My Own Country
Brief Synopsis
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Television movie based on the autobiography "My Own Country," by Dr. Abraham Verghese, an Ethiopian/East Indian physician specializing in infectious diseases in a small rural Tennessee town in the mid 1980s. Verghese's treatment of HIV-positive patients jeopardizes his assimilation into the small co
Cast & Crew
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Mira Nair
Director
Naveen Andrews
Dr Abraham "Abe" Verghese
Glenne Headly
Vickie Talley
Hal Holbrook
Lloyd Flanders
Swoosie Kurtz
Hope Flanders
Marisa Tomei
Mattie Vines
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Medical
Release Date
1998
Production Company
Avid Technology, Inc.; Deluxe Entertainment Services Group; Dufferin Gate Productions; F Stop Inc; Panavision, Ltd.; Showtime Networks; Starcraft; Vivkim Negative Cutting Inc.
Distribution Company
Showtime Home Entertainment
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 35m
Synopsis
Television movie based on the autobiography "My Own Country," by Dr. Abraham Verghese, an Ethiopian/East Indian physician specializing in infectious diseases in a small rural Tennessee town in the mid 1980s. Verghese's treatment of HIV-positive patients jeopardizes his assimilation into the small community at a time when misinformation about AIDS is widespread. The patients Verghese encounters include Vickie Talley, a trucker's wife who contracts the virus from her husband; Gordon Vines, the gay brother of Verghese's friend Mattie; and a conservative Christian couple, Lloyd and Hope Flanders, who keep their illness a secret from their family and friends for fear of rejection.
Director
Mira Nair
Director
Cast
Naveen Andrews
Dr Abraham "Abe" Verghese
Glenne Headly
Vickie Talley
Hal Holbrook
Lloyd Flanders
Swoosie Kurtz
Hope Flanders
Marisa Tomei
Mattie Vines
Adam Tomei
Gordon Vines
Ellora Patnaik
Rajani Verghese
Peter Macneill
Allen
Sean Hewitt
Chester Mews
William Webster
Langdon Arwood
Sharon Dyer
Mrs Vines
David Fox
Mr Vines
Colleen Williams
Carol
Ranjit Chowdhry
Vadivel
Ishwar Mooljee
Dr Sbt
Anand Rajaram
Mo
Daud Shah
Mohan
Nora Mclellan
Olivia
Craig Eldridge
Dr Ray
Steve Cumyn
Young Man With Aids
Michael J Reynolds
Young Man'S Father
Charmion King
Young Man'S Mother
Andrew Tarbet
Man In The Connection
Sanjay Talwar
Vikram Nair
Dayo Ade
John Okri
Mira Nair
Saryu Joshi
Bill Lake
Veteran
Sheherezade Alam
Woman Shopkeeper
Richard Denison
Priest
Kay Hawtrey
Lady In Church
Bruce Deller
Chester'S Brother
Oliver Becker
Clyde Talley
Lauren Annis
Danielle Talley
Peter Graham
Respiratory Therapist
Brooke Johnson
Nurse Mary
Diane Douglass
Nurse No 2
Tannis Burnett
Icu Nurse
Kabir Mahjoori
Steven Verghese
Marion Gilsenan
Dr Sarah Presnell
Damir Andrei
Mr Dean
Jennifer Pisana
Wilhemina
Teferi Kitaw
Man In Ethiopian Bar
Senai Bereket
Military Type
Crew
Yoel Abells
Medic
Carmen Arndt
Unit Production Manager
Robyn Aronstam
Script Supervisor
George Aywaz
Hair Stylist
Don Bachmann
Production Coordinator
Anita Bacic
Wardrobe
David Bailey
Post-Production Coordinator
Bev Ball
Assistant Costume Designer
Jim Balzan
Construction Coordinator
Phillip Barker
Production Designer
Joe Barnett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Darryl Beebe
On-Set Dresser
Dion Beebe
Director Of Photography
Dion Beebe
Dp/Cinematographer
Suzanne Benoit
Makeup Artist
Kristina Boden
Editor
Joan Boorstein
Creative Executive (Showtime)
Paul Boucher
Assistant Camera Operator
Derek Brady
Location Manager
James F Breithaupt
Production Accountant
James Broadley
Production Assistant
Garth Brunt
Lead Set Dresser
Cindy Carroll
Assistant Camera Operator
Russell Cate
Makeup Artist
Penny Charter
Assistant Director
Oliver Churchill
Assistant Location Manager
Kathleen Climie
Art Director
Stacey S. Clipp
Assistant Editor
Peter Cosco
Assistant Art Director
Lou Creveling
Dialogue Editor
Catherine Currie
Other
Jeff Danna
Music
Bob Davidson
Gaffer
D R Davidson
Gaffer
Keiko Deguchi
Assistant Editor
Michael Delahunt
Assistant Editor
Marco Di Flaviano
Production Assistant
Lisle Engle
Sound Effects Editor
Mary Erstad
Foley Mixer
Joe Everett
Unit Publicist
Susan Forrest
Casting (Toronto)
Terri Frank
Wardrobe Assistant
Neil Fraser
Dolly Grip
Alan Freedman
Adr Mixer
Stuart French
Sound Mixer
Peter Genrick
Electrician
Michael Gibson
Photography
Burke Goldstein
Grip
Lennox Green
Generator Operator
Brad Haehnel
Music
Michael Hertlein
Dialogue Editor
Steven Hewitt
Co-Executive Producer
Dean Hovey
Sound Editor
Mark Hunter
Property Master
Bob Jackson
Adr Supervisor
Craig Jurkiewicz
Foley Editor
Dina Kakarelis
Assistant
Ossama Khuluki
Foley Artist
Tim King
Post-Production Supervisor
Beth Klein
Casting
Rick Kush
Assistant Director
Noreen Landry
Costume Designer
Roger Laprairie
Video Colorist
Eleanor Lavender
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Jim Leonard
Screenwriter
Vicki Letizia
Creative Executive
Mike Macaulay
Electrician
Louise Macintosh
Prosthetics
Diane Marshall
Foley Artist
Jerome Mccann
Transportation Coordinator
Doug Mccullough
Set Decorator
Steve Mckobrada
Assistant Camera Operator
Jamie Mcrae
Grip
Laurie Mirsky
Assistant Director
Peter Miskimmin
Property Master
Bill Mochon
Color Timer
Marisa Mowszowski
Assistant
Michael Mullane
Background Editor
Mira Nair
Producer
Pazz Neglia
Assistant Director
Cynthia Nicolella
Post-Production Coordinator
Lars Niederhauser
Best Boy
Karen Osmer
Publicity
Susan Pilcher
Music Coordinator
Ken Porter
Boom Operator
Spencer Proffer
Music Producer
Lisa Rankine
Makeup Artist
Cheryl Ross
Hair Stylist
Erwin Rothmeier
Other
Steve Scoville
Dialogue Editor
Rachel Seltzer
Publicity
B E Sharp
Post-Production Accountant
Rob Shea
Other
Mark Silver
Key Grip
Sheelagh Stewart
Production
Mary Sylwester
Assistant Director
James Tamblyn
Video Playback
Sooni Taraporevala
Screenwriter
Barbara Title
Executive Producer
Chad Tomasoski
Post-Production Coordinator
Mark Van Alstyne
Transportation Supervisor
Abraham Verghese
Book As Source Material ("My Own Country")
Steve Wakefield
Executive In Charge Of Production
Johnny Wersta
Dolly Grip
Hope Faith White
Assistant Production Accountant
Grant Wilkins
Transportation Captain
Mark Willis
Camera Operator
Joan Ziff
Publicity
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Medical
Release Date
1998
Production Company
Avid Technology, Inc.; Deluxe Entertainment Services Group; Dufferin Gate Productions; F Stop Inc; Panavision, Ltd.; Showtime Networks; Starcraft; Vivkim Negative Cutting Inc.
Distribution Company
Showtime Home Entertainment
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 35m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video June 13, 2000
Aired in United States July 12, 1998
Aired in United States July 1999
Shown at Asian American International Film Festival in New York City July 23-31, 1999.
Completed shooting September 7, 1997.
Began shooting August 1997.
