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The Wars (film)
''The Wars'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robin Phillips and released in 1983.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 234. An adaptation of the novel '' The Wars'' by Timothy Findley, the film centres on Robert Ross (Brent Carver), the immature and closeted gay son of an upper class Rosedale family who enlists to serve in the Canadian Army during World War I. As with the novel, the film blends a number of scenes set at war with depictions of the formative experiences from childhood that have led Robert to enlist, including his relationships with his disabled sister Rowena ( Ann-Marie MacDonald) and their parents ( William Hutt and Martha Henry). The cast was drawn predominantly from the stable of actors Phillips had worked with at the Stratford Festival. Cast * Brent Carver as Robert Ross * Martha Henry as Mrs. Ross * William Hutt as Mr. Ross * Ann-Marie MacDonald as Rowena Ross * Jackie Burroughs as Miss Davenport * Jean LeClerc Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Phillips
Robin Phillips OC (28 February 1940 – 25 July 2015) was an English actor and film director. Life He was born in Haslemere, Surrey in 1940 to Ellen Anne (née Barfoot) and James William Phillips. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic, where a contemporary was Patrick Stewart, and worked as an actor and director for many years in the United Kingdom, finishing as artistic director at the Greenwich Theatre from 1973 to 1975. He was hired as artistic director at the Stratford Festival in Canada in 1975, where he spent six seasons directing many productions and cultivating new talent. Maggie Smith, Richard Monette, Martha Henry and Brian Bedford, among others, were prominently featured during his tenure, and many of his Shakespearean, classical, and contemporary productions won widespread acclaim. Includes 24min video. In a review of Phillips' 1977 Stratford production of Richard III with Bedford in the title role, ''The Globe and Mail'' theatre critic John Fraser wrote: "The produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |