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.
Production
Rare home footage humanizes the manufactured myth.
Editing
Juxtaposing pillow talk scenes with his actual secret lovers.
Director
André Schäfer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hudson's death forced Reagan to finally say 'AIDS' aloud—previously unthinkable in that administration.
His publicist invented the 'liver cancer' cover story while Hudson was literally dying of AIDS in a Paris hospital.
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