''Walls'' is a 1984 Canadian drama film directed by Tom Shandel."Canadian prison drama unconvincing". ''

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'', April 11, 1986. Based on the theatrical play by Christian Bruyère, the film is a dramatization of the British Columbia Penitentiary hostage incident of 1975. The film stars Winston Rekert as Danny Baker, the fictionalized version of prisoner Andy Bruce, and Andrée Pelletier as Joan Tremblay, the fictionalized version of social worker and hostage Mary Steinhauser. The cast also included Elizabeth Leigh-Milne, Lloyd Berry, Anthony Holland, Perry Long, John Lord, Tony Morelli, Alan Scarfe, Howard Storey, Dale Wilson and John Wright. The film premiered at the 1984 Toronto International Film Festival. It was criticized by real prison guards and prisoners, with the guards claiming that it was too sympathetic to prisoners, while prisoners and prison reform advocates stated that it was too sympathetic to the guards and insufficiently graphic about real prison conditions."Officials, prisoners pan penitentiary movie Walls". ''

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'', November 30, 1984. The film received four

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nominations at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, for Best Actor (Rekert), Best Actress (Pelletier), Best Supporting Actress (Leigh-Milne) and Best Original Score ( J. Douglas Dodd and Michael Oczko)."Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". ''

'', February 15, 1985.

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* 1984 films 1984 drama films Canadian prison drama films English-language Canadian films Films set in British Columbia Films shot in British Columbia Works about the penal system in Canada 1980s prison drama films 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films English-language crime films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub