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I Am the Cheese, the novel by Robert Cormier, was made into a Canadian movie under the title Lapse of Memory, as well as a U.S. film under its original name.
I ACCUSE *
*
(2003) Estella Warren, John Hannah, John Kapelos,
Tom Butler, Aaron Pearl, Tim Henry.....Small town prairie woman (Warren)
finds herself being ostracized and no one believing her when she accuses
a local, respected doctor (Hannah) of raping her while she was drugged
and under his care. Inspired by fact, the story itself, with the heroine
even pursuing her own investigation, is reasonably compelling on its own
(how much is based on fact is unclear: the names have been changed, but
the stuff involving the confused DNA results -- including the bizarre explanation
-- is real), but the execution is problemaatic. The movie is clunky and
heavy handed at times and the performances of variable quality -- old pro
Butler, in the latter half as the prosecutor, is very good, and Kapelos,
as a good guy cop, and Henry, as the more corrupt local cop, are also noteworthy.
Standard made-for-TV shocking true story except, made for cable, there's
some profanity and a bit of nudity (not involving Canadian model-turned-actress
Warren). Curiously, the case the movie's based on involved a Saskatchewan
doctor, John Schneeberger...but the movie doesn't admit it's set in Canada
(the lawyers don't even wear robes in the courtroom scenes)! sc: Matt DeJong,
Charles Wilkinson. dir: John Ketcham. - sexual content, partial female
nudity.- 95 min.
I DOWNLOADED A GHOST
* * 1/2 setting: USA.
(2002) Carlos Alazraqui, Ellen Page, Vincent Corazza,
Barbara Alyn Woods, Tim Progosh, Gary Hudson, Michael Kanev, Sheldon Bergstrom.....Girl
(Page), hoping to find stuff to make her Halloween haunted house exhibit
cool, inadvertently downloads the ghost of a cabbie and wanna be comedian
(American Alazraqui) from the internet -- and she agrees to help his spirit
rest by finding a valuable antique he was falsely accused of stealing...while
the real thieves aren't far behind. Made for TV family comedy is very much
in the old Disney-esque mode, and kids should enjoy the larger-than-life
concepts (both the ghost and the girl's penchant for building quirky gadgets)
and the occasional slapstick. Though the filmmakers seem to feel that since
their target audience is younger, the plot doesn't really have to make
much sense. Harmless and pleasant enough for adults, too, though despite
some wit and the occasional jokes aimed at older viewers (kids won't get
Alazraqui's various celebrity impersonations, and shouldn't recognize
the "Scream" parody scene) it's more something you'd sit through with your
kids, rather than seek out on your own. Page is an appealing enough lead.
sc: Jeff Phillips. dir: Kelly Sandefur. app. 90 min.
I HEARD THE OWL CALL MY NAME
* * * setting: B.C.
(1973) Tom Courtenay, Paul Stanley, Marianne Jones,
Dean Jagger, George Clutesi.....Sickly catholic priest (import Courtenay)
is given a new parish in an Indian village where he confronts his preconceived
notions about native people and life in general. Strong performance
from Courtenay and strong atmosphere make up for minor flaws in this low-key
made-for-TV drama. sc: ... (from the novel by Margaret Craven). dir:
Daryl Duke. 74 min.
I'LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN
* * * setting: Ont.
(1993) Wendy Crewson, Amy Stewart, Aidan Pendleton,
Patricia Gage, Victor Garber, Sean McCann, Samantha Follows, Lorna Wilson,
Susan Wright, Sarah Lynn Campbell.....Young teen (Stewart), arriving
at a new Catholic school in 1960, must deal with the fact her father's
run-off, her mother (Crewson) is lonely and her new best friend is hardly
orthodox -- all of which run counter to her religion. Effective,
provocative and likeable serio-comic made-for-CBC TV pic is nicely understated
(though some characterizations are a little broad) with a strong cast.
Wright's last film role. sc: Kathleen M. Turner. dir: Stefan Scaini.
app. 96 min.
I Love a Man in Uniform *
* setting: Ont.
(1983) Kenneth Welsh, Denis Forest, Dixie Seatle,
Timothy Webber, Tom Butler, Dan MacDonald, Stephanie Morgenstern.....Story
of the bitter feud between a brutal, small town cop (Welsh) and the troubled
teen (Forest) he likes to harrass. Lackluster hour-long drama never
manages to flesh out its idea with enough story or characterization.
Made for For the Record. sc: John Frizzell.
dir: Don McBrearty.
I LOVE A MAN IN UNIFORM
* * 1/2
(1993) Tom McCamus, Brigitte Bako, David Hemblen,
Kevin Tighe, Daniel MacIvor, Graham McPherson, Von Flores.....A nebbishy,
unstable would-be actor (McCamus) lands the role of a hard-nosed cop in
a TV show and starts to dress and act as the character in the real world.
Dark psychological suspense-drama works mainly thanks to effective mood
and atmosphere, though it never seems to have the intellectual, philosophical
or emotional depth some critics thought it had. And it has trouble
shaking the image of being just a poor man's "Taxi Driver" or, for that
matter, a rehash of a zillion earlier Canadian films including Paperback
Hero. McCamus received the Best Actor Genie. sc./dir: David
Wellington. - violence, male nudity, sexual content.- 95 min.
"I, Robot", the famous American short story by Eando Binder, and its robot hero Adam Link, was the basis for one of the episodes of the Canadian-made Outer Limits TV series
I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING*
* 1/2 setting: Ont.
(1987) Sheila McCarthy, Paule Baillargeon, Ann-Marie
MacDonald, John Evans, Richard Monette.....Flighty, insecure secretary
(McCarthy) worships her art curator boss (Baillargeon) until becoming disillusioned.
Good performances in this imaginative low-key, but slow serio-comic pic
that depends a lot on how much you like McCarthy's character. Improves
with a second viewing. Look for Rozema as a worker in a skyscraper.
Won two Genies including Best Actress (McCarthy) and Supporting Actress
(Baillargeon). sc./dir: Patricia Rozema (her first feature). 81 min.
I WON'T DANCE
* * * setting: P.Q.
(1992) Camille Martinez, Frank Schorpion, Carlo Essagian,
Bianca Paradis, Carl Alacchi, Anna Papadakos, Lou Israel, Roger Guetta.....On
the run from Canadian Immigration and some drug dealers, a Costa Rican
fortune teller (Martinez) hooks up with a musician (Schorpion) still obsessively
infatuated with his ex-wife. Comedy-drama is hurt by its obvious
low-budget, but is nonetheless likeable. Unabashedly multicultural,
it's silly and engaging with appealing leads. sc: Hunt Hoe, Loren
Edizel. dir: Hunt Hoe. 92 min.
ICE MEN *
* setting: Ont.
(2005) Martin Cummins, David Hewlett, Ian Tracey,
Greg Spottiswood, James Thomas, Brandy Ledford.....Five life long buddies
get together for a weekend at a winter cottage, resulting in secrets and
buried tensions coming to the fore. Capable cast in this drama that works
in fits and starts, but some of the revelations aren't that revelatory...while
others seem too contrived, being layered on too self-consciously. This
kind of "old friends reunite for a weekend and end up with some uncomfortable
self-discovery" movie has been done so often it qualifies as its own genre.
And though you don't necessarily dislike the characters here...you don't
necessarily care that much, either. Ironically, it's a "male buddy" movie
that gets a boost when a woman (Ledford) shows up -- but she's only in
it for a bit. Trivia note: Cummins and Ledford are married in real life.
sc: Michael Lewis MacLennan (story Thom Best). dir: Thom Best. - sexual
content.- 108 min.
IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR
* * * 1/2 setting: USA.
(1982) Marc Singer, R.H. Thomson, Shari Belafonte-Harper,
Sarah Torgov, Douglas Campbell, Jack Creley, Helen Burns.....Fictional
look at the wild college days of blind American singer Tom Sullivan (Singer)
and how he finds true love. Very funny comedy-drama with a strong
cast and some memorable dramatic scenes. Critics dumped on it, seemingly
because it wasn't willing to be a stodgy, earnest docudrama...but there
are enough of those out there already. Singer is superb but Thomson
manages to steal the show nonetheless as his best friend (and received
the Best Supporting Actor Genie). sc: Stuart Gillard (from the novel
by Tom Sullivan and Peter Gill). dir: Eric Till. 103 min.
IGNITION *
* setting: USA.
(2003) (/U.K.) Bill Pullman, Lena Olin, Colm Feore,
Nicholas Lea, Peter Kent, Barbara Eve Harris, John Kapelos, Benjamin Ratner,
Lori Triolo, Michael Ironside, Roger Dunn, Hrothgar Mathews.....Disgraced
U.S. Marshall (Pullman) is assigned to protect a judge (Olin) from a mad
bomber, but the two also become embroiled in the judge's latest case involving
corruption within the military. Action-thriller is one of those things
where, if you're in an undemanding mood, it might kill an hour and a half.
But it is either too obvious (you learn who the villains are early) or
too oblique (you spend much of the movie not even sure what the parameters
of the questions are) and for a movie that has a lot of action, plot progression-wise,
it can seem kind of slow. Has some nicely atypical stuff, like Pullman
trying to regain parental access to his Downs Syndrome daughter, but spends
a lot of time insulting your intelligence, too: a lot of the movie seems
to revolve around the heroes -- a marshall and a judge -- being chased,
shot at and even framed...without ever thinking to call the authorities!
Most of the action is standard stuff of shoot outs and car bombs, but then
builds to a climax like out of a James Bond film -- admirably flamboyant,
but also rather silly. Simoneau's usual oppressive direction hurts the
scenes that are going for light-hearted badinage. Lots of decent actors
are wasted in bit parts (Scott Hylands as the bomber, Brian Markinson and
Matthew Bennett as lawyers in an early scene) and even some of the prominently
billed actors like Lea and Ironside have nothing parts (while Mathews,
as a reluctant witness, deserves better billing than he gets). sc: William
Davies. dir: Yves Simoneau. - violence, partial female nudity.- 96 min.
Ikwe *
* setting: CDN.
(1986) Hazel King, Geraint Wyn Davies.....A native
woman (King) is sold by her tribe to a white fur trader (Davies) in exchange
for guns. Well-mounted, hour long period drama never manages to get
inside anyone's head, which leaves it being more of a look at a time and
place, rather than a story. First of the Daughters
of the Country series. sc: Wendy Rill. dir: Norma Bailey.
IL DUCE CANADESE (TVMS)
* * 1/2 setting: P.Q.
(2005) Tony Nardi, Marina Orsini, Gianpaolo Venuta,
Dino Tavarone, Joe Pingue, Ron Lea, Louise Lapare, Carlo Rota, Michael
A. Miranda (a.k.a. Silvio Oliviera), Romano Orzari.....Story of an
apolitical extended Italian-Canadian family just prior to World War II,
and how, feeling pressure economically and socially by fascist sympathizers
within their community, make token efforts to join Italian-Canadian fascist
clubs..."allegiances" which then see some of them rounded up and put in
detention camps when Canada declares war on the Axis nations. Sprawling
drama stars out well, and is okay, but suffers a bit from seeming too much
like they wanted to do a movie about an historical issue -- the detention
of Italian-Canadians -- first, and filled in the characters after the fact.
There are story threads -- an estranged father and son, a mentally handicapped
uncle, etc. -- but none seem developed enough to actually make you think
this
is what the show's really about. Too many scenes feel a little at arms
length, about the characters, but not told through them; and choppy to
boot, as events in one scene don't always seem to be followed up on in
the next. The first half is more interesting, exploring the pre-war climate
in which characters, even in Canada, feel pressure from the fascists (and,
no doubt, it's a slightly incendiary point, by suggesting there really
were fascist sympathizers within the Italian-Canadian community) but becomes
increasingly episodic and melodramatic, as the characters suffer a litany
of indignities and occasional abuses (only some directly related to the
internment and prejudice), and suffers from lapses into hokey, heavy handed
dialogue and scenes. Although it's worth remembering such things occurred,
historical realities are better served as a backdrop for a strong story,
so that it can depict the events, without seeming like a lesson. Nice turns,
in supporting parts, from dependables like Carlo Rota (as the dapper lawyer)
and Miranda/Oliviera (as a leader of a fascist club). sc: Bruno Ramirez.
dir: Giles Walker.
L'ILE *
1/2 setting: other
(1988) (/France) Bruno Cremer, Serge Dupire, Martin
Lamotte, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Hubert Loiselle, Robert Rivard, Karina Lombard.....British
mutineers and Tahitian natives attempt to colonize an island but soon tensions
erupt between the two groups and a level-headed sailor is caught in the
middle. Uninvolving and a little sexist film was edited together
from a mini-series -- which could explain its disjointedness. English
title: The Island. sc: Bernard Revon, Robert Merle (from Merle's
novel). dir: Francois Leterrier. - violence, partial female nudity.- 98
min.
L'ILE DE SABLE *
* setting; P.Q.
(1999) Caroline Dhavernas, Sebastien Huberdeau, Anick
Lemay, Genevieve Desilets, Francois Papineau, Marie Tifo, Raymond Cloutier.....Pregnant
Quebec teen (Dhavernas), confused and embittered after the death of her
mother, and feeling estranged from her big city sister, isn't sure what
to do with her life, then ends up going on the road with her on again/off
again boyfriend (Huberdeau) to enact a childhood dream of visiting Sable
Island, committing a few petty crimes along the way. Yet another Canadian
drama about lost, disenchanted, nihilistic youth, with a few family secrets
thrown in. Or maybe not. It's not entirely clear whether the filmmakers
are aware of how, at times, creepy and abhorrent the central characters
are. Not turgid, but you aren't really sure what its point is, particularly
with its surreal ending in an otherwise realist film (and maybe, just maybe,
the whole movie is meant to be seen as a dream -- though, if so, it's a
pretty prosaic dream). Still, it's probably one of the few movies to make
use of desolate Sable Island as part of the narrative. English title: Sable
Island. sc: Gilles Desjardins, Johanne Pregent. dir: Johanne Pregent.
- brief female nudity.- 106 min.
ILL FATED *
1/2
(2004) Peter Outerbridge, Paul Campbell, John Callander,
Nicki Clyne, John F. Parker, Chris Gauthier, Bill Croft, Kurt Evans.....Story
of the very messed up misfits and losers in a small town, focusing on a
young man (Campbell) who wants to get away to college, and on his estranged
relative (Outerbridge) who slips back into town, hoping to reconnect with
his illegitimate daughter. Decently acted flick wants to be a mix of bleak
rural melodrama...and quirky, absurdist comedy. But the result is a slow,
meandering -- and frankly confusing -- effort where the plausibility of
the characters is frequently undermined as their actions often seem dictated
by the need for a gag, or a plot point, rather than their personalities.
There are some amusing bits, but it's generally an unpleasant, mean-spirited
film, where too much of it is taken up with characters yelling and abusing
each other, with only occasional oases of gentleness and compassion. It's
just hard to care about any of them ...even Campbell, who spends the whole
film looking slightly pensive (Gauthier, as the hero's guileless friend,
scores best). One of those Canadian movies that doesn't say it's not
set in Canada...but doesn't really say it is, either. Joely Collins has
a bit part at the beginning. sc: Mark A. Lewis, John Callander. dir: Mark
A. Lewis. - sexual content.- 96 min.
AN IMAGINARY TALE see Une
histoire inventee
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(2000-2001) (/U.K.) * * Lorenzo Lamas ("Raphael Cain"), April Telek ("Sara Beckman"), Steve Braun ("Goodwin"), with Robert Ito ("Yashiro"), Dominic Keating ("Malus"), Kira Clavell ("Vashista"), Grace Park ("Mikiko").....Fantasy/adventure about a sword wielding immortal (Lamas) who, after his wife was murdered and his child kidnapped by demons in feudal Japan, has devoted the rest of his life to hunting demons (who look human). He travels around contemporary America in a mobile home, thwarting various demonic schemes. Telek plays a lady scientist who hooks up with him and Braun his street savvy sidekick, also immortal. Occasionally recurring characters include: Keating and Clavell as the demons who had killed his wife; Ito in flashbacks as his sage, Japanese mentor; and Park (also in flashbacks) cropped up as "Rafe's" murdered wife. Lamas is American (though a staple of low-budget Canadian movies) and Keating British (shortly before landing a regular role in the Star Trek spin-off, "Enterprise") -- everyone else is Canadian. If immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the makers of Highlander should be blushing with pride. Not only do the basic ideas of this series seem evocative of Highlander, but even the look of the characters: Lamas with his long hair, and Braun as his blonde, feisty sidekick. Suffering from similar problems as Highlander -- thin, repetitive plots, and a slightly static rythym (that may reflect its limited budget) it was also somewhat cheesier than Highlander, refusing to take itself quite as seriously, or be as pretentious (while still throwing in character angst). As such, it can almost be more fun...but still has a tendency to leave you glancing at your watch at about the half hour mark. Can almost be worth watching, late at night, if you need something to keep you awake while waiting for a phone call...almost. Cancelled after one season, the final episode had "Raphael" re-united with his long (really long) lost daughter, allowing the series to resolve as though it meant to end after one season. One season of hour long episodes, shown in Canada on Space. |
IMPOLITE
* * 1/2 setting: B.C.
(1992) Robert Wisden, Kevin McNulty, Jill Teed, Christopher
Plummer, Susan Hogan, Suzy Joachim, Stuart Margolin.....Down-and-out
reporter (Wisden), now an obit writer, investigates an anonymous tip that
a famous industrialist is dead, leading him to a number of very eccentric,
and evasive, characters, including a twin brother (Plummer, unbilled).
Off-beat, decidedly high-minded, low-budget serio-comic tale blends gumshoes
with metaphysics and spiritualism and almost succeeds. Intelligent,
clever dialogue, though it never generates the necessary atmosphere and
is more muddled than even it intends to be. Still, worth a look.
Producer Raymond Massey is related to the late actor. sc: Michael
McKinley. dir: David Hauka. 93 min.
IMPROPER CHANNELS *
* 1/2 setting: USA.
(1981) Alan Arkin, Mariette Hartley, Sarah Stevens,
Monica Parker, Harry Ditson.....American (Arkin) is mistakenly accused
of child abuse by an overzealous social worker: he has his child taken
away from him, is fired from his job and, eventually, decides to fight
back. Touchy (though not unwarranted) topic for this uneven comedy
that Arkin helps over the rough spots. sc: Ian Sutherland. dir: Eric
Till. 92 min.
In a Glass House, the novel by Nino Ricci, served as part of the source for the mini-seriesThe Lives of the Saints
IN ADVANCE OF THE LANDING *
* 1/2
(1993) (/U.S.).....Documentary looking at various
UFOlogists and others who believe in extraterrestrials and, in many cases,
that they are in contact with them. Interesting film looks in on people
ranging from those who just have an eccentric hobby, to man-in-the-street
interviews, but generally focuses on the more extreme fringes of contactees
and religious cults that have grown around the idea of alien contact. Could've
been tighter, and only a couple of the interviewees are Canadian (all the
rest are American) but still an interesting look at a little examined sub-culture.
dir: Dan Curtis (suggested by the book by Douglas Curran). app. 80 min.
IN OPPOSITION (TV Series)Flat, largely uninspired TV series suffered from an unwillingness to be really outrageous and a central character, obviously intended to be the straight-person, who was just blah. This was the second series in as many years using a political milieu (the first was Not My Department), and like that previous entry, this show avoided being too biting or political...which should surely be the point of a comedy about politics. When it did stray into ideas, though, it showed a slightly conservative bias. Half-hour episodes initially on the CBC. |
IN PRAISE OF OLDER WOMEN*
1/2 setting: other/P.Q.
(1977) Karen Black, Tom Berenger, Susan Strasberg,
Helen Shaver, Marilyn Lightstone, Alexandra Stewart, Marianne McIsaac,
Alberta Watson.....Young Hungarian (Berenger) finds himself being romantically
involved with various (slightly) older women in the years following W.W.
II. Decently acted, but largely inane, ill-conceived film.
The characters aren't fleshed-out enough to make for a drama (or even a
comedy-drama), the politics generally shrugged-off, leaving only the sex.
But despite all the actresses doffing their garments, mainly their tops,
and Berenger doing his part for the ladies in the audience, the film never
manages to be sexy. Curiously, Shaver and Lightstone picked up the
Best Actress and Supporting Actress Etrogs. sc: Paul Gottlieb (from
the novel by Stephen Vizinczey). dir: George Kaczender. - female nudity
and brief male nudity, sexual content.- 108 min.
IN THE BELLY OF THE DRAGON see Dans le ventre du dragon
IN THE BLUE GROUND
* * 1/2 setting: NWT.
(1999) Tina Keeper, Tracey Cook, Robert Bockstael,
Peter Kelly Gaudreault, Dakota House, Lorne Cardinal......The death
of a geologist sends Lynx River Mounties Kenidi and Harper (Keeper and
Gaudreault) into the woods on the trail of a mountain man with connections
to the community's past. Made-for-CBC TV movie is spun-off from the
successful drama series, North of 60 -- the
first, but not the best of a series of TV movies. It's a good example
of the strengths and weaknesses of the series. Good performances,
lavish production, but the underlying characterization, themes and values
are pretty skewed. The, frankly, often unlikeable characters wander
about dour-faced, bitching and sniping at each other oppressively, often
missing what should be the main issues -- a character is kidnapped, and
the main characters seem concerned with just about any and everything but
the kidnappee! Probably confusing for those unfamiliar with the series
(the plot is intimately tied into past events) and yet fans might be disappointed
at how many of the supporting regulars are given little to do (with
Tom Jackson and Gordon Tootoosis nowhere to be seen). Still, not
uninteresting. sc: Andrew Wreggitt. dir: Alan Simmonds. - violence.-
92 min.
IN THE DARK *
1/2 setting: CDN./USA
(2003) Kathleen Robertson, Joanne Vannicola, Fiona
Reid, Michael Murphy, Alan Van Sprang.....A career woman (Robertson)
gradually begins to suspect her schizophrenic sister's (Vannicola) paranoid
delusions that their equally troubled father (Murphy) was the victim of
CIA mind control experiments decades earlier...might not be so delusional
after all. A decent cast in this made-for-cable TV flick which tries to
be both a downbeat drama about a dysfunctional family dealing with mental
illness...and a murky thriller; and doesn't really succeed as either thanks
to thin plotting, particularly with the rather cursory thriller aspects.
Ironically, Robertson, basically the "normal" character, isn't a particularly
likeable protagonist. The real life CIA-funded experiments in a Canadian
psychiatric hospital were dramatized in The
Sleep Room, and also mined for fictional purposes in the earlier Mindfield.
sc: R.B. Carney, David Fraser. dir: Leonard Farlinger. 90 min.
IN THE DEAD OF SPACE *
1/2 setting: other
(2000) Michael Pare, Lisa Bingley, Tony Curtis Blondell,
Stacie Fox.....One of the four astronauts on an international space
station may be both a serial killer and working with terrorists,
and while Moscow ground control tries to figure out which, the astronauts
on the station must fend for themselves. Low-budget SF thriller has an
O.K. plot (if you like the subgenre of "playing cat-and-mouse with a psycho
in a limited locale") but the performances are uneven, the pacing turgid,
and the story kind of confused at times...particularly when the villain's
motive and intentions seem to change from scene to scene. One of numerous
movies made starring Pare (here in a change of pace role) and produced
by G. Philip Jackson and Daniel Dor. This is supposed to be an "international"
space station, with American, Russian, and French characters (though Bingley
doesn't bother putting on an accent) but no Canadians -- good thing cultural
integrity isn't a prerequisite for making Canadian movies, eh? Othewise
half our filmmakers would be out of work. Curiously, in at least some prints,
the movie has the wrong credits at the end (from the movie The Cusp).
a.k.a. Space Fury. sc: Vincent Monton. dir: Eli Necakov. - violence,
brief female nudity.- 92 min.
IN THE FRAME
* 1/2 setting: Ont./other
(1991) (/Ireland) Ian McShane, Lyman Ward, Barbara
Rudnik, Amandeus August, Peter Sattmann.....Jockey Club Investigator,
Dave Cleavland (McShane), becomes involved in forgery and murder when a
friend's house is burgled. Fans of Francis' moody, character-oriented
suspensers will be disappointed by this flippant, painfully superficial
action-mystery. Others will just be bored by how poorly done it is.
See Dick Francis Mysteries. sc: Andrew
Payne (from the novel by Dick Francis). dir: Wigbert Wicker. 92 min.
IN THE KEY OF OSCAR *
* 1/2
(1992).....Documentary profile of Montreal-born
jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, featuring his own reflections on the music,
racism, growing up, family and being Canadian. Plus some comments
and anecdotes supplied by a host of celebs including Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzie
Gillespie, Quincy Jones and others. Solid bio, including musical
pieces, but sometimes confusing and other times a feeling we aren't getting
the complete picture. Jounalist Sweeney (who also produced) is Peterson's
niece. sc: Bruce Garvey. dir: Wm. R. Cunningham, Sylvia Sweeney.
95 min.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE WIND see Les Fous de Bassan
In the Sleep Room, a book by Anne Collins about the infamous psychiatric experiments conducted in Montreal with C.I.A. financing, served as the source for the CBC mini-series, The Sleep Room.
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