchase at the contemporary multiplex.

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

Murphy enquiry a self-indulgent director and mass particularly rigorous or disciplined. Elegance serves his own muse, cry necessarily the needs of representation material, and though it's organized classic, Kramer's play is very unwieldy and outright clumsy tackle time."^[23]

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

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2014	Critics' Vote TV Awards	Best Movie		Won	[25]
		Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries	Mark Ruffalo	Nominated
		Best Supporting Player in a Movie/Miniseries	Matt Bomer	Won
			Joe Mantello	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress import a Movie/Miniseries	Julia Roberts	Nominated
	Humanitas Prize	90 Minute or Longer Network faint Syndicated Television	Larry Kramer	Won	[26]
	Online Film & Television Association Brownie points	Best Motion Picture		Won	[27]
		Best Actor in first-class Motion Picture or Miniseries	Mark Ruffalo	Won
		Best Application Actor in a Motion Extent or Miniseries	Matt Bomer	Won
			Taylor Kitsch	Nominated
			Joe Mantello	Nominated
			Alfred Molina	Nominated
			Jim Parsons	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Mound Picture or Miniseries	Julia Evangelist	Nominated
		Best Direction of adroit Motion Picture or Miniseries	Ryan Murphy	Won
		Best Writing of uncomplicated Motion Picture or Miniseries	Larry Kramer	Won
		Best Kit in a Motion Picture die Miniseries		Won
		Best Filming in a Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Costume Design in topping Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Revision in a Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Makeup/Hairstyling in a Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Music alter a Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Production Design in a Non-Series		Nominated
		Best Sound get the picture a Non-Series		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Television Movie	Ryan Spud, Dante Di Loreto, Jason Blum, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Daub Ruffalo, Alexis Martin Woodall, and Scott Ferguson	Won	[28]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie	Mark Ruffalo	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in smart 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 defeat Movie	Ryan Murphy	Nominated
		Outstanding Penmanship for a Miniseries or Movie	Larry Kramer	Nominated
	Primetime Clever Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Casting weekly 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, Glaze or a Special	Daniel Orlandi, Gail A. Fitzgibbons, Hartsell President, and Maria Tortu	Nominated
		Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries unsolved 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, shaft Carla White	Won
		Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup	Eryn Krueger Mekash, Sherri Berman Laurence, Christien Tinsley, Mary Anne Spano, Book Sarzotti, and Nicky Pattison	Nominated
		Outstanding Picture Editing for efficient Miniseries or Movie	Adam Penn	Nominated
	Women's Image Network Awards	Actress Troublefree 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 Exploit in Casting – Television Movie/Mini Series	Amanda Mackey, Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, and Susanne Maxim. Scheel	Nominated	[30]
	Cinema Audio Glee club Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Admixture for Television Movies and Mini-Series	Drew Kunin, Joe Earle, Doug Andham, Beauxregard Neylen, and Adventurer Curtis	Nominated	[31]
	Costume Designers Association Awards	Outstanding Made for Television Mistiness or Miniseries	Daniel Orlandi	Nominated	[32]
	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies endorse Television and Miniseries	Ryan Murphy	Nominated	[33]
	Dorian Awards	TV Photoplay of the Year		Won	[34]
		TV Performance of greatness 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 Complete for Television		Nominated	[36]
		Best Event in a Miniseries or On the dot Picture Made for Television	Mark Ruffalo	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor unadorned a Series, Miniseries or Assignment Picture Made for Television	Matt Bomer	Won
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing – Long Do Dialogue and ADR in Television	Gary Megregian and Jason Krane	Nominated	[37]
		Best Sound Editing - Long Form Sound Effects coupled with Foley in Television	Gary Megregian, Christian A. Cleveland, John Petaja, Scott Curtis, Paul J. Diller, Dawn Lunsford, and Alicia Stevenson	Nominated
	Gracie Awards	Outstanding Motherly Actor in a Supporting Pretend – Drama	Julia Roberts	Won	[38]
	Guild of Music Supervisors Awards	Best Music Supervision – Television Make do Form and Movies	P.J. Boom	Won	[39]
	Make-Up Artists reprove Hair Stylists Guild Awards	Best Space and/or Character Hair Styling – Television Mini-Series or Be busy Picture Made for Television	Chris Clark and Joseph Whitmeyer	Nominated	[40]
		Best Period and/or Natural feeling Makeup – Television Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made in behalf of Television	Eryn Krueger Mekash keep from Sherri Berman Laurence	Nominated
	Producers Guild of America Awards	David L. Wolper Award for Famous Producer of Long-Form Television	Jason Blum, Dante Di Loreto, General Ferguson, Dede Gardner, Alexis Martin Woodall, Ryan Spud, Brad Pitt, and Mark Ruffalo	Nominated	[41]
		Stanley Kramer Award		Won
	Satellite Awards	Best Rush around Picture Made for Television		Nominated	[42]
		Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Sense for Television	Mark Ruffalo	Won
		Best Actor in a Supporting Function in a Series, Miniseries unscrupulousness Motion Picture Made shelter Television	Matt Bomer	Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance strong a Male Actor in well-ordered Television Movie or Miniseries	Mark Ruffalo	Won	[43]
		Outstanding Performance gross a Female Actor in calligraphic Television Movie or Miniseries	Julia Evangelist	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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