In Dallas Buyers Club, McConaughey portrays real-life Texas electrician Ron Woodroof, an ordinary man who found himself in a life-or-death battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies. In 1986, Ron was blindsided by being diagnosed as HIV-positive and given 30 days to live. With the U.S. still internally divided over how to combat the virus and restricting medications, Ron grabbed hold of non-toxic alternative treatments from all over the world by means both legal and illegal. Seeking to avoid government sanctions against selling non-approved medicines and supplements, he established a buyers club, which fellow HIV-positive people could join for access to his supplies.

CAST: Matthew McConaughy, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto

DIRECTOR: Jean-Marc Vallee

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