Related Research Articles
John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films. Among his credits were Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Seven Days in May (1964), The Train (1964), Seconds (1966), Grand Prix (1966), French Connection II (1975), Black Sunday (1977), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), and Ronin (1998).
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1976 cross-genre film directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman, and Scott Jacoby. It was a co-production of Canada and France and written by Laird Koenig, based on his 1974 novel of the same title.
Good Riddance is a 1980 French-language Canadian drama film. Directed by Francis Mankiewicz and written by Réjean Ducharme, the film concerns Manon, an unstable young girl who lives with her mother Michelle and her alcoholic and intellectually disabled uncle Ti-Guy.
Barrandov Studios is a set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest film studio in the country and one of the largest in Europe.
Eugene Merril Deitch was an American illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director who was based in Prague from the 1960s until his death in 2020. Deitch was known for creating animated cartoons such as Munro, Tom Terrific, and Nudnik, as well as his work on the Popeye and Tom and Jerry series.
Ján Kadár was a Hungarian-born Slovak film writer and director of Jewish heritage.
Cordélia is a 1980 Canadian French language film directed and written by Jean Beaudin. It is an adapation of the novel La lampe dans la fenêtre by Pauline Cadieux, itself based on the real-life 1890s murder trial of Cordélia Viau and Samuel Parslow.
Final Assignment is a 1980 Canadian thriller drama film, written by Marc Rosen and directed by Paul Almond.
Face-Off is a 1971 Canadian feature film produced by John F. Bassett starring Art Hindle, Trudy Young and John Vernon. The story line concerns a rookie Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey player and his romance with a musician. Several National Hockey League players also appeared in the film.
Gerald Arthur Pratley was a Canadian film critic and historian. A longtime film critic for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he was historically most noted as founder and director of the Ontario Film Institute, a film archive and reference library which was acquired by the Toronto International Film Festival in 1990 and became the contemporary Film Reference Library and TIFF Cinematheque.
Little Tougas is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Jean-Guy Noël and released in 1976. The film stars Claude Maher as Rémi Tougas, a musician who is hiding out in the Magdalen Islands with his girlfriend Odette after stealing his band's payment from a gig; they plan to further escape to California with Odette's friend Gilberte, but their plans are complicated when Rémi's bandmate Martin arrives to recover the money.
Equinox is a Canadian drama film, directed by Arthur Lamothe and released in 1986. Lamothe's first narrative feature film in 18 years after having concentrated exclusively on documentary films since 1968's Dust from Underground , the film stars Jacques Godin as Guillaume, a man returning to his hometown for the first time since being wrongfully convicted of a crime he did not commit, in order to confront the former friend whose false testimony resulted in Guillaume being sent to prison.
Bar Salon is a Canadian drama film, directed by André Forcier and released in 1974. Considered to be the film which first established Forcier's reputation as a major filmmaking talent, the film stars Guy L'Écuyer as Charles Méthot, the owner of a seedy bar in Montreal which is failing due to its lack of clientele; desperate, he turns to his friend Larry for help, and is offered a new job as manager of a busier suburban bar, where he is drawn into an affair with a topless dancer who steals his car, and eventually ends up in jail after a drunken brawl.
Sudden Fury is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Brian Damude and released in 1975.
The Last Butterfly is a 1990 Czech–French holocaust drama film directed by Karel Kachyňa based on the book The Last Butterfly by Canadian author Michael Jacot.
The Last Betrothal is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1973. The film stars J. Léo Gagnon and Marthe Nadeau as Armand and Rose Tremblay, an elderly couple who have been married for fifty years are living their final days together as Armand is terminally ill; however, Rose has secretly vowed to die at the same time as Armand, so that she will never have to live without him.
A Great Big Thing is a Canadian-American comedy-drama film, directed by Eric Till and released in 1968. The film stars Reni Santoni as Vinny Shea, an aimless young man and aspiring writer who gets into various misadventures around Montreal while trying to write his first novel.
The Life and Times of Chester-Angus Ramsgood is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by David Curnick and released in 1970. The film stars Robert Mason as Chester-Angus Ramsgood, a university student whose date with Mary McPhee goes awry and ends up with her parents banning her from ever seeing him again, resulting in his friends Ray (Curnick) and Morris concocting a plan to help him win her back by kidnapping her younger brother so that Chester-Angus can rescue him.
Michael Jacot was a British-born Canadian filmmaker and writer. He was most noted for his 1970 film The Last Act of Martin Weston, which premiered in competition at the 22nd Canadian Film Awards, and his 1973 novel The Last Butterfly, which was adapted into the Czech drama film The Last Butterfly in 1991.
References
- ↑ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 122.
- ↑ "Film made in Prague draws best audience". Sault Star , October 3, 1970.
- ↑ John Clare, "Jacot's Canadian Movie Made in Prague". Calgary Herald , September 3, 1970.
- ↑ "Act of the Heart may be a winner". Kingston Whig-Standard , October 3, 1970.
- ↑ Gerald Pratley, Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film. University of Delaware Press, 1987. ISBN 9780874131949. p. 200.
