The Cure (1995 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Cure


caption =
director = Peter Horton
producer = Eric Eisner
writer = Robert Kuhn
starring = Brad Renfro
Joseph Mazzello
Diana Scarwid
Annabella Sciorra
music = Dave Grusin
distributor = Universal Pictures
released = April 21 1995
runtime = 99 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget = $3 million
gross = $2,588,429
amg_id = 1:134643
imdb_id = 0112757

"The Cure" is a 1995 comedy-drama film starring Brad Renfro and Joseph Mazzello about two boys searching for the cure of AIDS, from which one of them is suffering. It was produced by Eric Eisner and Mark Burg.

Plot

Set in a small town of Stillwater, Minnesota, Erik (Brad Renfro) is an adolescent loner with a vain, stubborn and selfish mother, Gail (Diana Scarwid). Dexter (Joseph Mazzello) is his new next-door neighbor, who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion. Initially, Erik is put off by Dexter, but the two soon become good friends despite their differences. Erik seeks a family in Dexter and his genial, kind and friendly mother, Linda (Annabella Sciorra), but keeps the friendship a secret from Gail, knowing that she won't approve. She discovers the friendship one night after Linda comes over to ask Erik about something Dexter ate. Gail is furious and warns Dexter to stay away. He doesn't listen and when the boys read an article in a tabloid about a doctor in distant New Orleans who claims to have found a cure for AIDS, they set out on their own down the Mississippi River in the hope of saving Dexter's life. They turn back as Dexter's condition deteriorates. Dexter spends the rest of his time in the hospital. Dexter and Erik prank the doctors three times that Dexter's dead... but when they check on him in the third prank Dexter really has died. Once home, Gail is angry at Erik for running away, but Linda sternly tells her that Erik is going to the funeral. She also tells Gail that if she ever hits Erik again, she will kill her. Gail, clearly guilty for her un-motherly behavior, has no choice but to let Erik go to the funeral. Erik places one of his shoes in the coffin and take one to let sail on a river (as eariler in the trip when Dexter's having nightmares, Erik told Dexter to hold one of his sneakers as a reminder that he's always by his side).

Cast

*Brad Renfro as Erik
*Joseph Mazzello as Dexter
*Diana Scarwid as Gail
*Annabella Sciorra as Linda
*Aeryk Egan as Tyler
*Nicky Katt as Pony
*Renee Humphrey as Angel
*Bruce Davison as Dr. Jensen
*Andrew Broder as Tyler's Friend #1
*Jeremy Howard as Tyler's Friend #2

Trivia

* Bruce Davison played the character of "Dr. Jensen", but was credited as Dr. Stevens.
* Renee Humphrey's character was named 'Angel', although her tattoo was misspelled as 'Angle', so she's credited as the latter instead of 'Angel'.

Goofs

* Erik incorrectly states Aspirin is derived from mould; he means Penicillin.
* When the boys are on the river sailing to New Orleans, the same smoke stack is in the background, even though days have passed.
* In the hospital, Dexter's body changes position between shots.
* Continuity: Erik is seen gluing and smacking a leaf into their logbook, a reverse shot then shows three leaves with notes, another reverse shot and again one leaf.

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