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Zero Patience is a 1993 Canadian musical film written and directed by John Greyson. The film examines and refutes the urban legend of the alleged introduction of HIV to North America by a single individual, Gaëtan Dugas. Dugas, better known as Patient Zero, was the target of blame in the popular imagination in the 1980's in large measure because of Randy Shilts's American television film docudrama, And the Band Played On (1987), a history of the early days of the AIDS epidemic. Zero Patience tells its story against the backdrop of a romance between a time-displaced Sir Richard Francis Burton and the ghost of "Zero".
Original Release
09/10/1993
US Release
03/26/1994
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Robinson | Sir Richard Francis Burton / Sir Richard Burton |
Normand Fauteux | Zero |
Dianne Heatherington | Mary |
Richardo Keens-Douglas | George |
Bernard Behrens | Dr. Placebo / Dr Placebo |
Marla Lukofsky | African Green Monkey |
Michael Callen | Miss HIV |
Charlotte Boisjoli | Maman |
Brenda Kamino | Dr. Cheng / Dr Cheng |
Von Flores | Ray |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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John Robinson | Sir Richard Francis Burton / Sir Richard Burton |
Normand Fauteux | Zero |
Dianne Heatherington | Mary |
Richardo Keens-Douglas | George |
Bernard Behrens | Dr. Placebo / Dr Placebo |
Marla Lukofsky | African Green Monkey |
Michael Callen | Miss HIV |
Charlotte Boisjoli | Maman |
Brenda Kamino | Dr. Cheng / Dr Cheng |
Von Flores | Ray |
Scott Hurst | Michael |
Duncan McIntosh | Ross |
Cassel Miles | Barry |
Benjamin Plener | Ted |
Ann Medina | Narrator |
Benedict Campbell | Newscaster / Newscaster (voice) |
Charles Azulay | Shower Guy |
David Gale | Shower Guy |
HoJo Rose | Shower Guy |
Janice Hladki | Syphilis |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Alexandra Raffe | Executive Producer |
Louise Garfield | Producer |
Anna Stratton | Producer |
Robin Cass | Producer |