![]() While AZT can stop the further spread of infected cells, it can also block the spread of healthy cells. Ron then makes his way across the border to Mexico where he meets up with another doctor (played by Griffin Dunne) who explains to Ron how AZT isn't the answer. When Eve (the female doctor played by Gardner) explains why she can't give him any at this point in the testing, Ron enlists the aid of one of the workers at the hospital – it's strictly a drugs for money exchange, but soon the hospital administration figures out AZT is missing and they start locking the drugs up. He also learns of the drug AZT, which is in the trial stages, and becomes obsessed with obtaining it. ![]() Not only isn't he homosexual, but the movie has done a job of establishing up until this point that he's a 'hound' when it comes to women, not to mention very anti-gay around his friends – spouting off jokes about Rock Hudson's recent diagnosis (the movie begins in 1985).Īs Ron's symptoms worsen, he begins to dive into research about HIV and AIDS and realizes he most likely acquired the disease through unprotected sex. A work injury results in a hospital visit, where two doctors (played by Jennifer Gardner and Denis O'Hare) give Ron the bad news: he has about 30 days to live. When we first meet Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), he already has AIDS…he just doesn't know it yet.
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