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10th Genie Awards
The 10th Genie Awards were held on March 22, 1989 to honour achievements of Canadian films which were released in 1988."Dead Ringers tops at Genies". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 23, 1989. The event was held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto and was hosted by actor Dave Thomas. The event was one of the most challenging in the history of the event. The venue had to be changed due to a scheduling conflict and, seven days before the show, CBC members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) went on strike. This meant that the production lost access to staging and set elements, which were built by, and stored at, the CBC. The Genies also lost 100 CUPE production staff and crew. While the CBC was still able to air the event, to allow it to proceed, the network cancelled its co-production contract, and the academy received emergency funding from Telefilm Canada, the Ontario Film Development Corporation and the federal Department of Communication. New sets were compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westin Harbour Castle Hotel
The Westin Harbour Castle Toronto is a large hotel opened in 1975 on the waterfront of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Westin Hotels chain within Marriott International. History The hotel was built by the Campeau Corporation, after Canadian real estate tycoon Robert Campeau was given permission by the city of Toronto in 1972 to turn industrial land on the city's waterfront into a 30-acre residential and commercial development. The 38-story twin-towered 963-room hotel opened in April 1975 as the Harbour Castle Hotel. Cut off from the city by the Gardiner Expressway, the hotel was at first unsuccessful, with an occupancy rate of only 46.2% in its first year and an even lower rate in its second. Hilton International assumed management in 1977, and the hotel was renamed the Toronto Hilton Harbour Castle. Hong Kong business magnate Li Ka-Shing purchased the hotel from Campeau in 1981. In a complicated management swap in 1987, Hilton Hotels traded operation of the property ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award For Best Motion Picture
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Motion Picture to the best Canadian film of the year.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . The award was first presented in 1949 by the Canadian Film Awards under the title Film of the Year. Due to the economics of Canadian film production, however, most Canadian films made in this era were documentaries or short films rather than full-length narrative feature films. In some years, a Film of the Year award was not formally presented, with the highest film award presented that year being in the Theatrical Short or Amateur Film categories. In 1964, the Canadian Film Awards introduced an award for Best Feature Film. For the remainder of the 1960s, the two awards were presented alongside each other to different films, except in 1965 when a Feature Film was named and a Film of the Year was not, and in 1967 when the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Frizzell (composer)
John Frizzell (born 1966) is an American film and television composer, known for his work with Mike Judge. He scored Judge's films ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'', ''Office Space'' and '' Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe'' (2022), and he supplied the music for Judge's television sitcom ''King of the Hill''. Frizzell also gained notice for his score to '' Crime of the Century'' in 1996, followed by ''Dante's Peak'' and ''Alien Resurrection'' in 1997. Film scores 1995 * '' Whose Daughter Is She?'' * '' It Was Him or Us'' 1996 * ''Deadly Pursuits'' * '' Undertow'' * '' Red Ribbon Blues'' * ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' * '' The Rich Man's Wife'' * '' Crime of the Century'' * '' The Empty Mirror'' 1997 * ''Opposite Corners'' * ''Dante's Peak'' * ''Alien Resurrection'' 1998 * '' Mafia!'' (as Gianni Frizzelli) * '' I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' 1999 * ''Office Space'' * '' Teaching Mrs. Tingle'' * '' The White River Kid'' 2000 * '' Beautiful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aerlyn Weissman
Aerlyn Weissman (born 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is a two-time Genie Award-winning Canadian documentary filmmaker and political activist on behalf of the lesbian community. Career Weissman trained in sound recording in the United States before coming to Canada in 1970, and worked as a sound designer at the National Film Board of Canada - one of very few women in that role. She worked on Janis Cole and Holly Dale’s '' P4W: Prison for Women'' (1981), and '' Hookers on Davie'' (1984). After the success of '' Forbidden Love'', Weissman collaborated with Lynne Fernie on a film about lesbian writer Jane Rule, the Genie-winning '' Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule'' (1995). She also directed the film ''Without Fear'' (1993), about women surviving violence. Weissman's indie documentary '' Little Sister’s vs Big Brother'', a stirring and comprehensive epic of the bookstore's struggles against state censorship, premiered in 2002. Included in the NFB's 2003 queer peda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Winter Tan
''A Winter Tan'' is a 1987 Canadian drama film. Based on the book ''Give Sorrow Words'' by Maryse Holder, the film stars Jackie Burroughs as Holder. The screenplay was written by Burroughs and John Frizzell (screenwriter), John Frizzell, and the film was directed and produced jointly by Burroughs, Frizzell, Louise Clark, John Walker and Aerlyn Weissman. Plot summary Jackie Burroughs stars as Maryse Holder, the ill-fated feminist author who met an untimely death in Acapulco. Her behavior toward Mexican men was to regard them as subjects for the pursuit of sexual and romantic adventure. Her own pursuits of sex, booze and love lead to her death at the hands of one of her many macho partners. Cast * Jackie Burroughs as Maryse Holder * Erando Gonzalez as Miguel Novaro * Anita Olanick as Pam * Diane D'Aquila as Edith Awards Burroughs won the Genie Award for Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress. References External links * 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Robert
Denise Robert, (born 1954) is a Canadian film producer, who is president of Cinémaginaire, a studio she co-founded with Daniel Louis.André Loiselle"Denise Robert" '' The Canadian Encyclopedia'', December 29, 2015. She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Producers Branch in 2005, and is also a voting member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. In 2014, she was named a Member of the Order of Canada for her work in cinema. She has also been inducted into the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the Ordre de la Pléiade. She is currently married to Denys Arcand and she has produced many of his films.Brendan Kelly, "At 82, Denys Arcand admits he's perplexed by much in today's world". ''Montreal Gazette'', October 6, 2023. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Spry
Robin Spry (October 25, 1939 – March 28, 2005) was a Canadian film director, producer and writer. He was perhaps best known for his documentary films '' Action: The October Crisis of 1970'' and '' Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis'' about Quebec's October Crisis. His 1969 film ''Prologue'' won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. Biography Robin Spry was born in Toronto, Ontario to Canadian broadcast pioneer and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation founder Graham Spry CC, and economic historian Irene Spry OC. After studies at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, Spry began his filmmaking career in 1964 at the National Film Board in Montreal, earning a place on its payroll in 1965. He built a reputation as a documentarian engaged with the issues of the day, with films on abortion, youth rebellion, and contemporary politics. His 1969 film ''Prologue'' documented the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, weaving narrative with ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straight For The Heart (film)
''Straight for the Heart'' () is a 1988 Canadian/Swiss French-language drama film. It was filmed in Montreal,Loren Ruth Lerner It is based on Yves Navarre's novel ''Kurwenal''.Thomas Waugh It was selected in the official competition of the Venice Film Festival, and the official competition at the Chicago International Film Festival. Plot Pierre (Habich) is a photojournalist from Montreal who's working on a reportage in Nicaragua. There he sees many people being executed and he takes photographs of them, even of the death of a young child and of his mother crying. Back home in Montreal, his ten-year bisexual ménage à trois is over. Sarah (Tremblay) and David (Voita) have moved out, leaving Pierre wondering why. Pierre is haunted by his experiences and memories of war, and those of his relationship with Sarah and David. The memories in his mind are mostly shown in black and white movies with emotional background music. After some time stalking David and Sarah with his photo c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Malo
René Malo, CQ (born 7 March 1942) is a French Canadian film producer, most noted for establishing the Malofilm production and distribution studio. Born in Joliette, Quebec, Malo produced youth-oriented shows at Expo 67. He later became a member of the first crew assigned to manage Radio-Québec. As director Denys Arcand worked on the screenplay that became the 1986 film '' The Decline of the American Empire'' for producer Roger Frappier, Frappier saw the story as promising and lobbied Malo to co-produce, for a bigger budget. Frappier and Malo raised $1.8 million, allowing for more settings to be depicted in the film. Malo and Frappier eventually won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture for the film. Among the other 25 films Malo produced were '' Sonatine'' (1984) and '' The Revolving Doors'' (1988). He later led the René Malo Foundation, which in 2006 awarded a $500,000 grant to the Université du Québec à Montréal for the establishment of the Chaire René-Malo. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Revolving Doors
''The Revolving Doors'' () is a 1988 Canadian-French French-language drama film directed by Francis Mankiewicz. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Synopsis Céleste (Monique Spaziani), a jazz pianist, has reached the twilight of her years. Alone in her New York apartment, she looks back on her life and decides to record it all in a diary that she sends to her estranged son, Blaudelle (Gabriel Arcand). The arrival of the diary disrupts Blaudelle's life, although his son, Antoine ( François Méthé), is intrigued, and it is through his eyes that Céleste's life is revealed. Cast * Monique Spaziani - Céleste * Gabriel Arcand - Madrigal Blaudelle * Miou-Miou - Lauda * François Méthé - Antoine * Jacques Penot - Pierre Blaudelle * Françoise Faucher - Simone Blaudelle * Jean-Louis Roux - Monsieur Blaudelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Foster (producer)
Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and folk music during the Romantic period. He wrote more than 200 songs, including "Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No More", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer". Many of his compositions remain popular today. Early life There are many biographies of Foster, but details differ widely. Among other issues, Foster wrote very little biographical information himself, and his brother Morrison Foster may have destroyed much information that he judged to reflect negatively upon the family. Foster was born on July 4, 1826, in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. His parents, William Barclay Foster and Eliza Clayland Tomlinson Foster, were of Ulster Scots and English descent. He had three older sisters and six older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
