Dallas Buyers Club is set during the 80s and the AIDS epidemic. Inspired by true events, Ron Woodroof’s story of strength is directed by Jean-Marc Vallée from an original screenplay by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack. Matthew McConaughey portrays the real-life character, whose self-interest is galvanised into something much more.
A son of Texas, Ron Woodroof is an electrician and rodeo cowboy. In 1985, he is well into an unexamined existence with a devil-may-care lifestyle. Suddenly, Ron is blindsided by being diagnosed as H.I.V.-positive and given 30 days to live. Yet he will not, and does not, accept a death sentence.
His crash course of research reveals a lack of approved treatments and medications in the U.S., so Ron crosses the border into Mexico. There, he learns about alternative treatments and begins smuggling them into the U.S., challenging the medical and scientific community including his concerned physician, Dr. Eve Saks (Jennifer Garner).
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB stars Spirit Award winner Matthew McConaughey (The Paperboy, Magic Mike), Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Jennifer Garner (The Odd Life to Timothy Green, Arthur) and Gotham Independent Film Award winner Jared Leto (Mr Nobody, Chapter 27) is in cinemas from Thursday February 13, 2014.
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