''Walls'' is a 1984 Canadian drama film directed by Tom Shandel."Canadian prison drama unconvincing". ''

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'', April 11, 1986. Based on the theatrical play by Christian Bruyère, the film is a dramatization of the British Columbia Penitentiary hostage incident of 1975. The film stars Winston Rekert as Danny Baker, the fictionalized version of prisoner Andy Bruce, and Andrée Pelletier as Joan Tremblay, the fictionalized version of social worker and hostage Mary Steinhauser. The cast also included

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, Lloyd Berry, Anthony Holland, Perry Long, John Lord,

Tony Morelli Tony Morelli (May 16, 1956 - April 19, 2015) was a Canadian stuntman and martial artist. Morelli's stunt career began in 1983, and took part in various film and television projects, including ''Walls (1984 film), Walls'', ''Airwolf'', ''Legends o ...

, Alan Scarfe, Howard Storey, Dale Wilson and John Wright. The film premiered at the

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. It was criticized by real prison guards and prisoners, with the guards claiming that it was too sympathetic to prisoners, while prisoners and prison reform advocates stated that it was too sympathetic to the guards and insufficiently graphic about real prison conditions."Officials, prisoners pan penitentiary movie Walls". '' The Globe and Mail'', November 30, 1984. The film received four

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nominations at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, for

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(Rekert),

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(Pelletier), Best Supporting Actress (Leigh-Milne) and Best Original Score (

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and

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)."Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". '' The Globe and Mail'', February 15, 1985.

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* 1984 films 1984 drama films Canadian prison drama films English-language Canadian films Films set in British Columbia Films shot in British Columbia Works about the penal system in Canada 1980s prison drama films 1980s English-language films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub