See first trailer for HBO’s “The Normal Heart”

After watching this short trailer for The Normal Heart, I feel so much already that I know it’s going to be a really emotional experience watching it when it premieres on HBO on May 25.

Mark Ruffalo says at one point: “I am trying to understand why no one gives a SHIT that we’re DYING!”

It just brings all the horror back – that one line.

The movie version of Larry Kramer’s play has an all-star cast that includes Ruffalo, Matt Bomer and Julia Roberts.

What is particularly noteworthy is that in addition to Bomer, other openly gay actors in the cast include Jim Parsons, Jonathan Groff, Denis O’Hare, Stephen Spinella, Joe Mantello and BD Wong.

The cast also includes Taylor Kitsch, Alfred Molina, Corey Stoll and Finn Wittrock.

Based on Kramer’s groundbreaking 1985 play, the film is based on a screenplay also written by Kramer. It follows New York-based writer and gay activist Ned Weeks (Ruffalo) as he struggles to pull together an organization focused on raising awareness about AIDS during the early days of the epidemic.