Blood (2004 film)

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Blood
Directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
Written byJerry Ciccoritti
Based onBlood by Tom Walmsley
Produced byJoel Awerbuck
Anna Gerb
Starring Jacob Tierney
Emily Hampshire
CinematographyGerald Packer
Edited byJames Bredin
George Roulston
Music byRobert Carli
Production
companies
Spank Films
Playtlet Productions
Release date
September 10, 2004 (TIFF)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Blood is a 2004 Canadian drama film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti. [1] Based on the theatrical play by Tom Walmsley, [1] the film stars Jacob Tierney as Chris Terry, a bisexual recovering drug addict and alcoholic who visits his prostitute sister Noelle (Emily Hampshire) for the first time in five years, only to be asked to have a threesome with Noelle and her client. [2]

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The film was shot over four days by having Tierney and Hampshire perform the complete play eight times, and then editing to use the best take for each scene. [3] The original play was written for older actors, but Ciccoritti chose to cast Tierney and Hampshire, both of whom he had worked with before, after the actors he had originally planned to cast were unavailable. [4]

The film premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival. [5]

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005, for Best Actress (Hampshire) and Best Original Screenplay (Ciccoritti). [6] Ciccoritti also received a Directors Guild of Canada award nomination in 2005. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Prostitute Sister Inspires Reformed Playwright". The Georgia Straight , December 9, 2004.
  2. "Blood runs cold with depraved characters". Vancouver Sun , December 10, 2004.
  3. "Director lauds weird ways of Canadian film tradition". Vancouver Sun , December 10, 2004.
  4. "Thicker than water ... and then some". National Post , November 5, 2004.
  5. "Canada's bright lights". The Globe and Mail , August 4, 2004.
  6. "Nominees in top categories for Genie Awards"]. Toronto Star , February 9, 2005.
  7. "Canadian directors' award nods announced". Kamloops Daily News , August 5, 2005.