The McConnaissance continues this November 1st with Dallas Buyers Club, a serious Oscar contender starring Matthew McConaughey that became one of the most talked about films from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Matthew McConaughey stars as Ron Woodruff, an H.I.V.-positive man given 30 days to live in 1985 who survived for years by shirking the F.D.A. and U.S. laws by exploiting legal loopholes and importing the most effective medications into the States, starting a “club” for fellow patients to share the life-saving drugs and not get arrested.
Dallas Buyers Club is the latest acclaimed drama from Focus Features, who are donated a Blu-ray prize pack of their Oscar-winning films – including Milk (Best Actor, Sean Penn; Best Original Screenplay, Dustin Lance Black), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Best Original Screenplay, Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth), Brokeback Mountain (Best Director, Ang Lee; Best Adapted Screenplay, Larry McMurtry & Dianna Osanna; Best Original Score, Gustavo Santaollala), and Pride & Prejudice (nominated for Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score and Best Actress) – to one lucky CraveOnline reader, along with a $50 Visa to see Dallas Buyers Club in theaters.
One (1) winner will receive one (1) $50 Visa to see Dallas Buyers Club in theaters, one (1) Blu-ray of Milk, one (1) Blu-ray of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, one (1) Blu-ray of Pride & Prejudice and one (1) Blu-ray of Brokeback Mountain. (Prize pack valued at $135.) The sweepstakes runs from 12pm PST on Monday, October 28 to 12pm on 12pm PST Friday, November 1, 2013.
Good luck!
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From the Press Release:
An imperfect man fights for survival during an uncertain time in America. Inspired by true events, Ron Woodroof’s story of strength is told in Dallas Buyers Club, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée from an original screenplay by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack. Spirit Award winner Matthew McConaughey portrays the real-life character, whose self-interest is galvanized 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 (Screen Actors Guild Award winner Jennifer Garner).
An outsider to the gay community, Ron finds an unlikely ally in fellow AIDS patient Rayon (Gotham Independent Film Award winner Jared Leto), a transsexual who shares Ron’s lust for life. Rayon also shares Ron’s entrepreneurial spirit: seeking to avoid government sanctions against selling non-approved medicines and supplements, they establish a “buyers club,” where H.I.V.-positive people pay monthly dues for access to the newly acquired supplies. Deep in the heart of Texas, Ron’s pioneering underground collective beats loud and strong. With a growing community of friends and clients, Ron fights for dignity, education, and acceptance. In the years following his diagnosis, the embattled Lone Star loner lives life to the fullest like never before.
