Breaking a Leg: Robert Lepage and the Echo Project

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Breaking a Leg: Robert Lepage and the Echo Project
Directed by Donald Winkler
Written byWilliam Brind
Produced byDonald Winkler
Starring Robert Lepage
Narrated byMarion McCormick
CinematographyAndré-Luc Dupont
Edited byJudith Merritt
Production
company
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
43 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Breaking a Leg: Robert Lepage and the Echo Project is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Donald Winkler and released in 1992. [1] An examination of the creative process, the film follows theatre director Robert Lepage as he works on Echo, the 1989 theatre production which would become Lepage's first significant popular and critical failure as a theatre director. [2]

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993. [3]

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References

  1. Vit Wagner, "Lepage study peeks backstage at theatre". Toronto Star , February 26, 1993.
  2. John Haslett Cuff, "Breaking a Leg: Film reproduces play's failure". The Globe and Mail , December 15, 1993.
  3. "And Genie nominations ...". Hamilton Spectator , October 20, 1993.