One Man (film)
| One Man | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robin Spry |
| Written by | Robin Spry Peter Pearson Peter Madden |
| Produced by | Tom Daly Michael J. F. Scott Vladimir Valenta James de Beaujeu Domville Roman Kroitor (exec.) |
| Starring | Len Cariou Jayne Eastwood Barry Morse Jean Lapointe Carole Lazare August Schellenberg Danny Freedman Jacques Godin Vlasta Vrána Sean Sullivan Gilles Renaud Peter MacNeill |
| Cinematography | Douglas Kiefer |
| Edited by | John Kramer Les Halman (sound) Ken Page (sound) |
| Music by | Ben Low |
| Distributed by | National Film Board |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $615,283 |
One Man is a Canadian drama film, released in 1977.[1] Directed by Robin Spry, the film stars Len Cariou as Jason Brady, a television journalist in Montreal who is investigating a chemical leak from a local factory which has poisoned a number of children.[2]
The film, made on a budget of $615,283 (equivalent to $2,592,978 in 2021).[3], had relatively limited theatrical distribution, screening only in Toronto and Ottawa before airing on CBC Television in 1979.[4] It also had a brief theatrical run in New York City, following Cariou's Tony Award-winning performance in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.[2]
Awards[edit]
- ACTRA Awards, Montreal: Film of the Year, 1978
- Film Festival Antwerpen, Antwerp: Second Best Film of the Festival, 1978[5]
- Film Festival Antwerpen, Antwerp: Honorable Mention by the Press Jury, 1978
- 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Original Screenplay - Robin Spry, Peter Pearson & Peter Madden, 1977[6]
- 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Actor - Len Cariou, 1977[6]
- 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Supporting Actor - Jean Lapointe, 1977[6]
- 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Supporting Actress - Carole Lazare, 1977[6]
- 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Overall Sound - Claude Hazanavicius, 1977[6]
- 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Sound Editing - Les Halman and Ken Page, 1977[6]
It was also nominated, but did not win, for Best Picture, Best Director (Spry), Best Actress (Eastwood) and Best Cinematography (Douglas Kiefer).[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "One Man: fine performances amid a Kafkaesque plot". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 1977.
- ^ a b "Screen: Len Cariou Stars in ‘One Man’". The New York Times, July 27, 1979.
- ^ Evans 1991, p. 228.
- ^ "One Man is cheap sensationalism with a message". The Globe and Mail, August 18, 1979.
- ^ "One Man". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ceremony dominated by two feature films: NFB Triumphs at Film Awards". The Globe and Mail, November 21, 1977.
- ^ "Who's up for what". The Globe and Mail, November 19, 1977.
Works cited[edit]
- Evans, Gary (1991). In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802027849.
External links[edit]
- Watch One Man on the NFB website
- One Man at IMDb
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