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Studio:TV/HBO
Director:Roger Spottiswoode
Screenwriter:Arnold Schulman
OtherCredits:Writing Credits: Randy Shilts
Producer:Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford, Arnold Schulman
Cinematography:Paul Elliot
Art Director:Kris Boxell, Lee Maymen
Editor:Lois Freeman-Fox
Production:Victoria Paul
Cast:Matthew Modine  (Dr. Don Francis)
 Alan Alda  (Dr. Robert Gallo)
 Lily Tomlin  (Dr. Selma Dritz)
 Sir Ian McKellen  (Bill Kraus)
 Glenne Headly   (Dr.Mary Guinan)
 Christian Clemenson   (Dr. Dale Lawrence)
 Richard Masur   (William W. Darrow, Ph.D)
 Charles Martin Smith  (Dr. Harold Jaffe)
 Patrick Bauchau  (Dr. Luc Montagnier)
 Nathalie Baye (Dr. Francoise Barre)
 Phil Collins  (Eddie Papasano)
 Donal Logue  (Bobbi Campbell)
 Jeffrey Nordling  (Gaetan Dugas, aka "Patient Zero")
 Saul Rubinek   (Dr. Jim Curran)
Awards:Won, Montreal World Film Festival, 1993, Special Grand Prize of the Jury
 Won, Emmys, 1994, Outstanding Made for Television Movie
 Nominated, Emmys, 1994, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special (Tomlin)
 Nominated, Golden Globe, 1994, Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV - Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Modine)
 Color, 140 minutes.