My Own Country is a 1998 television movie which aired on the Showtime Network on July 12, 1998.
The movie is based on the 1994 book of the same name written by Abraham Verghese.
Plot[]
Set in 1985, an East Indian physician (Naveen Andrews) works with AIDS patients as an epidemic of the disease surfaces in Tennessee.
Cast[]
- Naveen Andrews as Dr. Abraham Verghese
- Glenne Headly as Vickie Talley
- Hal Holbrook as Lloyd Flanders
- Swoosie Kurtz as Hope Flanders
- Marisa Tomei as Mattie Vines
- Adam Tomei as Gordon Vines
- Ellora Patnaik as Rajani Verghese
- Peter MacNeill as Allen
- Sean Hewitt as Chester Mews
- William Webster as Langdon Arwood
- Sharon Dyer as Mrs. Vines
- David Fox as Mr. Vines