Search - An Early Frost [Special Collector's Edition] on DVD

Content Advisory: Adult Situations Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 07/18/2006 Format: DVD - Color - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 37 mins Studio: Wolfe Video Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Drama, Gay & Lesbian Films, Family Drama

Originally telecast November 11, 1985, An Early Frost was the first TV movie to deal with the subject of AIDS. Aidan Quinn plays a personable young gay lawyer who is stricken with the HIV virus. As his health deteriorates, Quinn finds that his physical agony is secondary to his mental anguish. Ben Gazzara and Gena Rowlands play Quinn's parents, who must not only come to grips with their son's impending death, but with their own long-standing fears and prejudices concerning homosexuality. No easy answers are offered in this realistic drama, which also stars Sylvia Sidney as Quinn's grandmother and John Glover as a fellow AIDS victim. Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman won Emmys for their pioneering teleplay. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Aidan Quinn - Michael Pierson
Gena Rowlands - Katherine Pierson
Ben Gazzara - Nick Pierson
Sylvia Sidney - Beatrice McKenna
John Glover - Victor DiMato