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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
 
 
THE IMMORTAL (TV Series)

(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)

(1987)   * 1/2  Kathleen Laskey, Lawrence Dane, Damir Andrei, Jennifer Dale, others.....Sitcom about a novice M.P. (Laskey) sitting in opposition as a member of the fictional Dominion Party of Canada.  Dane, miscast, played the simple-minded party leader; Andrei a member who had crossed the floor; and Dale her next door neighbour.

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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