List Of Canadian Films Of 2002
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 2002: See also * 2002 in Canada * 2002 in Canadian television External linksFeature Films Released In 2002 With Country of Origin Canadaat IMDbCanada's Top Ten for 2002(list of top ten Canadian feature films, selected in a process administered by TIFF) * List of 2002 box office number-one films in Canada {{incomplete list, date=February 2012 2002 2002 in Canadian cinema Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cinema Of Canada
Cinema in Canada dates back to the earliest known display of film in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, in 1896. The film industry in Canada has been dominated by the United States, which has utilized Canada as a shooting location and to bypass British film quota laws, throughout its history. Canadian filmmakers, English and French, have been active in the development of cinema in the United States. Films by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. were some of the first to arrive in Canada and early films made in the country were produced by Edison Studios. Canadian Pacific Railway and other railways supported early filmmaking including James Freer, whose '' Ten Years in Manitoba'' was the first known film by a Canadian. ''Evangeline'' is the earliest recorded Canadian feature film. George Brownridge and Ernest Shipman were major figures in Canadian cinema in the 1920s and 1930s. Shipman oversaw the production the most expensive film up to that point. Brownridge's career led to '' Carry on, Sergeant!'' an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elias Koteas
Elias Koteas (; el, Ηλίας Κοτέας; born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Alvin "Al" Olinsky in the ''Chicago'' franchise, as well as appearing in lead and supporting roles in numerous films. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film '' Ararat'' (2002). He appeared in such films as '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' (1987), ''The Adjuster'' (1991), ''Exotica'' (1994), ''The Prophecy'' (1995), ''Crash'' (1996), ''Living Out Loud'' (1998), ''Fallen'' (1998), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), ''Harrison's Flowers'' (2002), ''Collateral Damage'' (2002), ''Shooter'' (2007), ''Zodiac'' (2007), '' Skinwalkers'' (2007), '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), and ''Shutter Island'' (2010). He also portrayed Casey Jones in two of the original ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' films. Early life Koteas was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father who worked as a mechanic for the Canadian National Railways ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peter Outerbridge
Peter Outerbridge (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Ari Tasarov in the CW action series ''Nikita'', Dr. David Sandström in the TMN series ''ReGenesis'', Henrik "Hank" Johanssen in ''Orphan Black'', Bob Corbett in ''Bomb Girls'', William Easton in ''Saw VI'', George Brown in the television film '' John A.: Birth of a Country'', and Black Mask in ''Batwoman''. He also played the lead role of Detective William Murdoch in a three-episode mini-series, ''The Murdoch Mysteries'', in its initial run on Canadian television, with two episodes shown in 2004 and a third in 2005. Early life Outerbridge was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, the son of a lawyer and youngest of five siblings. Career After high school Outerbridge enrolled at the University of Victoria to study acting. Afterwards he toured Canada for four years with the theatre group ''Way Off Broadway''. In 1997 and 2002 he was nominated in the Canadian Genie Awards as the best actor in th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tim Southam
Tim Southam (born October 1, 1961) is a Canadian television and film director. Career Tim Southam’s directing work includes Canadian films and international series. His 1994 dance film ''Satie and Suzanne'', which he also wrote, evokes Erik Satie's relationship with the painter Suzanne Valadon. The programme was nominated for a Grammy for best long-form video in 1997. His 1997 feature documentary, ''Drowning in Dreams'', which tracks several men’s obsession with a shipwreck lying at the bottom of Lake Superior, was screened at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for a Genie Award. In 1998 Southam directed the CBC/ SRC film ''L'histoire de l'oie'', known in English as ''The Tale of Teeka'', which was adapted by Michel Marc Bouchard from his celebrated play of the same name, winning among other awards several Prix Gémeaux and The Banff Rockie. In 2002 he directed the film ''The Bay of Love and Sorrows'' based on a 1998 novel by David Adams Richard ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Bay Of Love And Sorrows
''The Bay of Love and Sorrows'' is a 1998 novel by David Adams Richards. Background Like many of Richards's books, ''The Bay of Love and Sorrows'' is set during the 1970s; the book was in part inspired by his experiences growing up then in New Brunswick. Richards told the '' Edmonton Journal'' that the book was about "how children get manipulated, often by other children... how easy it is to be manipulated as a child." The first printing of the novel sold out before it was released. Plot Set in rural New Brunswick, Canada in 1974, the novel follows protagonist Michael Skid, the privileged son of the town judge. After a falling out with his friend Tom Donnerel, Michael befriends Madonna and Silver Brassaurd, a brother and sister who draw him into the orbit of Everette Hutch, a charismatic and violent man who ultimately leads the three youths to commit murder. Critical reception ''The Bay of Love and Sorrows'' received mixed reviews. ''The Globe and Mail'' praised the novel, writ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louise Marleau
Louise Marleau (born August 26, 1944) is a Canadian actress. She won the 1985 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in ''A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel)'' and was nominated in the same category in 1980 for her role in '' Heartbreak (L'Arrache-cœur)'', a role for which she won Best Actress at the 1979 Montreal World Film Festival."Films look at slices of two kinds of life". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 13, 1979. Born in Montreal, she has been acting since she was a child, and she made her professional debut in 1962 at 18. Since that time she has worked with all the major theatrical companies in Canada, including the Stratford Festival, performing in works by Molière, Feydeau, Genet, Cocteau and Shakespeare. Marleau recently translated Eve Ensler's play ''The Vagina Monologues'' into French (Canadian French). Filmography * ''Beau temps, mauvais temps'' - 1955 * ''Fleur de l'âge'', ou ''Les adolescentes'' - 1964 * '' YUL 87 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Caroline Dhavernas
Caroline Dhavernas (; born May 15, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is best known in the United States for her collaborations with Bryan Fuller. She played Jaye Tyler in the Fox comedy-drama series ''Wonderfalls'', and Alana Bloom in the NBC psychological horror drama series ''Hannibal''. She also starred as Lily Brenner in the ABC medical drama '' Off the Map''. From 2017 to 2019, she portrayed the titular character in the Canada-produced and Canadian- and American-distributed medical drama-black comedy '' Mary Kills People''. Early life Dhavernas was born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of the Québécois actors Sébastien Dhavernas and Michèle Deslauriers. Her sister Gabrielle Dhavernas is also an actress and specializes in dubbing. The voice timbre of both actresses is very similar, enabling Gabrielle to dub the voice of Caroline. She learned English at a very young age, as her parents sent her to an English-speaking elementary school called The Priory School. Career ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colm Feore
Colm Joseph Feore (; born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is known for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries '' Trudeau'' (2002), his portrayal of Glenn Gould in ''Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould'' (1993), and for playing Detective Martin Ward in ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' (2006) and its 2017 sequel. His other roles include Martin Harrison in ''Chicago'' (2002), Lord Marshal Zhylaw in ''The Chronicles of Riddick'' (2004)'','' First Gentleman Henry Taylor on ''24'' (2009), Cardinal Della Rovere on '' The Borgias'' (2011–2013)'','' Laufey in ''Thor'' (2011), General Ted Brockhart on ''House of Cards'' (2016–2017), Declan Gallard on ''21 Thunder'' (2017), Wernher von Braun in '' For All Mankind'' (2019), and Sir Reginald Hargreeves on ''The Umbrella Academy'' (2019–present). Feore is also a Prix Iris and Screen Actors Guild Award winner and a Genie Award nominee. Early lif ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Patricia Clarkson
Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an American actress. She has starred in numerous leading and supporting roles in a variety of films ranging from independent film features to major film studio productions. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Tony Award. Born and raised in New Orleans to a politician mother and school administrator father, Clarkson earned a degree in drama from Fordham University before attending the Yale School of Drama, where she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree. She made her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's mob drama ''The Untouchables'' (1987), followed by a supporting role in Clint Eastwood's ''The Dead Pool'' (1988). After appearing in minor roles in the early and mid-1990s, she garnered critical attention for her portrayal of a drug-addicted actress in the independent drama ''High Art'' (1998). She appeared in numerous supporti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Mackenzie (filmmaker)
Michael Mackenzie works in film, theatre and technology policy. He has directed two feature films, both theatrically released in Canada. His plays have been staged in Europe and North America and variously published in English, French, German and Hungarian. He has a Ph.D from L’Institut d'Histoire et Sociopolitique de Science, Université de Montréal. Past academic appointments include Visiting Fellow at Princeton University Professor of Humanities at Vanier College, and consultant at the United Nations. Theatre Since 1990 Mackenzie's plays have been produced in Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Spain, England, Nova Scotia, across Quebec, and in Toronto and Vancouver. His recent play on the 2008 financial crisis "Instructions to Any Future Government Wishing to Abolish Christmas" was a finalist for the 4th International STAGE Competition, the French production toured through twenty-five theatres in Quebec (2015-2016) and played at the ''National Arts Cen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Baroness And The Pig
''The Baroness and the Pig'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Michael Mackenzie and released in 2002. Based on Mackenzie's own stage play, the film stars Patricia Clarkson as The Baroness, a Quaker woman from Philadelphia who moves to Paris with her husband, The Baron (Colm Feore) in the 1880s; however, her egalitarian ideals conflict with the elitism of Parisian society, particularly when she launches a plan to rehabilitate and bring into society a wild girl (Caroline Dhavernas) who was raised in a pig sty, leading The Duchess (Louise Marleau) to attempt to engineer The Baroness's downfall.Liam Lacey"The Baroness and the Pig" ''The Globe and Mail'', August 13, 2004. The film premiered on September 8, 2002 at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival.Mark Dillon"The Baroness and the Pig’s all-digital model" '' Playback'', September 16, 2002. It was screened under an experimental model, by which instead of a traditional film print being projected in a standard manner, th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Constant Mentzas
Constant Mentzas is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and restaurateur from Montreal, Quebec.Marie Paris"Portrait de chef : Constant Mentzas" ''Voir'', October 3, 2019. He is most noted for the short films '' Aspiration'', which was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 5th Jutra Awards and won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival, and ''Gilles'', which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010.Linda Barnard"Drama rules as Genie nominations announced" ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...'', March 1, 2010. He subsequently left the film business to take over ownership and operation of Ikanos, his father's Greek restaurant in Montr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |