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Ardon Bess
Ardon Bess (born 1941) is a Canadian actor best known for appearing in a Heritage Moment television commercial about the 1958 Springhill mining disaster portraying survivor Maurice Ruddick. Early life and education Bess was born in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. After completing his secondary school education in St. Vincent, he became a bank teller. Before moving to Canada, Bess was acting in and directing local amateur theatre in Kingstown. He moved to Canada in 1964 and first lived in Oakville, Ontario with his father. He briefly studied architecture at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. Bess was encouraged by a classmate at Ryerson to go to an acting audition which took place after a soccer practice they were both attending. Following that audition, Bess was offered his first professional theatre role as Sakini in a production of ''The Teahouse of the August Moon''. Subsequently, Bess left Ryerson to attend the National Theatre School of Canada. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingstown
Kingstown is the capital, chief port, and main commercial centre of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. With a population of 12,909 (2012), Kingstown is the most populous settlement in the country. It is the island's agricultural industry centre and a port of entry for tourists. The city lies within the parish of Saint George in the south-west corner of Saint Vincent. History The modern capital, Kingstown, was founded by French settlers shortly after 1722, although Saint Vincent had 196 years of British rule before its independence. The botanical garden, conceived in 1765, is one of the oldest in the Western hemisphere. William Bligh, made famous from the Mutiny on the Bounty, brought seed of the breadfruit tree here for planting, . Geography The town is surrounded by steep hills. Secondary education is provided by the Thomas Saunders Secondary School, Boys Grammar School, Girls High School, Bishop College, St Martain, and St Josephs Convent School at Richmond Hill. Transp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Kensington
''King of Kensington'' is a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.Mary Jane Miller, ''Turn Up the Contrast: CBC Television Drama since 1952''. UBC Press, 2011. . pp. 134-144. Synopsis Al Waxman starred as Larry King, a convenience store owner in Toronto's Kensington Market who was known for helping friends and neighbours solve problems. His multicultural group of friends consisted of Nestor Best (Ardon Bess), Max (John J. Dee), and Tony "Duke" Zarro (Bob Vinci), who hung around regularly to the perennial disapproval of King's mother Gladys (Helene Winston). For the first three seasons, Fiona Reid played his wife Cathy. At the end of the third season, Reid decided to leave the series, so Larry and Cathy divorced. Larry then dated Tina (Rosemary Radcliffe) in the fourth season and Gwen Twining (Jayne Eastwood) in the fifth. At the same time, Larry sold the convenience store and took a new job with a youth community centre. Production The show wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Alice
''After Alice'' (also known as ''Eye of The Killer'') is a 2000 mystery thriller directed by Paul Marcus and written by Jeff Miller. The film stars Kiefer Sutherland as Detective Mickey Hayden. Plot A troubled cop makes a discovery that really has him worried in this thriller. Police detective Mickey Hayden (Kiefer Sutherland) is ordered to take a new look at a case he'd worked on ten years ago. A brilliant but demented serial killer known as Jabberwocky went on a killing spree before dropping out of sight. Hayden was never able to track him down and the disappointment has left him with more than his share of emotional scars, resulting in alcoholism. After a decade of silence, Jabberwocky strikes again, sending the police a note suggesting Hayden be put back on his case. But this time around, Hayden notices something different as he investigates the killings; when he comes in contact with the evidence, he has troubling psychic visions that tell him more about the murders than he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 4th Floor (1999 Film)
The 4th Floor is a 1999 mystery horror thriller film, written and directed by Josh Klausner in his directorial debut and starring Juliette Lewis, William Hurt, Shelley Duvall and Austin Pendleton. The film was released in 1999 on Fantasy Filmfest in Germany, but was not released in the US until 2000 when it went direct-to-video. It was filmed on location in New York City and Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The original music was written by Brian Tyler. Plot The film follows Jane (Lewis) who has inherited a rent-controlled brownstone apartment from her late aunt, and, despite her boyfriend Greg's (Hurt) appeals, has decided to move in and live on her own for the first time. She meets Martha Stewart (Duvall), her neighbor from the first floor, who tells her the names of all the occupants of the building, including the person who lives on the 4th floor, an old woman named Alice who is a hermit. The next morning, she finds a note on her door, warning her against the noise she was m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Survivor (film)
''Soul Survivor'' is a 1995 Canadian drama film directed by Stephen Williams (director), Stephen Williams, who also wrote the screenplay. Produced by Paul Brown, the film stars George Harris (actor), George Harris, Peter Williams (actor), Peter Williams, and Clark Johnson and is set in Toronto's African-Caribbean sector. Plot Tyrone Taylor (Peter Williams (actor), Peter Williams) is a Jamaican-Canadian immigrant, living in Toronto and working as a hairdresser at a local salon. He doesn't enjoy working at the salon and is looking for ways to easy money, in order to quit his job. He starts collecting debts for Winston Price (George Harris (actor), George Harris), a local gangster and owner of a nearby nightclub. Though Tyrone's new job under Price is violent and illegal, he tries to rationalize it by talking himself into the belief that he will soon have enough money to quit and go into a cleaner business. His jobs become more and more violent and one day he is forced to collect mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trial By Jury (film)
''Trial by Jury'' is a 1994 American legal thriller film directed by Heywood Gould and starring Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Gabriel Byrne, Armand Assante and William Hurt. Plot Crime boss Rusty Pirone is about to stand trial again and Daniel Graham of the district attorney's office is determined this time to put him behind bars. Pirone sends one of his henchmen, a burned-out former corrupt cop named Tommy Vesey, to find a way to get him off the charges. Vesey realizes that a hung jury will lead to an acquittal and he investigates all of the jurors with a view to blackmailing them. Unsuccessful in his blackmail investigation he switches his attention to finding a juror that can be forced to work with him. He identifies single mother Valerie Alston, who he feels could make a difference in the jury room but can also follow orders. Vesey warns Valerie that unless she cooperates the Pirone family will be forced to kill her son and her elderly father. Meanwhile Graham's key witness dies b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordinary Magic
''Ordinary Magic'' is a 1993 Canadian film about a boy who is raised in India by his father. The story is based on the novel Ganesh by Malcolm Bosse with Canada substituting in the film for the book's Midwestern USA location. This film marked the debut of Ryan Reynolds. Plot Jeffrey/Ganesh (Ryan Reynolds) has been raised with the ideals of social activism as part of his everyday life. His father spends the better part of their lives fighting for social justice in India. After his father dies fifteen-year-old Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte (Glenne Headly) in the small town of Paris, Ontario. Through several comedic situations and with considerable effort, he manages to make friends and fit into his new, much smaller world of his. However, when his aunt receives an unfair eviction notice from her sleazy landlord (Paul Anka), every bit of his background and training comes into play, as he works with her to put on a well-publicized hunger strike, or Satyagraha Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highpoint (film)
''Highpoint'' is a Canadian 1982 action comedy-thriller film directed by Peter Carter and starring Richard Harris, Christopher Plummer and Beverly D'Angelo. The film was shot on location in Montreal and Toronto, and is perhaps best remembered for its climax atop CN Tower, in which stuntman Dar Robinson (doubling for Plummer) makes the 700-foot jump in freefall, protected only by a hidden parachute. The film underwent a lengthy and troubled post-production period. Originally filmed in 1979 as a comedic thriller in the vein of ''North by Northwest'', the film was shelved for two years during which extensive reshoots took place. The film was given a limited release in Europe in 1982. Due to negative critical and audience reception concerning its convoluted plot and poor pacing, the film was heavily re-edited by North American distributor New World Pictures, removing much of the comedy and replacing John Addison's original score with one by Christopher Young. This version was release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline (1980 Film)
''Deadline'' (also known as ''Anatomy of a Horror'') is a 1980 Canadian horror film directed and co-written by Mario Azzopardi and starring Stephen Young and Sharon Masters. Cast * Stephen Young as Steven Lessey * Sharon Masters as Elizabeth Lessey * Marvin Goldhar as Burt Horowitz * Jeannie Elias as Darlene Winters * Cindy Hinds as Sharon Lessey * Phillip Leonard as Philip Lessey * Tod Woodcroft as David Lessey * Bev Marsh as Martha Lessey Release Though shot in mid - late 1979, the earliest known verifiable listing of the film's release year is in the publication ''Horror and Science Fiction Films II'' by Donald C. Willis, copyrighted in 1982; in it, the film's release year is listed as "1980?". Home video distributor Vinegar Syndrome lists the film's release year with more certainty as 1980. Several other sources list the film's release year as 1980. In a 1985 volume of ''The Motion Picture Guide'', the film's release date is listed as 1984. However, according to ''Canadian F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head On (1980 Film)
''Head On'' is a 1980 Canadian drama film directed by Michael Grant. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. It was released on VHS home video by Vestron Video in 1985 in the USA and has not yet been released on DVD. It is also known in the USA as ''Fatal Attraction'' (not to be confused with the 1987 film of the same name). Plot Michelle Keys and Peter Hill are two strangers in Toronto who meet by accident in a head-on traffic accident. Both of them receive only minor injuries but they bring legal action against each other. Soon their business relationship leads to romance as their mutual attraction to one another transforms into a bizarre game of sexual upmanship with each encounter becoming more perverse. In their background stories, Michelle is a psychoanalyst who is married to an unattentive businessman, named Frank Keys, who is always traveling out of town on business trips. Peter is single and works an art professor at a local college while he k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High-Ballin'
''High-Ballin'' is a 1978 Canadian action comedy film about truckers directed by Peter Carter. The US release was rated PG, with a runtime of 97 minutes. Plot Jerry Reed plays the "Iron Duke", an independent trucker who stands up to the local trucker boss, King Carroll, who tries to drive independent truckers out of business through intimidation tactics by a gang led by his partner Harvey. Duke's friend Rane, played by Peter Fonda, comes to visit his friend and ends up helping him. Rane and Pickup suggest hauling a load of illegal liquor to a lumber camp, in order to become secure enough to resist King and Harvey's pressure, and thus inspiring other independents to resist as well. Duke is shot, and Rane organizes the other truckers to confront King and Harvey. Pickup is kidnapped by Harvey. Back at King's headquarters, Harvey knocks Pickup unconscious, shooting King when he protests. As the truckers arrive and fight King's men, Harvey puts Pickup in his car and drives away. Rane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love At First Sight (1977 Canadian Film)
''Love at First Sight'' is a 1977 Canadian romantic comedy film directed by Rex Bromfield,"The film world, as seen only from Ontario". ''Vancouver Sun'', December 12, 1987. Synopsis ''Love at First Sight'' is a romantic comedy about a young woman, Shirley (Mary Ann McDonald), and a clumsy blind man named Roy (Dan Aykroyd). The pair flees to Niagara Falls to open a restaurant when Shirley's controlling and unpleasant father Frank (George Murray) objects to their relationship. Reception The film was critically panned at the time. Aykroyd was still with ''Saturday Night Live'' at the time the picture was made and this is his first film. The theme song was "Do You Believe in Love at First Sight" written by Ron Roker, Gerry Shury, Chris Rea and Frank McDonald and recorded by Dionne Warwick. The song had been performed a year earlier by Polly Brown. See also * Love at first sight References External links * * 1977 films 1977 romantic comedy films Canadian romantic comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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