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List Of Canadian Films Of 1999
This is a list of Canadian films which were released in 1999: See also * 1999 in Canada * 1999 in Canadian television External linksFeature Films Released In 1999 With Country of Origin Canadaat IMDb {{incomplete list, date=February 2012 1999 1999 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] |
Jack LaLanne
Francois Henri LaLanne (; September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011) was an American fitness and nutrition guru and motivational speaker. He described himself as being a "sugarholic" and a "junk food junkie" until he was aged 15. He also had behavioral problems, but "turned his life around" after listening to a public lecture about the benefits of good nutrition by health food pioneer Paul Bragg. During his career, he came to believe that the country's overall health depended on the health of its population, and referred to physical culture and nutrition as "the salvation of America." Decades before health and fitness began being promoted by celebrities like Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons, LaLanne was already widely recognized for publicly preaching the health benefits of regular exercise and a good diet. He published numerous books on fitness and hosted the fitness television program ''The Jack LaLanne Show'' from 1951 to 1985. As early as 1936, at the age of 21, he opened one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Dion
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The Big Snake Of The World
''The Big Snake of the World'' (french: Le Grand Serpent du monde) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Yves Dion and released in 1999. The film stars Murray Head as Tom Paradise, a night shift Société de transport de Montréal bus driver interacting with various people both on and off the job."Bus ride to marginality: NFB's Le Grand Serpent slithers through city streets". ''Montreal Gazette'', February 27, 1999. Supporting characters include Monsieur (Gabriel Arcand), a lonely man who suffers from schizophrenia; the Dog Lady (France Labonté), a woman who carries her dog with her everywhere she goes; the Teenager (Tobie Pelletier), a young man who rides the bus every night to get off at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery; Anaïs (Zoe Latraverse), a young woman with a secret who tries to seduce Tom; and Carmen (Louise Portal), a former lover of Tom's with whom he is reunited. The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 20th Genie Awards in 2000, for Best Supporting Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Christina Cox
Christina Cox (born July 31, 1971) is a Canadian film and television actress and stuntwoman. Early life Christina Cox was born in a town on the outskirts of Toronto, the youngest of three daughters. She is Canadian of Caribbean (Jamaican) descent. She has two older sisters, named Tracey and Melissa.OldiBlog.com, Christina Cox Her father is an automotive executive. Cox studied theatre and dance at the Arts York program at Unionville High School, and continued her theatre training at the Ryerson Theatre School of Toronto, where she studied for two years. Cox activel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karyn Dwyer
Karyn Dwyer (born Karyn Elizabeth Dwyer; 22 March 1975 – 25 September 2018) was a Canadian actress, whose best known role was as Maggie in the 1999 film ''Better Than Chocolate''. Early life Dwyer was the oldest of five children, three sons and two daughters, born into an Irish Catholic family in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada, on 22 March 1975, Her father died at the age of 38. Her brother died at the age of 24. All her brothers were named after the Boston Bruins: Brad (Park), Barry (Beck) and Paul ( Hurley). Dwyer studied acting with the Youth Theatre. She made her stage debut at the Arts and Culture Center at the age of 10, playing the title role in Theatre Newfoundland and Labrador's production of ''Alice in Wonderland'' and went on to become an accomplished child stage actress performing in various theatres throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. She also performed in her school productions, won awards for acting, public speaking, singing and instrumental performance a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Crewson
Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film '' The Doctor''. Crewson has appeared in many Hollywood films, including '' The Good Son'' (1993), ''The Santa Clause'' (1994) and its sequels ''The Santa Clause 2'' (2002) and '' The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause'' (2006), as well as '' Air Force One'' (1997), ''Bicentennial Man'' (1999), ''What Lies Beneath'' (2000), ''The 6th Day'' (2000), '' The Covenant'' (2006) and ''Eight Below'' (2006). She also starred in a number of independent movies, such as ''Better Than Chocolate'' (1999), '' Suddenly Naked'' (2001), ''Perfect Pie'' (2002), ''Away from Her'' (2006), ''Into the Forest'' (2015) and ''Room'' (2015). Crewson has won six Gemini Awards, two Canadian Screen Awards and ACTRA Award for her performances on television. She played leading roles in a number of television films, include playing Joan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Wheeler
Anne Wheeler, OC, (born September 23, 1946) is a Canadian film and television writer, producer, and director. Biography Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad. Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of old friends to form a film collective. From 1975 to 1985 she worked for the NFB where she made her first feature film, ''A War Story'' (1981), which was about her father, Ben Wheeler and his time as a doctor in a P.O.W. camp during World War II. The war is a common theme in her work and she revisited it later in her films '' Bye Bye Blues'' (1989) and ''The War Between Us'' (1995). Her first non-NFB film was '' Loyalties'' in 1986. In addition to her films, Wheeler has directed episodes of ''Anne with an E'', ''Private Eyes'', ''Strange Empire'', ''The Romeo Section'', ''The Guard'', '' This Is Wonderland'', ''Da Vinci's Inquest'', and ''Cold Squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Better Than Chocolate
''Better Than Chocolate'' is a 1999 Canadian romantic comedy film shot in Vancouver and directed by Anne Wheeler. Plot Maggie (Karyn Dwyer) has moved out on her own and has started a relationship with Kim (Christina Cox). Maggie's mother Lila (Wendy Crewson) and brother are forced to move into her loft sublet with her, but unaware that she is a lesbian. Maggie's freedom is compromised, and she believes she must keep her blossoming affair a secret. The clandestine romance introduces Maggie's family to a host of new experiences, many of which are "better than chocolate". The story features Judy, a friend of Maggie's who is a transgender woman. Judy develops a friendship with Maggie's Mom and helps her to repair her relationship with her daughter. Judy's love interest is Frances, owner of the book shop in which Maggie works and purveyor of LGBT literature. Cast * Karyn Dwyer as Maggie * Christina Cox as Kim * Peter Outerbridge as Judy * Ann-Marie MacDonald as Frances * Wendy Crew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanja Jacobs
Tanja Jacobs is a Belgian-born Canadian actress and theatre director. She originated the role of Constance Ledbelly in Anne-Marie MacDonald's ''Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).'' Early life Jacobs was born in Belgium to German parents. Her mother, Katia Jacobs, was a visual artist. At age 5, following the collapse of her parents' marriage, she, her mother, and older brother relocated to Canada. Katia Jacobs would later remarry Bill Kennedy, who Tanja considers to be her father. Jacobs says she knew she wanted to be an actress at age 9. At age 16, Jacobs left high school. She began taking acting classes at age 18. Career At age 22, Jacobs landed her first notable role playing Dr. Chebutykin in an all-female production of Chekhov's '' Three Sisters.'' In the 1980s, Jacobs was a member of the Toronto theatre company, Autumn Angel. Other company members were Richard Rose, Thom Sokoloski, Maggie Huculak, Stewart Arnott, Kim Renders, Bruce Vavrina and Mark Christmann. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cara Pifko
Cara Pifko (born March 15, 1976) is a Canadian actress known primarily for her work on television shows produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Life and career Pifko was born in Toronto, Ontario. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, she started acting at the age of 8 and worked all through the nineties, but it was in 2000 that she landed her first starring role, in the series ''Our Hero'', which was aimed at young teens. Her first acting role was ''The Elephant Show'' hosted by Sharon, Lois, and Bram in which she was present in all seasons. In 2004 she showed her dramatic range by appearing as a foreign aid worker in the acclaimed mini-series ''Human Cargo''. Pifko then landed the lead role in the legal drama '' This is Wonderland'', which garnered her a Gemini Award in 2005 for best actress. In early 2006, she appeared as Isolda in Tarragon Theatre's production of ''Léo''. In 2007 she starred in the Lifetime TV movie '' I Me Wed''. In 2009, she joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
