Jared Leto and Matthew McConnaughey movie costumes from Dallas Buyers Club...

Not only was Dallas Buyers Club the critically darling of awards season, with Matthew McConnaughey taking home the Best Actor Oscar and Jared Leto winning the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award amongst other accolades, but it also reminded cinema goers that even though the 80's was a scary time for those living and dying from HIV/AIDS, that the deadly disease hasn't gone anywhere and it is still affecting millions of people in the world today.

Original film costumes from Dallas Buyers Club on display

Based on real-life events, it was actually hard to sympathize with Matthew McConnaughey's character 'Ron Woodruff' as initially he's a homophobic womanizer, who doesn't seem to care for anyone but himself. However when he discovers he has contracted HIV and is only given 30 days to live by his doctors, his struggle to find medical treatments to prolong his life and the life of others is what redeems the cowboy.

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Hospital gown worn by Matthew McConnaughey

as Ron Woodruff in Dallas Buyer Club

Both actors shed dramatic amounts of weight to portray their respective characters diagnosed with HIV and you could really see the physical transformation of Matthew McConnaughey, especially when he looks most vulnerable in his hospital gown.

Outfit worn by Jared Leto as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club

Jared Leto was truly phenomenal in his role as the transgender woman 'Rayon' in backwater Texas and I thought he played it with dignity and realism. Not only did the Oscar-winning makeup help transform the male actor, but the wardrobe by Kurt and Burt also helped create the look of the sympathetic drug addict.

These costumes were photographed on display at the NBC Universal Experience exhibit at Universal Studios Hollywood on April 15, 2014.

If you're a fan of the movie, be sure to check out these other original Dallas Buyers Club movie costumes on display at ArcLight Hollywood cinema when the movie was released in theaters last year.

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Original movie costumes from Dallas Buyers Club on display...

In Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey stars as the real-life Texas electrician 'Ron Woodroof', who after being diagnosed with HIV in 1986 battled with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies, and searched for alternative ways to help his fellow HIV-positive patients to get access to the drugs and help they needed.

Original costumes worn by Matthew McConaughey, 

Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club

These costumes worn by the three lead actors in the movie, and designed by Kurt Swanson and Bart Mueller (aka Kurt and Bart), were photographed on display at ArcLight Hollywood cinema on October 23, 2013. You can also see the designers work in these Step Up 3D movie costumes.

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When he was diagnosed with HIV, the drug addict heterosexual cowboy and homophobe, Ron Woodroof, was given 30 days to live. Prescribed the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved AZT, the only legal drug available at the time in the U.S., Ron was brought to the brink of death.

Costume worn by Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof 

in Dallas Buyers Club

To survive he smuggled anti-viral medications from all over the world unavailable in America, and with the help of his sympathetic doctor, 'Eve Saks' (Jennifer Garner), and a fellow AIDS patient, 'Rayon' (Jared Leto), he established the Dallas Buyers Club, providing paying members with these alternative life-prolonging treatments.

Original costumes worn by Jennifer Garner as Doctor Saks 

and Jared Leto as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club

Jennifer Garner plays a friendly Doctor who helps Ron and these are her hospital scrubs from the movie, whilst Jared Leto who has been receiving early Oscar buzz along with Matthew McConaughey, plays the transgender character 'Rayon' and wears this outfit in the 80's based film.

Both McConaughey and Leto lost considerable weight to convincingly portray their HIV-positive status in the film.

Actual outfit worn by Jared Leto as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club

Just as this movie was inspired by true events, I run marathons to help fundraise for AIDS Project Los Angeles, helping those living with HIV and AIDS on daily basis, so if you would like to help this worthy cause please donate today as every contribution is much appreciated and goes straight to use helping people in need.

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