''Long Time Running'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by
Jennifer Baichwal
Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer.
Biography
Baichwal was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Victoria, British Columbia. and
Nicholas de Pencier
Nicholas de Pencier is a Canadian cinematographer and filmmaker. The spouse and professional partner of filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal in Mercury Films, he is the cinematographer and producer on most of her films as well as codirector of the films '' ...
. The film profiles the Canadian rock band
The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as the Hip, were a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassi ...
during their
Man Machine Poem Tour
The Man Machine Poem Tour was a concert tour by The Tragically Hip in support of their thirteenth full-length studio album '' Man Machine Poem''. The tour consisted of 15 shows, the first held on July 22, 2016, in Victoria, British Columbia, and ...
of 2016,
["New trailer for Tragically Hip documentary 'Long Time Running'"]
CTV News
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, June 30, 2017. which followed the band's announcement of lead singer
Gord Downie
Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its for ...
's cancer diagnosis.
The film premiered at the
2017 Toronto International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 7 to 17 September 2017. There were fourteen programmes, with the Vanguard and City to City programmes both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down b ...
.
The film takes its name from "Long Time Running", a song from the band's 1991 album ''
Road Apples''.
Backstory to the making of the film
Baichwal and de Pencier, who have known the band for over 20 years, were asked to create the documentary just five days before the beginning of the tour. In an interview on the red carpet prior to its TIFF debut, the filmmakers noted that they had little opportunity to prepare, and likened the circumstances to "running away and...joining the circus."
Release
Following its premiere at TIFF, the film began a brief theatrical run. It was originally scheduled to air on
CTV
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on November 12, 2017, but following Downie's death on October 17 and its announcement the following day, CTV advanced its television premiere to October 20.
On September 13, 2017, ahead of its TIFF premiere,
Netflix
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announced that the film would debut internationally on its streaming service beginning November 29.
This deal was not inclusive of Canada, where streaming rights are held by
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.
[
The film was released on ]DVD
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in November 2017.["The Tragically Hip's Final Concert and Tour Doc Set for Home Release"]
''Exclaim!
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'', November 10, 2017. It is available both as a standalone DVD and as part of a box set with the DVD release of the Man Machine Poem tour's final concert in Kingston
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.[
In 2020, Cineplex Entertainment announced that select Canadian theatres would run a double bill of the Kingston concert and ''Long Time Running'' in the week of September 18 as a special event.
]
Awards
On September 17, the film was named as First Runner Up for TIFF's People's Choice Award for Documentaries.
Roland Schlimme
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received a Canadian Screen Award
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nomination for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards
The 6th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 11, 2018, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2017. .[Pat Mullen]
"Canadian Screen Awards Preview: Picks and Foolish Predictions"
''Cinemablographer'', March 11, 2018.
See also
*'' Spirit Unforgettable''
References
External links
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{{The Tragically Hip
2017 films
2017 documentary films
Canadian documentary films
Documentary films about musical groups
Documentary films about cancer
Films directed by Jennifer Baichwal
The Tragically Hip
Films directed by Nicholas de Pencier
2010s English-language films
2010s Canadian films