A harrowing and heart-wrenching drama capturing the terror of the early AIDS crisis. Historical Tragedy + Righteous Fury + The silent accumulation of Rolodex cards.
The Normal Heart
"To win a war, You have to start one"
Director:
Ryan Murphy
Cast:
Mark Ruffalo, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina
Drama
The Normal Heart - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
The Yale Reunion
The ending at Yale is based on a real event (Gay Week at Yale). It serves as a bittersweet glimpse of the future generation reaping the benefits of the activism that cost the characters their lives.
The Title
The title comes from W.H. Auden's poem 'September 1, 1939': 'The windsiest militant trash / Important Persons shout / Is not so crude as our wish: / What mad Nijinsky wrote / About Diaghilev / Is true of the normal heart; / For the error bred in the bone / Of each woman and each man / Craves what it cannot have, / Not universal love / But to be loved alone.'