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"Dallas Buyers Club" is the extraordinary account of how a homophobic, redneck hustler from Texas becomes an unlikely AIDS activist after he's told he only has a month to live. Here are three reasons why it should be considered one of the great films to debut this fall.

 of the fact that Matthew McConaughey lost 40 pounds for his role in the movie. Even that, though, doesn't prepare you for how stark a transformation the actor went through to play his character.

• It's a true story, based on 30 hours of interviews with the real Ron Woodroof. Before he died, Woodroof said a movie should be made of his story to show the importance of asking questions about medical treatment.

• The film captures the fear, paranoia and panic of the mid-1980s AIDS crisis in a painfully human manner.

And on the radio this week, Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis and I reviewed "Dallas Buyers Club" and "How I Live Now."

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Three reasons why ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ should be considered one of the great films to debut this fall. 

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