Live Bait (film)

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Live Bait
Directed by Bruce Sweeney
Written byBruce Sweeney
Produced byBruce Sweeney
Starring Tom Scholte
Kevin McNulty
Babz Chula
David Lovgren
CinematographyDavid Pelletier
Edited by Ross Weber
Music byDon MacDonald
Production
company
Cypher Productions
Release date
  • September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09)(TIFF)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Live Bait is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 1995. The directorial debut of Bruce Sweeney, the film won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival. [1]

The film stars Tom Scholte as Trevor McIntosh, a 23-year-old man attempting to lose his virginity during the summer after his college graduation, while the relationship of his parents (Babz Chula and Kevin McNulty) is simultaneously faltering.

The film was written as Sweeney's graduate thesis for his MFA in Film Studies at the University of British Columbia. [2]

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References

  1. "Live Bait snags Canadian award". The Globe and Mail , September 18, 1995.
  2. "Graduate hooked on reel life". University of British Columbia, November 14, 1996.