Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story

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Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story
Genre Drama
Written by
  • Michael Amo
  • Elizabeth Stewart
Directed by John L'Ecuyer
Starring
Music by Mark Korven
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerMary Young Leckie
Producer Heather Haldane
CinematographyMichael Storey
EditorJeff Warren
Running time120 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network CTV Television Network
ReleaseMarch 11, 2002 (2002-03-11)

Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story is a 2002 Canadian drama television film directed by John L'Ecuyer, based on a true story about Jonathan Wamback who, in 1999, was beaten by a group of teenagers and left to die near his Newmarket home. [1] The film stars Tyler Hynes, Christopher Jacot, Ron White, Marnie McPhail, Janet-Laine Green, and Charlotte Sullivan.

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Plot

On his first day of high school, by intervening in a bullying incident and catching the interest of Courtney, Jonathan Wamback runs afoul of Kyle, who is the leader of the school gang (Skulls) and Courtney's boyfriend. Later, Jonathan's mother Lozanne find Kyle and his gang lighting cherry bombs in the park and harassing small children. She follows Kyle home and tells his mother, who refuses to believe it.

Jonathan is then approached by Gord Nelson and Jeff Walters, two cool guys who claim to be forming a group to stand up to Kyle's gang. When the three come across Skulls' graffiti on a wall, Jonathan paints over it. Gord paints racist remarks over another Skulls tag and the gang assumes that it was Jonathan. Using a phone call from Courtney, the gang lures Jonathan to the park, where they beat him so severely that he incurs brain damage and is put on life support. Lozanne and Jonathan's father, Joe, help to care for him; as he begins to recuperate, Joe lobbies to have the Young Offenders Act rewritten to impose harsher penalties for violent crime. Eventually, Jonathan returns to school to prove that despite everything, he's no longer a victim.

Cast

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)Result
2002 17th Gemini Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Tyler Hynes Nominated
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Ron White Nominated
Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-SeriesMichael Amo
Elizabeth Stewart
Nominated
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or SeriesJeff WarrenNominated
Best Sound in a Dramatic ProgramHerwig Gayer
Michael Baskerville
Barry Gilmore
Steve Hammond
Jamie Sulek
Wayne Swingle
Nominated
2003 24th Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actor Tyler Hynes Nominated

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References

  1. Baute, Nicole (29 June 2009). "Decade later, teen left to die fights the pain". Toronto Star . Retrieved 15 December 2020.