Fatal Love Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992) Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (also known in UK as Fatal Love) is a 1992 American television movie based on the life of a prominent AIDS activist Alison Gertz. The movie originally aired on ABC on March 29, 1992, approximately four months before Gertz's death. Alison Gertz (played by Molly Ringwald) is an upscale and self-assured Manhattanite. At the age of sixteen, Gertz meets a bartender named Darren and has a one-night stand with him. This results in her contracting HIV. The film shows how Gertz overcomes her fears and becomes an advocate educating high schoolers and collegians about AIDS and its possible threats to sexually active people of those ages. A Federal AIDS information number that ran after the film generated a record 189,251 calls within 24 hours of the film's showing, mostly from women. Running Time: 1h 40min | Genre: Drama | First Release: TV Movie 29 March 1992 Stars: Molly Ringwald, Lee Grant, Perry King Director: Tom McLoughlin Writer: Deborah Joy LeVine