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{{Infobox film
'''High Chicago''' was a movie released in 2012.<ref name=Nugget201-10-12/>
| name = High Chicago
Director [[Alfons Adetuyi]] and his brother and writer [[Robert Adetuyi]] used locations in their home town, [[Sudbury, Ontario]] when making the film.
| director = Alfons Adetuyi
| producer = Alfons Adetuyi
| writer = [[Robert Adetuyi]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Colin Salmon]]
* [[Karen LeBlanc]]
* [[Kevin Hanchard]]
* [[Sebastian Pigott]]
}}
| music = Frank Fitzpatrick
| cinematography = Rhett Morita
| editing = Lisa di Michele
}}


'''High Chicago''' (also released as '''''A Family Man''''') is a dramatic feature film released in 2012. Director Alfons Adetuyi and his brother and writer [[Robert Adetuyi]] used locations in their home town, Sudbury, Ontario when making the film.<ref>http://www.thesudburystar.com/2010/07/03/adetuyi-brothers-come-home</ref>
The film had its US premier at the [[2012 Pan African Film Festival]] in February 2012.<ref name=ShadowAndAct2012-02-06/><ref name=FFCentral2012-04-17/> It had its Toronto premier at the [[2012 ReelWorld Film Festival]] in April 2012.<ref name=Pennant2012-03-20/> In an interview in [[Shadow and Act magazine]] Adetuyi revealed that his film about a father with a dream was based on one of his own father's dreams. His father had dreamed of opening a North American style [[drive-in movie theatre]] in Africa.


The film had its US premier at the 2012 Pan African Film Festival in February 2012. It had its Toronto premiere at the 2012 ReelWorld Film Festival in April 2012. In an interview in Indiewire's Shadow and Act magazine Adetuyi revealed that his film about a father with a dream was based on one of his own father's dreams. His father had dreamed of opening a North American style drive-in movie theatre in Africa.<ref>http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/s-a-black-filmmakers-to-watch-alfons-adetuyi</ref>
The film was Adetuyi's first feature film, although he and his brothers had run a film production company, [[Inner City Films]], for over a decade.<ref name=FFCentral2012-04-17/><ref name=NorthernLifeHighChicago/>
Angelo Muredda praised the film for an absence of the mistakes beginning directors usually make on their debut feature films.


Adetuyi told the ''[[Sudbury Star]]'' shortly after the release of ''High Chicago'' that he planned to return to Sudbury to shoot a second film, as he saw ''High Chicago'' as the first in an "African trilogy".<ref name=SudburyStar2012-04-15/>
Adetuyi told the Sudbury Star shortly after the release of High Chicago that he planned to return to Sudbury to shoot a second film, as he saw High Chicago as the first in an "African trilogy".<ref>http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/04/14/filmmaker-favours-sudbury-for-filming</ref>


==Plot==
The film starred British actor [[Colin Salmon]] and Canadian actor [[Karen LeBlanc]].<ref name=ShadowAndAct2012-02-06/>


[[Colin Salmon]] stars as Sam, a hard-drinking father of three, ex-Navy man, ex-miner, and soon to be ex-husband. Sam takes to gambling to bankroll his crazy plan to open a drive-in theatre in Africa. Equally desperate to support his family and keep his dream alive, we watch as Sam’s life spirals out of control in a showdown with a deadly Detroit card shark.
== References ==

{{Reflist|refs=
==Festivals==
<ref name=Pennant2012-03-20>

{{cite news
|Montreal International Black Film Festival, 2012
| url = http://pennantmediagroup.com/en/inner-city-films-high-chicago-premieres-in-toronto-at-the-2012-reelworld-film-festival/
Chicago Black Harvest Film Festival, 2012
| title = Inner City Films’ High Chicago premieres in Toronto at the 2012 ReelWorld Film Festival
Boston Roxbury International Film Festival, 2012
| publisher = [[Pennant Media Group]]
Canadian Cinema Editors Awards, 2012 - Nomination - "Best Editing - Feature Length Dramatic"
| author =
ReelWorld Film Festival, 2012 - Awards - "Outstanding Canadian Feature" and "Audience Choice Award"
| date = 2012-03-20
African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), 2012 - Nomination - "Best Diaspora Feature"
| page =
Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival, 2012 - Nomination - "Best Director First Feature"
| location =
Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival, 2011
| archiveurl =

| archivedate =
==References==
| accessdate = 2015-02-22
{{Reflist}}
| deadurl = No
| quote = Inner City Films will be having the Toronto premier of its latest film High Chicago at the ReelWorld Film Festival on April 14, 2012, taking place at Famous Players Canada Square Cinemas 4 Theatre at 2:30PM.
}}
</ref>
<ref name=NorthernLifeHighChicago>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/07/sudbury-film290710.aspx
| title = Boosting home-grown film
| publisher = [[Northern Life (newspaper)|Northern Life]]
| author =
| date = 2010-07-28
| page =
| location =
| archiveurl =
| archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-02-22
| deadurl = No
| quote =
}}
</ref>
<ref name=SudburyStar2012-04-15>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/04/14/filmmaker-favours-sudbury-for-filming
| title = Filmmaker favours Sudbury for filming 0
| publisher = [[Sudbury Star]]
| author = Kevin Priddle
| date = 2012-04-15
| page =
| location =
| archiveurl =
| archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-02-22
| deadurl = No
| quote = If Alfons Adetuyi -- a Sudbury Secondary graduate turned internationally renowned filmmaker -- has his way, he'll be back in Sudbury as early as next year to start shooting the second film in what he calls his 'Africa Trilogy.'
}}
</ref>
<ref name=FFCentral2012-04-17>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2012/04/high-chicago.html
| title = High Chicago (2012)
| publisher = [[Film Freak Central]]
| author = Angelo Muredda
| date = 2012-04-17
| page =
| location =
| archiveurl =
| archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-02-22
| deadurl = No
| quote =
}}
</ref>
<ref name=ShadowAndAct2012-02-06>
{{cite news
| url = http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/exclusive-director-producer-alfons-adetuyi-talks-high-chicago-at-paff-this-month-more
| title = Exclusive: Director/Producer Alfons Adetuyi Talks "High Chicago" (PAFF Premiere) Plus Future Projects
| publisher = [[Shadow and Act]]
| author = Vanessa Martinez
| date = 2012-02-06
| page =
| location =
| archiveurl =
| archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-02-22
| deadurl = No
| quote = In eager anticipation for his new film High Chicago, premiering stateside at the Pan African Film Festival this month, I had the pleasure of interviewing director and producer Alfons Adetuyi, who shared his inspiration for his first full length feature directorial effort.
}}
</ref>
<ref name=Nugget201-10-12>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.nugget.ca/2010/10/11/small-film-production-in-the-area-keeps-local-talent-busy
| title = Small film production in the area keeps local talent busy
| publisher = [[North Bay Nugget]]
| author = Makia Calabrese
| date = 2010-10-12
| page =
| location =
| archiveurl =
| archivedate =
| accessdate = 2015-02-14
| deadurl = No
| quote =
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</ref>
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[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:Films set in Ontario]]
[[Category:Films shot in Ontario]]
[[Category:Drama films]]

Revision as of 23:14, 27 April 2015

High Chicago
Directed byAlfons Adetuyi
Written byRobert Adetuyi
Produced byAlfons Adetuyi
Starring
CinematographyRhett Morita
Edited byLisa di Michele
Music byFrank Fitzpatrick

High Chicago (also released as A Family Man) is a dramatic feature film released in 2012. Director Alfons Adetuyi and his brother and writer Robert Adetuyi used locations in their home town, Sudbury, Ontario when making the film.[1]

The film had its US premier at the 2012 Pan African Film Festival in February 2012. It had its Toronto premiere at the 2012 ReelWorld Film Festival in April 2012. In an interview in Indiewire's Shadow and Act magazine Adetuyi revealed that his film about a father with a dream was based on one of his own father's dreams. His father had dreamed of opening a North American style drive-in movie theatre in Africa.[2]

Adetuyi told the Sudbury Star shortly after the release of High Chicago that he planned to return to Sudbury to shoot a second film, as he saw High Chicago as the first in an "African trilogy".[3]

Plot

Colin Salmon stars as Sam, a hard-drinking father of three, ex-Navy man, ex-miner, and soon to be ex-husband. Sam takes to gambling to bankroll his crazy plan to open a drive-in theatre in Africa. Equally desperate to support his family and keep his dream alive, we watch as Sam’s life spirals out of control in a showdown with a deadly Detroit card shark.

Festivals

|Montreal International Black Film Festival, 2012 Chicago Black Harvest Film Festival, 2012 Boston Roxbury International Film Festival, 2012 Canadian Cinema Editors Awards, 2012 - Nomination - "Best Editing - Feature Length Dramatic" ReelWorld Film Festival, 2012 - Awards - "Outstanding Canadian Feature" and "Audience Choice Award" African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), 2012 - Nomination - "Best Diaspora Feature" Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival, 2012 - Nomination - "Best Director First Feature" Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival, 2011

References

  1. ^ http://www.thesudburystar.com/2010/07/03/adetuyi-brothers-come-home
  2. ^ http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/s-a-black-filmmakers-to-watch-alfons-adetuyi
  3. ^ http://www.thesudburystar.com/2012/04/14/filmmaker-favours-sudbury-for-filming
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