''Toby McTeague'' is a 1986 Canadian children's
action
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adventure
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drama film
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directed by
Jean-Claude Lord
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. It stars
Yannick Bisson
Yannick Denis Bisson (born May 16, 1969) is a Canadian film and television actor and director. He is famous for playing Detective William Murdoch on the series ''Murdoch Mysteries'' for over 15 years, since 2008.
Early life
Bisson was born in ...
as Toby McTeague, a teenager training to compete in a
dog sled race
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.
The film was shot primarily in the small town of
Sainte-Rose-du-Nord
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The site was known, from 1801 to 1933, as La Descente-des-Femmes. Amerindian women awaited the return of the men from fishing, and would meet them b ...
,
Quebec
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.
The film received two
Genie Award
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nominations at the
8th Genie Awards
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in 1987, for
Best Cinematography
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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(
René Verzier
René Verzier (1934 – January 1, 2024) was a Canadian cinematographer, who worked predominantly in the cinema of Quebec.Charles-Henri Ramond"René Verzier nous a quittés" ''Films du Québec'', January 12, 2024. He was most noted as a Genie Awa ...
) and
Best Original Song
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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("Cold As Ice" by
Peter Pringle and Kevin Hunter). A minor controversy resulted when the
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
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mistakenly omitted "Cold As Ice" from the first ballots sent out to Academy voters.
["Toby McTeague movie song left off Genie Awards ballot". '']Toronto Star
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...
'', February 17, 1987.
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1986 films
1986 action films
English-language Canadian films
Films directed by Jean-Claude Lord
Canadian children's adventure films
1980s children's adventure films
Canadian action adventure films
1980s English-language films
1980s Canadian films
English-language action adventure films
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