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Richard Grégoire
Richard Grégoire (born May 18, 1944) is a Canadian film and television composer from Montreal, Quebec.Pierre Rochon, Christian Rioux and Annie Joan Gagnon"Richard Grégoire" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', February 7, 2006. He is most noted for his work on the film ''Being at Home with Claude'', for which he won the Genie Award for Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score, Best Original Score at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992. He is a graduate of the Université de Montréal, where he was a student of Serge Garant. He later studied and worked with the Groupe de recherches musicales in Paris, France, under composer Pierre Schaeffer. In television, he is best known for composing the theme music to the 1990 drama series ''Les Filles de Caleb'', while in film he has worked most frequently, although not exclusively, on the films of director Yves Simoneau. His film credits have included ''Chocolate Eclair (film), Chocolate Eclair (Éclair au chocolat)'', ''Night Magic'', ''Intimate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Magic
''Night Magic'' is a 1985 Canadian-French musical film written by Leonard Cohen and Lewis Furey and directed by Furey. The film stars Nick Mancuso as Michael, a down on his luck musician whose fantasies begin to come true after he meets an angel (Judy, played by Carole Laure)."Angel Eyes heads for Cannes". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 23, 1985. The film's supporting cast includes Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Frank Augustyn, Louis Robitaille, Anik Bissonnette, Nanette Workman and Barbara Eve Harris.Jay Scott, "'Ooh, that is wonderful, yes!'". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 17, 1985. The film was originally slated for release as ''Angel Eyes'', but reverted to its original working title ''Night Magic'' by the time of its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 1985. Most of the score is in Spenserian stanzas. Plot Michael is an unsuccessful musician and playwright, leading a troupe. One night he is visited by three "angels" who offer him three wishes. He chooses as his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Genie Awards
The 16th Genie Awards were held on January 14, 1996, to honour films released in 1995."Two films divide Genie spoils". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 15, 1996. The ceremony took place in Montreal at Société Radio-Canada's Studio 42. For the first time, the ceremony was not broadcast live on any television network, instead taking place in the afternoon of January 14; separate post-award specials aired in prime time to publicize the award highlights."Genies get new TV treatment". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 11, 1996. The English special on CBC Television was hosted by Mary Walsh,"Genie highlights packaged for TV". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 12, 1996. while the French special on Radio-Canada was hosted by actor Pascale Bussières and broadcaster René Homier-Roy. It was the first of ''two'' Genie Award ceremonies held in 1996. Normally the 16th Genie Award ceremony would have been held in the late fall of 1995, but it was delayed until early 1996. The 17th Genie Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Scott
Jeffrey Scott Beaven (October 4, 1949 – July 30, 1993), known professionally by his pen name Jay Scott, was a Canadian film critic."Critic Jay Scott, 43 among world's best". ''Toronto Star'', July 31, 1993. Early life Scott was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico as a Seventh-Day Adventist, whose doctrine virtually prohibited movies. Scott studied art history at New College of Florida in Sarasota."Globe's Jay Scott dies suddenly at 43: A rare film critic respected by all". ''The Globe and Mail'', July 31, 1993. Career Moving to Canada in 1969 as a draft evader, he settled in Calgary and began writing film reviews for the ''Calgary Albertan'' a few years later. He won a National Newspaper Award in 1975, and moved to Toronto when he was hired by ''The Globe and Mail'' in 1977. With the ''Globe and Mail'', Scott became Canada's most influential film critic, winning two more National Newspaper Awards for his writing, and is still widely remembered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heat Line
''The Heat Line'' (french: La Ligne de chaleur) is a 1988 Canadian drama film, directed by Hubert-Yves Rose. Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 96. The film stars Gabriel Arcand as Robert Filion, a divorced man who is travelling with his young son Maxime (Simon Gonzalez) to Florida to identify and claim the body of his father Eugène (played by Gérard Poirier in flashbacks and hallucinations) after the older man's death of a sudden heart attack. The film's cast also includes Gerard Parkes as Norman Simpson, a retired American man they meet on the trip who appears to be trying to ingratiate himself into Robert's life as a replacement father figure, and Charlotte Boisjoli as Robert's mother.Jean Chantale"Hubert Yves Rose's La Ligne de Chaleur" '' Cinema Canada'', November 1988. p. 28. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 1988 Toronto International Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Genie Awards ...
The 10th Genie Awards were held on March 22, 1989."Dead Ringers tops at Genies". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 23, 1989. This was in the middle of a strike at the CBC, causing the ceremony to be scaled down and several nominees to boycott the awards in sympathy; although the ceremony was still aired by CBC Television, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television was forced to produce the broadcast alone. The awards were dominated by David Cronenberg's '' Dead Ringers'', which won ten awards. The event was held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto and was hosted by Dave Thomas. Nominees and winners Nominees and winners were: References {{Canadian Screen Awards 10 Genie Genie Jinn ( ar, , ') – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources) – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in Islamic mytho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exit (1986 Film)
''Exit'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Ménard and released in 1986. Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 72. The film stars Louise Marleau as Marie, a pianist and composer who is haunted by recurring visions of her late first husband John (John Wildman), leading her to experience intense feelings of guilt over both her indirect responsibility for his death in a car accident and her unresolved jealousy over the fact that he had been more successful in his career. Matthew Fraser, "Impressive cast can't save Exit". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 10, 1986. The cast also includes Pierre Curzi as Marie's current husband Michel, Michel Côté as her lover Simon and Louise Portal as her sister Jeanne, as well as Gabriel Panaccio, Sophie Clément, Marie-Michèle Desrosiers and Lise Roy in supporting roles. The film was not positively received by critics. Matthew Fraser of ''The Globe and Mail'' wrote that "with that impressive ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Genie Awards
The 8th Annual Genie Awards were held on March 18, 1987 to honour Canadian films made the previous year.Greg Quill, "Decline rises to top Genie nominations". ''Toronto Star'', February 5, 1987. The awards were dominated by Denys Arcand's ''The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)''. The show was again held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and co-hosted by Helen Shaver, Linda Sorensen and Jean LeClerc. Nominees and winners References {{Canadian Screen Awards Genie Genie Jinn ( ar, , ') – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources) – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in Islamic mytho ... 08 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octobre
''Octobre'' is a 1994 Quebec film directed by filmmaker and noted independentist Pierre Falardeau. It tells a version of the October Crisis from the point of view of the Chénier Cell, the FLQ terrorist cell who in 1970 kidnapped and murdered Quebec minister and Deputy Premier Pierre Laporte, as reported to director Pierre Falardeau by Chénier Cell member Francis Simard during interviews in jail over a period of 5 years.''Les boeufs sont lents mais la terre est patiente'', p.104, Pierre Falardeau, 1999 The film is based on the 1982 book ''Pour en finir avec Octobre'' by Francis Simard, who was one of the members of the Chénier Cell. The film was co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Notable cast * Maryse Ouellet * Luc Picard * Serge Houde See also * Cinema of Quebec * History of Quebec Quebec was first called ''Canada'' between 1534 and 1763. It was the most developed colony of New France as well as New France's centre, responsible for a variety of dependenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruising Bar
''Cruising Bar'' is a 1989 Canadian comedy film, directed by Robert Ménard (director), Robert Ménard. The film stars Michel Côté (actor), Michel Côté as four separate characters – Serge, a shy nerd; Patrice, a drug-addicted film and television stuntman; Jean-Jacques, a pompous yuppie; and Gérard, an unhappily married man – who are each out on Saturday night hoping to hook up with a woman. The film's cast also includes Louise Marleau, Geneviève Rioux, Véronique Le Flaguais, Pauline Lapointe, Marthe Turgeon, Linda Sorgini and Tony Nardi. The film was highly successful in Quebec, setting the province's then-record gross box office for its first week in theatres, and later reaching the highest box office ever received in the province by a homegrown film with a gross of Canadian Dollar, C$3.36 million in Canada. It was not Quebec's most successful film of the year overall; although its box office in Quebec exceeded that of Denys Arcand's ''Jesus of Montreal'', the Arcand f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfectly Normal
''Perfectly Normal'' is a Canadian comedy film directed by Yves Simoneau, which premiered at the 1990 Festival of Festivals, before going into general theatrical release in 1991. Simoneau's first English-language film, it was written by Eugene Lipinski and Paul Quarrington. The film stars Michael Riley as Renzo Parachi, a mild-mannered man living in the small town of Long Bay, Ontario, whose quiet, unassuming life working at the local brewery and playing hockey for the company team is transformed when Alonzo Turner (Robbie Coltrane) comes to town, ingratiating himself as Renzo's new roommate and convincing him to invest in an Italian restaurant where the servers will sing "Bellini's Norma". The film received four Genie Award nominations at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay (Lipinski and Quarrington), Best Art Direction and Production Design (Anne Pritchard) and Best Editing ( Ronald Sanders). Lipinski and Quarrington won the award for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
