| Name: | Anna Nardini |
| E-mail address: | annalily97@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | This is a great site. I love it. I am interested in television shows or movies that Andrew Airlie has done. Is there also any way that I can get some of these shows - the episodes he is in on tape. |
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| Name: | captain canuck |
| Comments: | Somebody's
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388285/board/thread/11449823 |
| Name: | Pacificgrrl |
| E-mail address: | greenelaw@msn.com |
| Comments: | HELP
I am in search of a name of a TV series I uesd to watch late at night
in 1990 (on US channels camin in around 1am, likely repeats)..likley
filmed in late 80's maybe to 1991
It was a TV drama which took place in a TV news Station, I believe it may have been in Hamilton but Hamilton is not in the title...Drama had cutting edge stories for the day and acting was quite good...charaters included the TV station owner, new director, anchors, reporters and esp. the camera woman and man..Anyone recollect the name of the Series....series may be named after call letters of station or maybe even the camera used??? not quite sure...Have been trying to figure it out for years...Thanks for any help |
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| Name: | Name |
| E-mail address: | E-mail address |
| Homepage URL: | http://Homepage URL |
| Comments: | RE: Secret Lie of Canadian Entertainment
This is a pretty specious essay. You are ignoring thousands of competing factors. Some Canadian shows do better than others because they are better produced, run in different time slots, and have different levels of promotion. To compare Due South (a series that ran in prime time) to Total Recall 2070 (a series which wallowed in Saturday afternoon hell) as proof that Canadian settings sell better than American ones is flat out misleading. I agree that it doesn't matter to an American audience if a film/TV show is "set in Canada"-- but only because their main criteria is "good entertainment" and not "setting." If the industry focuses on quality, it really doesn't matter where a show or film takes place. |
| Name: | Frank |
| Comments: | Interesting essay on the "secret lie of Canadian entertainment". However, here is something you should consider. Take a look at the Quebec entertainment industry. Their movies and TV shows are almost all distinctly Canadian, unlike English Canada. However, they have an extremely difficult time selling these shows out of the province. Even France turns their nose at Quebec movies and TV shows almost every time. Sure, there is the occasional "Barbarian Invasions", but such instances are rare. |
| Name: | Dave Stohler |
| Comments: | No review of "Mambo Italiano" yet? It's the second highest-grossing English-Canadian movie to date, with over $5 million at the Canadian box office. Though it may be telling that over half of that gross was made in Quebec alone - apparently it's still a struggle to convince English Canadians to watch Canadian films, especially when you factor recent poor grossers like "Foolproof", "Decoys", and "The Snow Walker". |
| Name: | Gilbert Collins |
| E-mail address: | gcollins@magma.ca |
| Comments: | Great
Site! By the way, I can think of at least two Canadian TV series that
should be added to your site. "Radisson" which was a CBC production I
think and was filmed in the lated 1950's. Also the series "Quentin
Durwood MP" starring Gordon Pinsent.
Keep up the good work! |
| Name: | PlaidPenguin |
| E-mail address: | PlaidPenguin03@aol.com |
| Comments: | Hello,
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| Name: | Will Thomas |
| Comments: | STATELINE MOTEL (1975) Fabio Testi and Eli Wallach rob a Canadian jewellery store and head for the American border. Also stars Ursula Andress,Barbara Bach and Celine Lomez. |
| Name: | mairi |
| E-mail address: | 00684783@napier.ac.uk |
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| Name: | kevin |
| Comments: | Good site. Interesting and provocative reviews. |
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| Comments: | Great Site
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| Name: | The Masked Truth |
| E-mail address: | GlenRinker10@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Seems
you still can't give Trailer Park Boys the credit it deserves. It's
pretty clear to see you have editied your first critiques of the show
because they were so wrong, clearly revealing you are out of touch. It
seems to be with chagrin that you accept it. I guess thats your
problem. I heard it just sold big time in the US.
Stay cynical, bitter and out of touch. The Masked Truth |
| Name: | patti |
| Comments: | yeah where's canadian idol |
| Name: | a |
| E-mail address: | a@a.com |
| Comments: | Just a small correction. That's Suki Kaiser acting under the name Suzi Kaiser in "The Girl From Mars". |
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| Comments: | love your site |
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| Name: | Dave Stohler |
| Comments: | Don't forget "Canadian Idol". Or "ReBoot", one of the most successful shows exported to other countries! |
| Name: | Keith Bailey |
| E-mail address: | kei_bailey@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | You
bring up some interesting ideas in your latest essay re: how to save
Canadian TV. In fairness to the production companies, it should be
pointed out that there are still a number of people trying to make
Canadian drama. Though they had a problem recently, when the Canadian Television Fund was slashed. Because of the lack of funds, many shows found themselves without the handout they needed to complete funding, and many shows were threatened with being cancelled. From what I gathered, the producers simply weren't able to find funding elsewhere - the networks had already agreed to big license fees (much higher than the advertising revenue they would ultimately get), and the producers had no money to dig in their own pockets. The shows did ultimately get the money... but only because the fund "borrowed" from next year. Of course, when next year comes, there will be even less to hand out. So while you might complain that the producers are getting so many handouts, the reality is that even with these handouts producers still find it difficult to raise private funds. Who will invest in a TV show that will make little, if any profit? How can you force a production company to invest profits into Canadian productions if they are not, say, actually producing anything? So it's not just that some companies are getting away from drama to maximize profits. It's also that many producers are simply finding it harder than ever to raise the funds. And with the hassles and headaches of raising funds (it's notoriously difficult to apply for those handouts), it's no wonder some are feeling it's not worth it. Though you mention the networks should be made to spend more on Canadian programming... you also say they should be made to increase the number of hours of CanCon. With those two together, I fear that the dollars would be spread thinly. And that even with the license fees, the producers of these shows would still be short on a budget. I should also point out that even top-rated Canadian shows don't make profits for the networks. When "DaVinci's Inquest" started, it had ratings rivaling that of some American shows. But despite that, the network found they had to sell advertising time for the show at a *much* lower rate than those for American shows on Canadian channels. (This was also a factor with "Due South".) It's actually about as much as it is now that the ratings have dropped. So "making it hurt" in Cancon really won't make networks try to succeed. They are going to lose the same amount of money more or less, no matter the success of the show. This is why there has been the proposal to let advertisers have a tax write-off for ads put on Canadian shows if they spend more than they usually do - if the networks find they can make a profit on Canadian drama, they may then be encouraged to show it more. Forcing shows to have more of a Canadian narrative has some problems that must be smoothed out before being considered. Like: how "Canadian" must a show be in order to be approved by the CRTC? How do you measure something like that? There have been debates for years as to how something can be considered "Canadian". What if a show briefly mentions a character's Canadian origin in the first episode, but never mentions it again? What if the character is made to come from Miami (Saskatchewan) or London (Ontario)? You can see the problems there. Also... what about the CBC? They are pretty much all-Canadian. Yet they have problems funding Canadian drama series. In fact, they have been showing more American product (blockbuster movies, the "TAKEN" miniseries) because they need the profits in order to simply keep the network running! How do you force the CBC to make more drama under these circumstances? Treating them differently may make the other networks legitimately protest. |
| Name: | Jokes Witze Spass |
| E-mail address: | robert33@gmx.de |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.spassprogramme.com |
| Comments: | This site is great. keep up the great work! |
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| Name: | Robert |
| E-mail address: | megacalmnospamme@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://megacalm.aipotu.nl/ |
| Comments: | THANKYOU
for helping me find Le Siege D'Ame. I needed this movie to help me get
started on my Gnosticism essay but couldn't remember the title. I was
sure however that it was made in Quebec. So I typed "movies made in
Quebec" into Google and found you, typed "Egyptian mummy" into your
search engine, and voila, there it was, the elusive movie. Thanks again! Robert |
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