TELEVISION - Oct. 20, 1992

And HBO Plays On: Matthew Modine, Richard Gere and Whoopi Goldberg will star in HBO Pictures’ “And the Band Played On,” a TV movie based on journalist Randy Shilts’ book about the early years of the AIDS epidemic. The film, to be directed by Roger Spottiswoode, begins production Nov. 12. Modine plays a medical researcher who was among the first to recognize the nature of AIDS. Gere plays a choreographer who represents those in the entertainment industry who have battled AIDS, and Goldberg stars as Selma Dritz, a San Francisco public health official. The movie will be filmed in Los Angeles and San Francisco; Aaron Spelling is executive producer.