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Darcy Fehr
Darcy Fehr is a Canadian actor. Career Fehr's films include ''Desire'' (2000), ''The Saddest Music in the World'' (2003), '' There's Something Out There'' (2004) and ''The Law of Enclosures'' (2000). Fehr's most notable roles have been his portrayals of Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin in Maddin's own ''Cowards Bend the Knee'' (2003) and ''My Winnipeg ''My Winnipeg'' is a 2007 Canadian film directed and written by Guy Maddin with dialogue by George Toles. Described by Maddin as a "docu-fantasia", that melds "personal history, civic tragedy, and mystical hypothesizing", the film is a surrealist m ...'' (2007). Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fehr, Darcy Living people Canadian male film actors Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and Multiculturalism, multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World Immigration to Canada, immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of New France, French and then the much larger British colonization of the Americas, British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven Is For Real (film)
''Heaven Is for Real'' is a 2014 American Christian drama film written and directed by Randall Wallace and co-written by Christopher Parker, based on Pastor Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent's 2010 book of the same name. The film stars Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum, Margo Martindale, and Thomas Haden Church. The film was released on April 16, 2014. The film has received mixed critical reviews, but nevertheless was a box office success, grossing $101 million against a $12 million budget, becoming the second-highest grossing Christian film of all time. Plot Four-year-old Colton Burpo is the son of Todd Burpo, pastor of Crossroads Wesleyan Church in Imperial, Nebraska. Colton says he experienced Heaven during an emergency surgery after having acute appendicitis. He describes to his incredulous family about having seen the surgeon operating on his ruptured appendix, his mother calling people in the waiting room to pray, and his father in another room yelling at God to not let h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cashing In
''Cashing In'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which aired on APTN from 2009 to 2014. Set in the fictional First Nations community of Stonewalker, the series revolved around the staff and customers of an indigenous-owned casino. The show starred Eric Schweig as casino owner Matthew Tommy, Karen Holness as his assistant Liz McKendra, Glen Gould as property magnate John Eagle, and Wesley French as Matthew's son Justin. Supporting cast members included Nancy Sorel, Sarah Podemski, Kyle Nobess, Tina Keeper and Stephen Eric McIntyre. The series was produced by Buffalo Gal Pictures Buffalo Gal Pictures is an independent TV and film production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The company has produced 20 feature films, 10 television dramas, 8 documentaries, and over 50 hours of television series. In 2004, it pr ...."Buffalo Gal wraps casino series". '' Playback'', November 24, 2008. References External links * 2000s Canadian comedy-drama television s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pinkertons
''The Pinkertons'' is a Canadian Western police procedural television series which features crime cases of the Pinkerton detective agency. The show is officially licensed with the Pinkerton detective agency, and features stories based on actual cases from the Pinkerton detective agency archives dating to the 1860s. The program is produced by Rosetta Media and Buffalo Gal Pictures, in partnership with Channel Zero. Production of this first-run syndicated television show was announced in April 2014, and filming began the following August. Cast Main * Martha MacIsaac, as Kate Warne, a Pinkerton agent and the first female detective in US history. * Jacob Blair, as William Pinkerton, the founder's son and also, a Pinkerton agent. Recurring * Angus Macfadyen as Allan Pinkerton, the founder of the detective agency. * Jennifer Pudavick as Annalee Webb, proprietor of the Dubois Hotel and Saloon. * David Brown as Sheriff Lawrence Logan. * Ray Strachan as John Bell, caretaker of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Don Cherry Story
''Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story'' is a 2010 two-part biographical television mini-series about Don Cherry. Details The mini-series was directed by Jeff Woolnough and written by Don Cherry's son, Tim Cherry. It originally aired March 2010 on CBC Television. It took six years for Tim Cherry to get permission from his father to film the series. It covers Cherry's life mainly from his lengthy career as a minor-league hockey player through the end of his tenure coaching the Boston Bruins, ending with a brief montage of more recent events. Sequel In 2011, CBC filmed a two-part mini-series, ''The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II'', a sequel to ''Keep Your Head Up, Kid''. It was also directed by Woolnough and written by Andrew Wreggitt, with all of the main cast reprising their roles. It aired in March 2012. Cast * Jared Keeso as Don Cherry * Sarah Manninen as Rose Cherry * Stephen McHattie as Eddie Shore See also * List of films about ice hockey The following is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Less Than Kind
''Less Than Kind'' is a 2008–2013 Canadian television comedy-drama series that stars Jesse Camacho as Sheldon Blecher, a teenager growing up in a loving but dysfunctional Jewish family in Winnipeg. The show's cast also includes Maury Chaykin and Wendel Meldrum as Sheldon's parents, Benjamin Arthur as his older brother Josh, and Nancy Sorel as his aunt Clara. The Blechers struggle to operate a driving school out of their home in Winnipeg's fading North End. ''Less Than Kind'' made its debut October 13, 2008, on Citytv, and moved to HBO Canada in February 2010. The ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed series won Canadian Comedy Awards in 2009 and 2010. ''Less Than Kind'' received the 2010 Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series and the inaugural award for Best Comedy Series at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards. The title sequence and logo for ''Less Than Kind'' were inspired by an iconic highway sign at Winnipeg's Confusion Corner intersection, depicting arrows point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The End Of The World
End of the world or The End of the World may refer to: * The end time in the eschatology of various religions and mythologies * End of the world (fiction), fiction that is concerned with the end of human civilization * Global catastrophe scenarios resulting in the destruction of the planet, human extinction, or the end of human civilization Art * ''The End of the World'' (painting), an 1853 painting by John Martin * ''The End of the World'', a lost painting by Francesco Anelli Books *''The End of the World'', 1930 novel by Geoffrey Dennis, winner of the 1930 Hawthornden Prize * '' Skulduggery Pleasant: The End of the World'', a 2012 novella by Derek Landy Films * ''The End of the World'' (1916 film), a Danish film * ''End of the World'' (1931 film), based on ''Omega: The Last Days of the World'' * ''Panic in Year Zero!'', a 1962 science fiction film also released under the title ''End of the World'' * ''End of the World'' (1977 film), a film starring Christopher Lee and Sue L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2030 CE
''2030 CE'' is a Canadian children's television series that aired for two seasons on YTV in 2002. It aired in the United States on Showtime Family Zone. The series was created by Angela Bruce, Dennis Foon and Yan Moore. A third season had been planned, but was cancelled after financial supporters backed out, presumably due to low ratings. It was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Plot In the year 2030 C.E., no one since 2002 has lived past the age of thirty in a semi-post-apocalyptic, dystopian Earth, due to ''Progressive Ageing Syndrome'' (P.A.S.). Science, government, and industry united to form Nexes, an all-powerful body that controls every aspect of society. In order to make up for their short life spans, and to continue to have a progressive society, people are assigned careers at a young age and put through intensive schooling specific to their assigned careers - they graduate and start work at age 14 as experts in their field, but ignorant about almost anything else. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside The Osmonds
''Inside the Osmonds'' is a 2001 ABC-TV movie about the personal lives and professional careers of The Osmonds, and how the stresses and strains of their careers and the turbulent 1970s and 1980s affected their relationships with each other and their families. The ending that takes place in January 2001 features a special appearance by the real Osmonds. ''Inside the Osmonds'' was the second biopic of the Osmond family, following 19 years after the 1982 film '' Side by Side: The True Story of the Osmond Family'', which had focused on the family's earlier years. Main cast * Bruce McGill — George Osmond * Veronica Cartwright — Olive Osmond *Milton Bruchanski — Virl Osmond *Shane Davison — Tom Osmond * Joel Berti — Alan Osmond *Jason Knight — Wayne Osmond *Ryan G. Kirkpatrick — Merrill Osmond * Miklos Perlus — Jay Osmond * Thomas Dekker — Donny Osmond (younger) * Patrick Levis — Donny Osmond (older) *Taylin Wilson — Marie Osmond (younger) * Janaya Stephens — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milgaard
''Milgaard'', also sometimes known as ''Hard Time: The David Milgaard Story'', is a Canadian dramatic television film, which was broadcast by the CTV Television Network in 1999. The film centres on David Milgaard, a Canadian man who was wrongfully convicted in the 1969 rape and murder of Gail Miller, and his 22-year quest for justice until being released from prison in 1992. The film stars Ian Tracey as David Milgaard and Gabrielle Rose as his mother Joyce Milgaard, as well as Tom Melissis, Garwin Sanford, Hrothgar Mathews, Jaimz Woolvett, Sabrina Grdevich, Bernie Coulson and Reagan Pasternak in supporting roles. Larry Fisher, who had been arrested for Miller's murder and was awaiting trial in Saskatchewan at the time of the film's release, sought a court injunction banning the broadcast of the film on the grounds that it might prejudice his chance at a fair trial. Although the injunction was granted, the judge declined to ban the film nationwide, instead ruling only that CTV c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ice Road
''The Ice Road'' is a 2021 American action thriller film written and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh. The film stars Liam Neeson as a brooding Mike McCann, and Laurence Fishburne as a wiley Jim Goldenrod with Benjamin Walker, Amber Midthunder, Marcus Thomas, Holt McCallany, Martin Sensmeier, Matt McCoy, and Matt Salinger in supporting roles. It marks Hensleigh's first film since 2011's ''Kill the Irishman''. It follows a team of truck drivers on a dangerous mission over frozen lakes and winter roads to deliver a crucial component to save workers trapped in a collapsed diamond mine. The film was digitally released by Netflix in the United States and Canada, and by Amazon Prime Video in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2021. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Plot An explosion at a mine in Manitoba traps 26 miners. Mike McCann and his brother Gurty, an Iraq War veteran suffering from PTSD and aphasia, work for a trucking company in North Dakota until Mike punches anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Parts You Lose
''The Parts You Lose'' is a 2019 American thriller film starring Aaron Paul and Danny Murphy (British actor), Danny Murphy as a fugitive criminal and a deaf boy who befriend one another. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Scoot McNairy also star as the boy's parents. The film is directed by Christopher Cantwell (screenwriter), Christopher Cantwell based on a screenplay by Darren Lemke. The H Collective financed Gran Via's production of the film. Filming took place in Winnipeg, Canada. ''The Parts You Lose'' had its world premiere on March 14, 2019 at the 2019 Sun Valley Film Festival in Sun Valley, Idaho. Samuel Goldwyn Films released the film commercially in the United States on October 4, 2019. Synopsis A deaf 10-year-old boy, Wesley, lives on a small farm in North Dakota and commutes to a school for the deaf. He is bullied at the school; at home, he has a good relationship with his mother, though not his father. One day he comes across an injured man who he helps recover, and they bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
