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Reginald H. Morris
Reginald Herbert Morris (July 4, 1918 – January 8, 2004) was a British- Canadian cinematographer.Mark Irwin and Natalie Edwards, "A Conversation/On Hand Too". '' Cinema Canada'', February 1976. pp. 28-31. He was most noted as a three-time Genie Award nominee for Best Cinematography, receiving nominations at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980 for '' Murder by Decree'', at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981 for ''Phobia'', and at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984 for ''A Christmas Story''. Born in Ruislip, England, he was the younger brother of cinematographer Oswald Morris.Dennis McLellan"Oswald Morris, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies at 98" '' Washington Post'', March 21, 2014. He had a number of credits as a camera assistant in British films of the 1930s and 1940s, before moving to Canada in 1955. He had his first credits as lead cinematographer on short documentary and drama films for the National Film Board of Canada, most notably the 1958 film '' The Quest''. His first credit on a na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British People
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" can refer to the Ancient Britons, the indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain and Brittany, whose surviving members are the modern Welsh people, Cornish people, and Bretons. It also refers to citizens of the former British Empire, who settled in the country prior to 1973, and hold neither UK citizenship nor nationality. Though early assertions of being British date from the Late Middle Ages, the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 triggered a sense of British national identity.. The notion of Britishness and a shared Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Board Of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and alternative dramas. In total, the NFB has produced over 13,000 productions since its inception, which have won over 5,000 awards. The NFB reports to the Parliament of Canada through the Minister of Canadian Heritage. It has bilingual production programs and branches in English and French, including multicultural-related documentaries. History Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau The Exhibits and Publicity Bureau was founded on 19 September 1918, and was reorganized into the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau in 1923. The organization's budget stagnated and declined during the Great Depression. Frank Badgley, who served as the bureau's director from 1927 to 1941, stated that the bure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribute (1980 Film)
''Tribute'' is a 1980 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Bob Clark and starring Jack Lemmon as Scottie Templeton, a terminally ill Broadway agent trying to make amends with his family and friends. Robby Benson and Lee Remick co-star, with supporting roles Colleen Dewhurst, John Marley, Kim Cattrall, and Gale Garnett. It is based on the play of the same name by Bernard Slade, who also wrote the screenplay. The film was released in December 1980 to widespread critical acclaim. It was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival where Jack Lemmon won the Silver Bear for Best Actor, and Clark was nominated for the Golden Bear. Lemmon was also nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his performance, and won the Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor. The film was nominated for ten other Genies, including Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Score. Plot Scottie Templeton is a show-business veteran, based in New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Age Crazy
''Middle Age Crazy'' is a 1980 American-Canadian comedy film directed by John Trent, and starring Bruce Dern and Ann-Margret. The film was nominated for two awards (Worst Director and Worst Screenplay) at the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards. Plot Bobby Lee Burnett lives a simple suburban life with his wife, Sue-Ann, whose efforts to please him include having orgasms that end with her saying: "Bingo." After she throws a party for his 40th birthday, Bobby undergoes a serious mid-life crisis. He changes his wardrobe, buys a car and begins an affair with another woman. Sue tolerates it for a while and gets her own fling. However, Bobby returns home and thanks Sue for everything. Cast *Bruce Dern as Bobby Lee Burnett *Ann-Margret as Sue Ann Burnett *Graham Jarvis as J.D. *Deborah Wakeham as Nancy Henerson *Eric Christmas as Tom Burnett * Helen Hughes as Ruth Burnett * Geoffrey Bowes as Greg *Michael Kane as Abe Titus *Diane Dewey as Wanda Jean *Vivian Reis as Becky *Patricia Hamilton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Anne (film)
''Marie-Anne'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Martin Walters and released in 1978. The film is a historical biopic of Marie-Anne Lagimodière, the first woman of European descent to settle in Western Canada and the grandmother of Louis Riel. The film stars Andrée Pelletier as Marie-Anne Lagimodière and John Juliani as her husband Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière. The cast also includes Tantoo Cardinal and Gordon Tootoosis. The film garnered two Canadian Film Award nominations at the 29th Canadian Film Awards, for Best Actor (Juliani) and Best Actress (Pelletier)."Four films nominated for Etrogs". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...'', August 24, 1978. References External links * 1978 films 1970s biographical drama films Films shot in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Of The Ants (film)
''Empire of the Ants'' is a 1977 science fiction horror film co-scripted and directed by Bert I. Gordon. Based very loosely on the 1905 short story "Empire of the Ants" by H. G. Wells, the film involves a group of prospective land buyers led by a land developer, pitted against large mutated ants. It is the third and last film released in A.I.P.'s H.G. Wells film cycle, which include '' The Food of the Gods'' (1976) and '' The Island of Dr. Moreau'' (1977). Plot The opening narration briefly introduces the viewer to the ant and its behavior. It takes note how ants use pheromones to communicate, and how they cause an obligatory response that must be obeyed. "But we (humans) don't have to worry about it..." As the opening credits roll, barrels of radioactive waste are being dumped off a boat into the ocean. Eventually, one of the barrels washes up on the shore and begins to leak a silvery goo attractive to the local ants, which are seen feeding on it. Meanwhile, shady land devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder By Decree
''Murder by Decree'' is a 1979 mystery thriller film directed by Bob Clark. It features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who are embroiled in the investigation surrounding the real-life 1888 Whitechapel murders committed by "Jack the Ripper". Christopher Plummer plays Holmes and James Mason plays Watson. Though it features a similar premise, it is somewhat different in tone and result to '' A Study in Terror''. It is loosely based on ''The Ripper File'' by Elwyn Jones and John Lloyd. The film's premise of the plot behind the murders is influenced by the book '' Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution'' (1976), by Stephen Knight, who presumed that the killings were part of a Masonic plot. The original script contained the names of the historical suspects, Sir William Gull and John Netley. In the actual film, they are represented by fictional analogues: Thomas Spivy (Gull) and William Slade (Netley). This plot device was later u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome To Blood City
''Welcome to Blood City'' is a 1977 science fiction Western film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Jack Palance, Keir Dullea and Samantha Eggar. Plot Five strangers awake finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed – what the townspeople refer to as being "immortal" – by killing twenty of the other inhabitants of the town under the scrutiny of the sheriff (Jack Palance), otherwise they will spend their lives in slavery. Cast *Jack Palance as Frendlander *Keir Dullea as Lewis *Samantha Eggar as Katherine *Barry Morse as Supervisor *Hollis McLaren as Martine *Chris Wiggins as Gellor Production Shot in Cinespace Film Studios in Kleinburg, a village north of Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Of The Hawk
''Shadow of the Hawk'' is a 1976 American-Canadian horror film directed by George McCowan and written by Norman Thaddeus Vane and Herbert Wright. The film stars Jan-Michael Vincent, Marilyn Hassett, Chief Dan George, Pia Shandel, Marianne Jones and Jacques Hubert. The film was released on July 14, 1976, by Columbia Pictures. The film was shot on location in British Columbia Canada using West Vancouver, Vancouver and the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge as backdrops throughout. Plot An old Native American Shaman trains his skeptical grandson to take over for him as the new tribal “Medicine Man” of his small village. Along the way, they battle the Shaman’s enemies, and their black magic. Cast *Jan-Michael Vincent as Mike * Marilyn Hassett as Maureen * Chief Dan George as Old Man Hawk *Pia Shandel as Faye *Marianne Jones as Dsonoqua *Jacques Hubert as Andak *Cindi Griffith as Secretary *Anna Hagan as Desk Nurse *Murray Lowry as Intern Release Home media The film was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Food Of The Gods (film)
''H.G. Wells' The Food of the Gods'', also billed as just ''The Food of the Gods'', is a 1976 science fiction thriller film released by American International Pictures and was written, produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon. ''The Food of the Gods'' starred Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, and Ida Lupino. This film was loosely based on a portion of the 1904 H. G. Wells novel ''The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth''. The film reduced Wells' tale to an "Ecology Strikes Back" scenario, common in science fiction movies at the time. Michael Medved gave it the Golden Turkey Award for "Worst Rodent Movie of All Time". Plot The "food" mysteriously bubbles up from the ground on a remote island somewhere in British Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner ( John McLiam and Ida Lupino) consider it a gift from God, and feed it to their chickens, which grow larger than humans as a result. Rats, wasps, and grubs also consume the substance, and the island becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Wind (1976 Film)
''Second Wind'' is a 1976 Canadian sport comedy film, directed and edited by Don (Donald) Shebib, written by Hal Ackerman, and produced by James Margellos. This was the first feature film starring role for actor James Naughton, who portrays a stock broker whose new jogging hobby turns into an obsession to excel at long distance running, straining his career and his relationship with his wife (Lindsay Wagner). The film is Shebib's fourth feature. Commercially unsuccessful, reviews of ''Second Wind'' were mixed, tending to praise the cinematography and acting, but usually faulting the script. ''Second Wind'' won a Canadian Society of Cinematographers award and two Canadian Screen Awards. Plot Roger Mathieson (James Naughton) is a 30-year-old stockbroker for whom everything has come easily. One day, he sees a TV report about a 26-year's old running champion and listens intently to remarks from that athlete's coach. Inspired, Mathieson begins jogging, soon discovering he's not in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Christmas (1974 Film)
''Black Christmas'' (originally titled ''Silent Night, Evil Night'' in the United States) is a 1974 Canadian slasher film produced and directed by Bob Clark, and written by A. Roy Moore. It stars Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Lynne Griffin and John Saxon. The story follows a group of sorority sisters who receive threatening phone calls and are eventually stalked and murdered by a deranged killer during the Christmas season. Inspired by the urban legend "the babysitter and the man upstairs" and a series of murders that took place in the Westmount neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Moore wrote the screenplay under the title ''Stop Me''. The filmmakers made numerous alterations to the script, primarily the shifting to a university setting with young adult characters. It was shot in Toronto in 1974 on an estimated budget of $620,000, and was distributed by Warner Bros. in North America. Upon its release, ''Black Christmas'' received mixed reviews, but it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
