Directed by:
John ErmanCinematography:
Woody OmensComposer:
John KanderCast:
Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, Sylvia Sidney, Aidan Quinn, D. W. Moffett, John Glover, Terry O'Quinn, Bill Paxton, Sydney Walsh, Lee Wilkof, Scott Jaeck (more)Plots(1)
In AN EARLY FROST, it is 1985 and Michael Pierson (Aidan Quinn) is a successful young lawyer in Chicago who has just been made a partner at his law firm. But he lives a double life, keeping his boyfriend a secret from both family and co-workers. Everything changes when he gets sick with pneumonia and is diagnosed with AIDS, forcing him to be open about the disease and his homosexuality for the first time. Back home with his family, they learn to adjust to the son they never knew, and realize that they love him just the same. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Gena Rowlands](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/196/169196952_wlnjxj.jpg)
Gena Rowlands
USA
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Night on Earth (1991)
The Notebook (2004)
![Ben Gazzara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271607_f89a8d.jpg)
Ben Gazzara
USA
Best movies:
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Dogville (2003)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
![Sylvia Sidney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271482_bf839c.jpg)
Sylvia Sidney
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
City Streets (1931)
Dead End (1937)
![Aidan Quinn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267787_44a890.jpg)
Aidan Quinn
USA
Best movies:
The Mission (1986)
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
Flipped (2010)
![D. W. Moffett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/615/161615932_f77b5c.jpg)
D. W. Moffett
USA
Best movies:
Falling Down (1993)
Traffic (2000)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
![John Glover](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/144/162144085_d08117.jpg)
John Glover
USA
Best movies:
Payback: Straight Up (2006)
Payback (1999)
Annie Hall (1977)
![Terry O'Quinn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/476/164476982_60eee2.png)
Terry O'Quinn
USA
Best movies:
Lost: The Final Journey (2010) (TV movie)
Primal Fear (1996)
Women of Valor (1986) (TV movie)
![Bill Paxton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/883/166883033_87653b.jpg)
Bill Paxton
USA
Best movies:
Aliens (1986)
The Terminator (1984)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Sydney Walsh
USA
Best movies:
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
Point Break (1991)
Auggie Rose (2000)
![Lee Wilkof](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247488_986749.jpg)
Lee Wilkof
USA
Best movies:
This Boy's Life (1993)
Private Parts (1997)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
![Scott Jaeck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/645/158645212_f7804c.jpg)
Scott Jaeck
USA
Best movies:
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
Dark Skies (1996) (series)
The Lucky Ones (2008)
Christopher Bradley
USA
Best movies:
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
Waxwork (1988)
Urbania (2000)
Don Hood
USA
Best movies:
Ed Wood (1994)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
Inherit the Wind (1988) (TV movie)
Essex Smith
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Cheryl Anderson
Best movies:
Who Will Love My Children? (1983) (TV movie)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
12:01 (1993) (TV movie)
Sue Ann Gilfillan
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love (1979) (TV movie)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
John Lafayette
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
![Michael Prince](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/115/164115293_e4ce82.jpg)
Michael Prince
USA
Best movies:
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Columbo (1971) (series)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
Leoda Richards
USA
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Sound of Music (1965)