The Legend of Kootenai Brown

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The Legend of Kootenai Brown
Directed by Allan Kroeker
Written by John MacLachlan Gray
Produced byGary Payne
Harold Lee Tichenor
Starring Tom Burlinson
Donnelly Rhodes
Michelle Thrush
Raymond Burr
Cinematography Ron Orieux
Edited by Lara Mazur
Music by Michael Conway Baker
Production
company
Crescent Entertainment
Release date
  • August 1991 (1991-08)(MWFF)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Legend of Kootenai Brown, retitled Showdown at Williams Creek in the United States, is a Canadian Western drama film, directed by Allan Kroeker and released in 1991. [1] The film stars Tom Burlinson as Kootenay Brown, a mining prospector who was active in the 1860s in British Columbia and Montana, but ended up on trial for murder after killing a man in a duel. [2] The cast also includes Donnelly Rhodes as conman McTooth; Michelle Thrush as Olivia D'Lonais, Brown's Métis love interest; and Raymond Burr as the judge at Brown's murder trial. [3]

The film was shot primarily in Barkerville, British Columbia and the Waterton Lakes region of Alberta. [4]

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991, for Best Overall Sound (Larry Sutton, Bill Sheppard, Paul A. Sharpe) and Best Sound Editing (Gael MacLean, Alison Grace, Mike Keeping, Ingrid Rosen, Anke Bakker). [5]

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References

  1. Michael Walsh, "Burr has a ball as frontier judge: And Donnelly Rhodes has even more fun with it as 'McTooth'". The Province , October 1, 1991.
  2. Steven Mazey, "Beautiful scenery not enough to save Kootenai Brown". Ottawa Citizen , May 13, 1992.
  3. "Kootenai Brown`s on the way". Calgary Herald , February 17, 1992.
  4. Damian Inwood, "Rhodes not out to be a big star: He enjoys good life at Gibsons". The Province , October 1, 1991.
  5. Christopher Harris, "Black Robe leads race for Genies; Film community notes surprising omissions in list of nominees". The Globe and Mail , October 10, 1991.