Matthew Modine stars in HBO Pictures' AND THE BAND PLAYED ON, the dramatization of Randy Shilts' best seller chronicling the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when a handful of individuals fought indifference, prejudice, ignorance and politics to battle a deadly epidemic that would soon change the face of the world. Also featured in the all-star cast, in alphabetical order, are: Alan Alda, Phil Collins, David Dukes, Richard Gere, Glenne Headly, Anjelica Huston, Swoosie Kurtz, Steve Martin, Richard Masur, Sir Ian McKellen, Saul Rubinek, Charles Martin Smith, Lily Tomlin and B.D. Wong.