Maps of Movies
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Where Dallas Buyers Club says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Set in Dallas, shot in Louisiana: the Texas of the 1980s was built in New Orleans
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Scenes and places
Ron's Dallas life (1985)
Ron is a promiscuous Dallas electrician and rodeo cowboy in 1985. His careless life is the one he is about to lose.
Set in Dallas, Texas — Ron Woodroof lives as an electrician and rodeo cowboy in Dallas in 1985. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Texas's big city, where the story is set; the film was shot in Louisiana instead.
Filmed at New Orleans, Louisiana (exact spot not published) — Stands in for Dallas; the film's Texas scenes were shot in New Orleans. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Told he has 30 days (1985)
Ron is diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given about 30 days to live. He refuses to believe it, then his family and friends turn away from him.
Set in Dallas hospital — Ron is diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and told he has about 30 days to live. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A Dallas hospital where AZT, the only drug approved for trials, is the only treatment on offer.
Filmed at New Orleans, Louisiana (exact spot not published) — Stands in for the Dallas hospital; shot in New Orleans. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Meeting Rayon (1985)
Weakened by AZT, cocaine and alcohol, Ron recovers in hospital. There he meets Rayon, whom he treats with hostility at first.
Set in Hospital ward, Dallas — Ron meets Rayon, a drug-addicted, HIV-positive trans woman, while recuperating in the hospital. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A hospital ward in Dallas, the setting of a first meeting that later turns into a partnership.
Filmed at New Orleans, Louisiana (exact spot not published) — Stands in for the hospital ward; shot in New Orleans. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The clinic in Mexico (1985)
Ron's health keeps failing, so he drives to a makeshift Mexican hospital. Dr. Vass, a doctor who lost his US licence, calls AZT poisonous and prescribes other drugs.
Set in Makeshift hospital, Mexico — Ron drives to a makeshift Mexican hospital run by Dr. Vass, who warns him against AZT.
A makeshift hospital in Mexico run by an American whose licence was revoked; no place is named in the sources.
Smuggling as a priest (1985)
Ron realises he can import the drugs. He crosses the border dressed as a priest with cancer and says the drugs are for personal use.
Set in US-Mexico border — Ron gets the drugs over the border by masquerading as a priest with cancer.
A border crossing; the crossing used in the film is not named in the sources.
Selling drugs in nightclubs (1985)
Ron sells the smuggled drugs on the street and in nightclubs. He reluctantly teams up with Rayon, who can bring in more customers.
Set in Dallas nightclubs — Ron sells the drugs on the street, in gay nightclubs and discotheque bars. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Dallas nightlife of the mid-1980s, where the drugs are sold.
Filmed at New Orleans, Louisiana (exact spot not published) — Stands in for the Dallas nightclubs; shot in New Orleans. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Buyers Club (1985)
Ron and Rayon found the Dallas Buyers Club. Members pay $400 a month and get the drugs free, a way around the law. The club grows popular and Ron starts to respect Rayon.
Set in Dallas Buyers Club — Ron and Rayon set up the club, charging $400 a month for membership. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The club's base in Dallas, named in the film's title.
Filmed at New Orleans, Louisiana (exact spot not published) — Stands in for the club's office; shot in New Orleans. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The FDA closes in (1985)
The FDA takes Ron's interferon and threatens him with arrest. Later it gets a warrant to raid the club but can only fine him.
Set in FDA and Dallas courts — The FDA confiscates the interferon, threatens to arrest Ron and later raids the club. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Where the FDA's rules collide with the club; the sources name no specific building.
Filmed at LSU Block and Bridle Club, Baton Rouge — Scene not identified Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Ron Woodroof — A Dallas electrician and rodeo cowboy diagnosed with HIV in 1985.
- Rayon — A drug-addicted, HIV-positive trans woman Ron meets in hospital.
- Dr. Eve Saks — Ron's doctor, who starts to notice the harm done by AZT.