When Tomorrow Dies

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When Tomorrow Dies
Directed by Larry Kent
Written byLarry Kent
Robert Harlow
Produced byLarry Kent
Starring Patricia Gage
Douglas Campbell
Neil Dainard
CinematographyDoug McKay
Edited byHajo Hadeler
Music byJack Dale
Production
company
Larry Kent Productions
Release date
  • November 24, 1965 (1965-11-24)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

When Tomorrow Dies is a Canadian drama film, directed by Larry Kent and released in 1965. [1] The film stars Patricia Gage as Gwen James, a housewife trapped in an unfulfilling marriage to Doug (Douglas Campbell), who returns to university and embarks on an extramarital affair with her professor Patrick Trevelyan (Neil Dainard). [2]

The film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, for a budget of $100,000, the largest budget Kent had worked with on any of his films to that time. [3] It also marked his first time directing a screenplay that he had not written entirely on his own, as the film was written primarily by University of British Columbia creative writing professor Robert Harlow. [4]

The film had its theatrical premiere on November 24, 1965 in Vancouver. [2]

It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema. [5] It was also part of a retrospective of Kent's films, alongside The Bitter Ash , Sweet Substitute and High , which screened at a number of venues in 2002 and 2003, including Cinematheque Ontario in Toronto, the Pacific Cinémathèque in Vancouver and the Canadian Film Institute in Ottawa. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN   1-894073-21-5. p. 238.
  2. 1 2 "Les Wedman", Vancouver Sun , November 25, 1975.
  3. ↑ Eric Wilson, "Larry Kent Starts 3rd Film Venture". Red Deer Advocate , August 5, 1965.
  4. ↑ Jack Moore, "Maybe he IS a genius". The Province , August 14, 1965.
  5. ↑ Jay Scott, "Mon Oncle Antoine No. 1 with critics". The Globe and Mail , August 2, 1984.
  6. ↑ Matthew Hays, "Catch up on your Kent". The Globe and Mail , February 1, 2003.
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