Red Deer (film)

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Red Deer
Directed byAnthony Couture
Written byAnthony Couture
Produced byAnthony Couture
Derek Mack
StarringAwaovieyi Agie
Loreya Montayne
Amber Rothwell
Kurt Max Runte
James Hutson
Joe Procyk
CinematographyKevin Hall
Edited byGus Halliway
Music byDamon Henry
Andrew Herfst
Ida Nilsen
Tygh Runyan
Stefan Udell
Production
company
Four by Four Films
Release date
  • September 13, 2000 (2000-09-13)(TIFF)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Red Deer is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anthony Couture and released in 2000. [1] Set in Red Deer, Alberta, the film centres on two visitors to the city and their interactions with a group of local residents. [2]

Otavie (Awaovieyi Agie) and Carol (Loreya Montayne) both check into a motel around the same time. Otavie befriends Sarah (Amber Rothwell), but becomes suspected of a crime by her father Jerry (Kurt Max Runte) and boyfriend David (James Hutson) when she unexpectedly runs away; Carol takes a job as a phone sex operator, and develops something of a relationship with Nigel (Joe Procyk), the lonely owner of a local bookstore. [2]

Couture, a native of Red Deer, made the film as his masters thesis while studying filmmaking at the University of British Columbia. [3]

The film premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, [4] where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian First Feature Film jury. [5]

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References

  1. "Red Deer". Variety , October 16, 2000.
  2. 1 2 "Red Deer director exits Highway 2". Calgary Herald , September 28, 2000.
  3. "Filmmaker comes home to film his thesis". Calgary Herald , September 22, 1998.
  4. "Veterans dominate Perspective Canada". The Globe and Mail , July 26, 2000.
  5. "Toronto International Film Festival: Ang Lee, Burns win top prizes". The Globe and Mail , September 18, 2000.