''Live Bait'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 1995. The directorial debut of
Bruce Sweeney
Bruce Sweeney (born in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian film director. He has spent his career based primarily in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Career
Sweeney's debut film, '' Live Bait'', won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toro ...
, the film won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the
1995 Toronto International Film Festival
The 20th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 7 and September 16, 1995. ''The Confessional'' by Robert Lepage was selected as the opening film and ''Devil In A Blue Dress'' by Carl Fran ...
.
["Live Bait snags Canadian award". '']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 ...
'', September 18, 1995.
The film stars
Tom Scholte
Tom Scholte is a Canadian actor and academic.Lynn Mitges, "Students acting like they should; Program at UBC gives them the tools to take into the real world". ''The Province'', January 10, 2008. He is most noted for his performances in the film ''L ...
as Trevor McIntosh, a 23-year-old man attempting to lose his virginity during the summer after his college graduation, while the relationship of his parents (
Babz Chula
Babz Chula (born Barbara Ellen Zuckerman; circa 1946 – May 7, 2010) was an American-born Canadian actress.
Chula spent her early childhood in the working-class neighbourhood of Jamaica, N.Y., but her widowed mother, Abby Zuckerman, a bookin ...
and
Kevin McNulty) is simultaneously faltering.
The film was written as Sweeney's graduate thesis for his MFA in Film Studies at the
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...
.
["Graduate hooked on reel life"]
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...
, November 14, 1996.
References
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1995 films
1995 comedy-drama films
Canadian comedy-drama films
English-language Canadian films
Films directed by Bruce Sweeney
1995 directorial debut films
1990s English-language films
1990s Canadian films
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