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Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 13, 2010

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

50%

Original Title

Rock Hudson - Schöner fremder Mann

Production Companies

YLE, Florianfilm, ORF, ARTE GEIE

Director

André Schäfer

Description

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.