At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story

At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story
Directed by	Sheldon Larry
Written by	Linda Svendsen
Produced by	Laszlo Barna
Starring	Wendy Crewson Carl Marotte
Cinematography	Albert J. Dunk
Edited by	Stephen Lawrence
Music by	Mychael Danna Andrew Lockington
Production company	Atlantic Mediaworks
Distributed by	Alliance Communications
Release date	February 12, 1998 (1998-02-12)(Canada)
Country	Canada
Language	English

At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story is a 1998 Canadian television film about the life of Canadian right to die advocate Sue Rodriguez. ^[1]

The film was written by Linda Svendsen based on the book by Lisa Hobbs Birnie and directed by Sheldon Larry.

Cast

• Wendy Crewson as Sue Rodriguez
• Carl Marotte as David Rodriguez
• Patrick Galligan as Svend Robinson
• Walter Learning as Justice Allen Melvin
• Al Waxman as John Hofsess
• Miko Hughes as Jesse Rodriguez
• Fiona Reid as Sandra Burtch

Politician Svend Robinson was portrayed by a different actor, but also had his own cameo role in the film as the third reporter at Sue Rodriguez's first press conference.

Awards

• In 1999, Wendy Crewson won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the Gemini Awards. ^[2]
• In 1999, Linda Svendsen won the WGC Award from the Writers Guild of Canada.

References

1. Baskin, Ellen (2018-04-27). Enser's Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Books and Plays from which Films have been Made, 1928-2001. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-351-76983-9.
2. "Hamilton's Lawrence Hill, Wendy Crewson to get stars on Walk of Fame". 30 September 2015.

External links

• At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story at IMDb