About this title: From the director of the acclaimed Salaam Bombay, My Own Country is based on the best-selling memoir of an Ethiopian doctor who treated HIV and AIDS patients in Johnson City in the smoky mountains of Eastern Tennessee in 1985. The film narrates the tribulations of a physician who takes home the problems of his patients. He has no time for his wife or his son, who are slowly becoming strangers to him. He resists the temptations of a blond nurse but gets drunk 'like a man' in the garage of a auto repairman friend. The film abounds in clichés, bad acting, and stereotypical characters, and its ...
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Format: VHS
Studio: Showtime
Date: June 13, 2000
UPC:758445100938
Description: Naveen Andrews, Glenne Headly, Hal Holbrook, Swoosie Kurtz, Marisa Tomei. Run time: 106 min. From our PRIVATE collection. Cover as shown. Not available on DVD; box and video in very nice condition. Based upon the true story of Dr. Abraham Verghese. Swift dispatch. read more
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