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List Of Canadian Films Of 1977
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1977: See also * 1977 in Canada * 1977 in Canadian television References {{incomplete list, date=August 2017 1977 1977 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] |
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] |
Cathy's Curse
''Cathy's Curse'' ( French: ''Une si gentille petite fille''), also released in Canada under the title ''Cauchemares'', is a 1977 supernatural horror film directed by Eddy Matalon and starring Alan Scarfe, Beverly Murray, and Randi Allen. The film follows a young girl who is possessed by the spirit of her deceased aunt. A co-production between Canada and France, it was shot on location in Westmount and Montreal, Quebec. Though the film was critically panned upon initial release, with many deriding it as being overly derivative of other films of the period including ''The Exorcist'' and ''Carrie'', it has since become a cult classic, some calling the film "so bad it's good". Plot In 1947, Robert Gimble flees with his young daughter, Laura, enraged to find that his wife has left with their son, George. Robert crashes their car into a snowbank, and he and Laura are burned alive in the car. Thirty years later, George returns to his family home with his wife, Vivian, who is suffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Cooper
Stuart W. Cooper (born 1942) is an American filmmaker, actor and writer. Career Cooper was a resident in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s where his most notable film appearance was as one of ''The Dirty Dozen'', Roscoe Lever, in 1967. His other film roles included ''I'll Never Forget What's'isname'' (1967) as one of Oliver Reed's film crew, and ''Subterfuge (1968 film), Subterfuge'' (1968) starring Gene Barry and Joan Collins. ''Overlord (1975 film), Overlord'', his 1975 WWII collage film, collage docudrama, originally failed to get US theatrical distribution and was only shown there in select screenings and on television (including a run on California's Z Channel in 1982, which was highlighted in the acclaimed 2004 TV documentary film ''Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession''). Accolades His 1974 film ''Little Malcolm'' was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear. The following year, ''Overlord'' won the Jury Grand Prix, Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Disappearance (film)
''The Disappearance'' is a 1977 British-Canadian thriller film directed by Stuart Cooper and starring Donald Sutherland, Francine Racette, David Hemmings and John Hurt. It is based on the novel ''Echoes of Celandine'' by Derek Marlowe. Plot Jay Mallory is a contract killer living in Montréal who works for an unknown international criminal organization. He returns home to his downtown apartment one cold winter day to find that his wife, Celandine, is gone without a trace. Mallory initially thinks that Celandine has left him on her own volition since their marriage was a sometimes stormy, albeit passionate, relationship. However, words from Mallory's main point of contact at the Organization, Burbank, indicate that Celandine's disappearance may be associated with Mallory's last hit. Shortly after their discussion, Burbank himself disappears. The Organization assigns Mallory another job in Suffolk, England. Mallory has a feeling that there is something unusual about this job - he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Cattrall
Kim Victoria Cattrall (; born 21 August 1956) is a British-Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Samantha Jones on HBO's ''Sex and the City'' (1998–2004), for which she received five Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the 2002 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised the role in the films ''Sex and the City'' (2008) and ''Sex and the City 2'' (2010). Cattrall made her film debut in ''Rosebud'' (1975) and went on to appear in various television roles. She came to prominence in the 1980s with films such as ''Ticket to Heaven'' (1981), ''Police Academy'' (1984), '' City Limits'' (1985), ''Big Trouble in Little China'' (1986), ''Mannequin'' (1987), '' Masquerade'' (1988), ''Midnight Crossing'' (1988), and ''The Return of the Musketeers'' (1989). She worked on several occasions with director Bob Clark, appearing in four of his films: ''Tribute'' (1980), ''Porky's'' (1981), ''Turk 182'' (1985), and ''Baby Geniuses'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Walker
Norman Eugene "Clint" Walker (May 30, 1927 – May 21, 2018) was an American actor. He played cowboy Cheyenne Bodie in the ABC/Warner Bros. western series ''Cheyenne'' from 1955 to 1963. Early life Clint Walker was born Norman Eugene Walker in Hartford, Illinois, on May 30, 1927; the son of Gladys Huldah (''née'' Schwanda) and Paul Arnold Walker.Walker's biography from his official website His mother was . He had a twin sister named Lucy. Walker left school to work at a factory and on a , then joined the |
Timothy Bond
Timothy Bond (born 1942) is a Canadian director and screenwriter. He normally does television, but has done films as well. He has done episodes of '' Due South'', ''The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''Sliders'', and others. Partial filmography *1992 **'' The Lost World'' **'' Return to the Lost World'' *1994 ** Christy (TV Series) *1995 **''The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)'' **''Goosebumps (TV series)'' *1996 **''Night of the Twisters'' (TV movie) **''Goosebumps (TV series)'' *1997 **'' The New Ghostwriter Mysteries'' **''The Shadow Men'' **''Goosebumps (TV series) ''Goosebumps'' is a children's anthology horror television series based on R. L. Stine's best-selling book series of the same name. It is an anthology of stories about tweens and young teens finding themselves in creepy and unusual situation ...'' *2001 **''High Explosive'' **''She'' * 2011: **''The Case for Christmas'' (TV movie) References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadly Harvest (1977 Film)
''Deadly Harvest'' is a 1977 Canadian science-fiction " eco- thriller" film directed by Timothy Bond, about a farmer (Clint Walker) who struggles to keep food on the table and regain his son from a gang of marauding city-folk during a terrible worldwide famine, brought on by global cooling due to, among other named causes in a voice-over, overpopulation, urban sprawl, the energy crisis, pollution, and the high cost of transporting grain. The film was produced by Anthony Kramreither and Len Herberman, with a screenplay by Martin Lager, and features an unreleased score by John Mills-Cockell. The film is notable as Timothy Bond's first film, and as an early example of survivalism in film, having been compared to '' No Blade of Grass''. Plot In an over-industrialized near future, climate change in the form of global cooling has shrunk available farmland and a worldwide famine has ensued. Government neither informs its citizens nor does anything to avert or even ameliorate the loomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross McLaren (filmmaker)
Ross McLaren is a Canadian artist and filmmaker based in New York City. Biography McLaren was born in 1953 in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and graduated with honors from Ontario College of Art & Design, Ontario College of Art, where he also did post-graduate work. He is faculty at Cooper Union, Fordham University and Pratt Institute, and also taught at Millennium Film Workshop in New York City. Work Advocacy Since 1976, McLaren has worked as a filmmaker, scholar, teacher, curator, critic, and community organizer. He founded and was first director of the Funnel Film Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, an institution devoted to the production, exhibition, and distribution of film. As founder/director, McLaren encouraged continued recognition of film—particularly Super 8 mm film, Super 8—in his native country. Films His films include: ''Crash 'n' Burn (1977 film), Crash 'n' Burn'': the "self-destructive document of Toronto’s eponymous punk club,"Springer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crash 'n' Burn (1977 Film)
''Crash 'n' Burn'' is an experimental film shot in and named after Toronto, Ontario, Canada's first punk club by Canadian filmmaker Ross McLaren in 1977. (Not to be confused with Peter Vronsky's 1977 documentary on Toronto Punk shot for the CBC television network.) The film, shot on 16mm black-and-white stock, features punk rock performances by the Dead Boys, Teenage Head, The Boyfriends, and the Diodes. Critical response ''Village Voice'' critic Ed Halter called the film a "self-destructive document of Toronto's eponymous punk club." The film's most frequently-quoted review, written almost one year after the initial screening, was published in ''Creem'' magazine in 1978. ''Creem'' hailed McLaren's work for "doing everything in its flickering power to self-destruct," and deemed the film a living testament that not all Canadians "bored their beef to death."Springer. "Creemedia," ''Creem'', Vol. 10, No. 4, Sept. 1978. Versions McLaren's original work emphasized the cacophony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Wiggins
Christopher John Wiggins (January 13, 1931 – February 19, 2017) was an English-born Canadian actor. Career He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952. Wiggins is probably best recognized for his role as Jack Marshak, the benevolent, resourceful expert on the occult in the syndicated television horror show '' Friday the 13th: The Series'', and which ran from 1987 to 1990. Another well known role was Johann Robinson (Father) on '' Swiss Family Robinson''. He won a Canadian Film Award in 1969 for Genie Award for Best Actor (Non-Feature) for his role in ''The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar''. In addition to his television and film work, Wiggins was also a very popular radio actor, making over 1,200 appearances in various series over the years, particularly on CBC Radio. One of his most popular roles was that of Dante, the insufferably brilliant (and insufferably arrogant) computer that ran the Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Regehr
Duncan Peter Regehr (born October 5, 1952) is a Canadian writer, multimedia artist, and film and television actor. He was also a figure skater and a classically trained Shakespearean stage actor in his native Canada, before heading to Hollywood in 1980. Regehr played the title character in ''Zorro'', The Family Channel's television series based upon Johnston McCulley's classic hero. He also had roles in multiple television incarnations of ''Star Trek''. Early life Regehr was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His mother, Dorothy Mary (née Mulkern), was UK-born and his father, Peter Regehr, was a Russian artist. He was active in broadcasting at age 14, when he was host of a teenager-oriented talk show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). As a high school student, he figure-skated in ice shows. He received early acting instruction at the Bastion Theater School in Victoria. Career After numerous appearances in Canadian thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
