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''And Then There was One'' is a 1994 television film starring Amy Madigan and Dennis Boutsikaris. It was directed by David Jones. The film first aired on the Lifetime Television network on March 9, 1994.〔(''And Then There was One'' profile ), imdb.com; accessed December 13, 2014.〕 ==Background== The film stars Amy Madigan as Roxy Ventola, Dennis Boutsikaris as Vinnie Ventola, and Jane Daly as Lorrie. Other cast members in the film include Jennifer Hetrick as Janet, Martha Henry as Dr. Moore, and Kenneth Welsh as David Burns.〔(''And Then There was One'' cast credits ), imdb.com; accessed December 13, 2014.〕 The film's production companies were Freyda Rothstein Productions and Hearst Entertainment Productions.〔(''And Then There was One'' company credits ), imdb.com; accessed December 13, 2014.〕 Based on real events, the film follows the story of two Los Angeles-based screenwriters who had attended a fertility clinic in order to conceive a child, before HIV testing became routine. The couple's implant was successful, but the family discovered they had the AIDS virus. Vinnie Ventola died in 1991, and the baby Miranda died of the disease only a day later. Roxy Ventola was a co-producer of ''And Then There was One'' and she remarried in 1993, to AIDS activist Matthew McGrath, before dying from AIDS on November 14, 1994. She had become an activist herself and a successful advocate for peer counseling and peer support programs. She was president of the Board of Women at Risk, a support service for women with HIV/AIDS; a co-founding member of Women Alive, a peer group run by and for women volunteers with HIV/AIDS; a founding member of Friends for Life, a support service for heterosexuals with HIV/AIDS; and an active member of ACT UP/LA. Her play, ''After the Bomb'', which was about a post-AIDS world, was produced in the spring of 1994, at Open Fist Theater in Los Angeles. She performed in the Michael Kerns play, "AIDS, US Women: Silent NO More." Madigan was the winner of the CableACE award for "Actress in a Movie or Miniseries" for her performance in ''And Then There was One''.〔(''And Then There was One'' ), imdb.com; accessed December 13, 2014.〕 In her acceptance speech she gave tribute to the Ventola family and mentioned that Roxy had since died.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「And Then There Was One」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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