Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010)
Rock Hudson was a virile screen idol who was the epitome of clean-cut masculinity. He was one of the first Hollywood celebrities to die of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, providing the killer virus with a famous face amidst the American AIDS paranoia of 1985. 2010 is not only the 25th anniversary of his death but would also have been his 85 birthday. The film investigates the many film roles Rock Hudson played, against the more intimate and private world of Roy Fitzgerald.
Directors: André Schäfer, Andrew Davies.
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Rock Hudson as Himself (archive footage) |
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Salome Jens as Herself |
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Richard Anderson as Himself |
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Richard Dyer as Himself |
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Armistead Maupin as Himself |
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Leonard B. Stern as Himself |
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Yanou Collart as Herself |
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Sean O. Strub as Himself |
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Tom Santopietro as Himself |
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Stockton Briggle as Himself |
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Rona Barrett as Herself |
| Writing | André Schäfer | Writer |
| Writing | Andrew Davies | Writer |
| Directing | André Schäfer | Director |
| Directing | Andrew Davies | Director |