| Foodland | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Adam Smoluk |
| Written by | Adam Smoluk |
| Produced by | Juliette Hagopian |
| Starring | James Clayton Ross McMillan Kim Poirier |
| Cinematography | Keith Eidse |
| Edited by | Ron Wisman |
| Music by | Mitch Dorge |
Production company | Julijette Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Foodland is a 2010 Canadian comedy film written and directed by Adam Smoluk.
The story follows Trevor, a naive grocery clerk, as his life spirals out of control when he inadvertently helps Ian, his inept manager, rob the store. When the money is lifted, they enlist the help of Glen Munn, a slimy, incompetent detective, to retrieve the stolen cash. But events soon go awry and Trevor must now determine friend from foe, and get the cash back before it’s too late.
Foodland is a 2010 Canadian film which was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The script was selected for the National Screen Institute of Canada's Features First Program. [1]
The film stars James Clayton, Ross McMillan and Kim Poirier. It had its premiere in Winnipeg on December 9, 2010 and a limited run from January 5, 2011. [2]
The film is actor Kim Poirier's first time singing on screen in a feature film. She sings a cover version of the classic song "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)". [3]
Super Channel, Canada’s only national English pay television network, premiered Foodland in October 2011. [4]
The network profiled the film in the Super Channel Gems selections. Super Channel Gems are the place for viewers to find different and diverse discoveries "terrific hidden treasures that we’re sure you’re going to love". [5]
Winnipeg's foremost alternative weekly Uptown Magazine compared Foodland to the films of the Coen Brothers for the way its "twisty, often brilliant plotting... seems to want to set records for sheer number of turns: the plot fishtails continuously to the final scene". Beyond that, Uptown also said that "Splendidly written Winnipeg indie comedy Foodland highlights what a good screenplay can do for a film." [7]
An article in the Winnipeg Free Press highlighted the strong performances of the cast, "The particular triumph of Smoluk's film is that the performances are generally in sync with the Winnipeg milieu of the crime caper." [8]
A positive review by the CBC's Alison Gilmor wrote, "In this offbeat crime caper by young local filmmaker... Smoluk is working on a tight budget, but he gets quite a lot out of a little. His cast is crackerjack... and the flat, dead-of-winter Winnipeg setting is weirdly atmospheric." [9]
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