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Citizen Duane
''Citizen Duane'' is a 2006 Canadian comedy film. Plot Duane Balfour was born into a family of misfortune, in the prairie town of Ridgeburg. After losing a high school election against his enemy Chad, he decides to run for mayor against Chad's grandmother—Ridgeburg's Mayor Milton, who has been the incumbent for a ridiculously long time. Duane and a homeless man are the only two competing with Mayor Milton. Duane has a long-standing resentment against Milton because she approved his father's shooting by the police. His father had become violent while trying, without success, to warn Milton and the townsfolk that the town's namesake ridge would soon collapse due to heavy mining and insect tunneling. With the support of his brother Maurie, Duane tries, and fails, to win the election. After withdrawing from the race he and his uncle drive back to Duane's house from Ridgeburg's ridge. The camera pans down underground, showing an insect removing a rock from a tunnel under the rid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mabbott
Michael Mabbott is a Canadian film and television director and writer. He is best known for his debut feature film as a director, ''The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico'', which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. Mabbott and the film's star, musician Matt Murphy, received two Genie Award nominations for Best Original Song at the 26th Genie Awards in 2006 for the songs "Just a Show" and "Make Believe". He wrote several other songs for the film, and also contributed the song "Let's Make Love Again" to the 2009 film ''Defendor''. Mabbott's second feature film, '' Citizen Duane'', was released in 2006. He subsequently directed episodes of the television series ''Life with Derek'', ''Wingin' It'', '' Overruled!'' and '' Baxter'' before co-creating, with writer David Eddie, the six-episode series '' The Yard'', which aired on HBO Canada in 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |