Why Rock the Boat?

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Why Rock the Boat?
Directed by John Howe
Written by William Weintraub
Produced byWilliam Weintraub
Starring Stuart Gillard
Tiiu Leek
CinematographySavas Kalogeras
Edited byMarie-Hélène Guillemin
Music byJohn Howe
Production
company
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$450,000

Why Rock the Boat? is a 1974 Canadian romantic comedy film directed by John Howe. [1] The film stars Stuart Gillard as Harry Barnes, a young journalist in Montreal who becomes romantically involved with Julia Martin (Tiiu Leek), a reporter for a competing newspaper who is organizing to unionize their industry.

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The film's cast also includes Henry Beckman, Sean Sullivan, Cec Linder, Maurice Podbrey, Patricia Hamilton, Jean-Pierre Masson and Peter MacNeill.

The screenplay was written by journalist and humorist William Weintraub, as an adaptation of his own comic novel. [2] Notably, he dropped the novel's most famous scene, which took place in a nudist colony, due to concerns that the scene would cause problems for the film's content rating. [3]

The film received two Canadian Film Awards in 1975, for Best Actor (Gillard) and Best Supporting Actor (Beckman). [4] It was a nominee for Best Feature Film, but did not win. [5] It won the Bronze Hugo at the 1974 Chicago International Film Festival.

Production

The film had a budget of $450,000 (equivalent to $2,698,282in 2023). [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Why Rock the Boat? has winning ways, even when it doesn't work". The Globe and Mail , October 12, 1974.
  2. ↑ Hustak, Alan (November 8, 2017). "Witty writer William Weintraub had a 'talent for friendship'". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ "A movie with a history of false starts, but a happy ending". The Globe and Mail , October 12, 1974.
  4. ↑ Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion . Toronto: Irwin Publishing. p.  324. ISBN   0-7725-1505-0.
  5. ↑ "Best-film showdown: 11 vie for all-Canadian honours". Ottawa Journal . October 3, 1975. p. 39. Retrieved March 28, 2018– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  6. ↑ Evans 1991, p. 214.

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