The McConnaissance: Dallas Buyers Club

The film has got rave reviews and six Oscar nominations. Matthew McConaughey, whose reinvention of himself for the film has been termed as McConnaissance, has also been nominated. He plays a real-life Texan cowboy who is diagnosed as HIV-positive.

Updated on: Feb 27, 2014 4:22 PM IST

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The film has got rave reviews and six Oscar nominations. Matthew McConaughey, whose reinvention of himself for the film has been termed as McConnaissance, has also been nominated. He plays a real-life Texan cowboy who is diagnosed as HIV-positive.

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These are early days of the AIDS epidemic and Ron is ostracised by many of his friends. Bereft of government-approved medicine, he tracks down alternative medicine from across the world - sometimes illegally.

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He joins hands with a band of outcasts who are shunned by their friends and families. He goes on to establish a successful buyers' club.

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The film also stars Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner. Leto has been nominated for Best Actor in Supporting Role.