''Max'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by
Charles Wilkinson and released in 1994. The film centres on Max Blake (Fabio Wilkinson), a young boy with a serious medical condition whose parents Andy (
R. H. Thomson) and Jayne (
Denise Crosby
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) are in conflict about whether his health would be better served by living in the city to be near doctors and medical facilities, or in a rural area to be closer to nature and away from pollution and chemical exposure.
The cast also includes
Colleen Rennison,
Byron Chief-Moon,
Robert Clothier,
Jerry Wasserman
Jerry Wasserman (born November 2, 1945) is an American professor and film and television actor.
Wasserman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is working on his role in '' Alien Trespass'' in post-production.
He is a Professor of English and Thea ...
and
Gillian Barber.
The film premiered at the
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Interna ...
, and was subsequently screened at the
1994 Toronto International Film Festival.
Shari Ulrich, Graeme Coleman and David Graff received a
Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for sc ...
nomination for
Best Original Song at the
15th Genie Awards
The 15th Genie Awards were held in 1994.
Nominees and winners
The Genie Award nominees, with winners in each category shown in bold text:
References
External links Genie Awards 1994 on imdb
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, for the song "Every Road".
["The Genie nominees". '']Kingston Whig-Standard
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'', October 20, 1994.
References
External links
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1994 films
Canadian drama films
English-language Canadian films
Films shot in British Columbia
Films set in British Columbia
1994 drama films
1990s English-language films
1990s Canadian films
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