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Gemeaux Awards Ready for Feb. Prod Co-Ord Janine Anderton Unit Man = • c I N E MAG • IN THE CAN . Gemeaux Awards ready for Feb. prod co-ord Janine Anderton unit man. Paul show to be broadcast from SMOKE Bujold lac. man. Marie Potvin prod. des. MONTREAL - The Quebec tele­ nouS each with seven nomi­ A feature film . A Murder mystery which 'began Radio-Canada's Studio 42 on Michael Joy head set dec. Andre Chamberland vision industry will honour its natio~s ; Le Parc des braves, shooting Sept. 28th. exec. p. Don Carmody p. set props Marc Corriveau cost. des. Paul Andre Bye Bye 86, Le Point with six Saturday, Feb. 7 at 8 p.m. Yvon Martin RansohoH d. Michael Chrichton prod. own, Feb. 7, at the second an­ Guerin MlU artist Colleen Quinton hairstylist nominations in various Deschamps, a popular Quebec man. Joyce Kozy King 1st a. d. Don Granbery (episode 1) Ben Robin (episode 2a) Constant nual soiree des prix Gemeaux­ comedian, will host the event. unit! loc. magr. Michael Brownstone co-ord. Natale casting (Montreal ) Elite Castingl Nadia the French-language equiva­ categories. Deborah Zwickerd. O. p. John Alonzo prod. des. A reception will be held after Rona (Toronto ) Media Castingl Luci nda Sill ed, lent of the Gemini Awards. Dan Yarhi art d. Dennis Davenport. A Don Car· Francois Gill , Vidal Beique, Jean Beaudoin pub. L'Or du temps, Tele-Dol­ the televised awards program Finalists in 50 categories modyProduction, (416) 733-4654. re1. Shona Frenchl David Novek Assoc. (514) lars, Quartango, Allez at Le Metropolis in downtown STREET LEGAL 284-2113. story by Meredith Babeau x Brucker were announced recently at a Guilda, Champs Elysees and sC. George Arthur Bloom d. Marc VOizard . I. p. Montreal. Series of 13 x '12- hour episodes shooting Feb· press conference held by the Le Temps d'une paix each Ted Wass, Elizabeth Bell, George Robertson, Nov. '87. Tobetelecastinthe '87· '88 season. Six Montreal office of the Academy Caird Urquhart, Pier Kohl. Daniel Nalbach , Benoit took five nominations. episodes aired Jan-Sept '87, Tuesday at 9 :00 pm Earlier on the same day, an SI. Pierre, george Athans, Omega'Medina, How­ of Canadian Cinema and Tele­ on exec. p. Maryke McEwenlDuncan industry banquet will be held eee ard Schwartz, Sandi Stahlbrand . vision (Academie Canadienne A series of juries comprised lamb, David Pears assoc. p. laurieCook , Chris­ du cinema et de la television). at Le Grand Hotel where the tine Shipton story eds. Don Truckey, Brenda TANGERINE TAXI of 85 members of the academy Among the more heavily viewed over 400 hours of pro­ awards in 27 categories will be Greenberg asst. story ed. Abby Robins writers Part of1he Shades of love It series. The anthol­ presented. On Feb. 3, at 8 Don Truckey, Marc Strange , Ian Sutherland , ogywas financed by Astral Film Enterprises,i nas· nominated television programs grams prior to selecting the p. m., IV Hebdo will announce David Cole I,p. Sonia Smits, Eric Peterson , C. sociation with First Choice Canadian Communi­ are Lance et compte (He finalists. David Johnson, Mark Saunders, Maria Ricossa. cations Corporation and UA House Romances Shoots, He Scores) with eight the five finalists for the ]V See Issue No. 140 for complete credits. A CBC Inc. ,of los Angele s, with the partiCipationof Tele­ nominations ; Rock et Belles Air Canada will, once again, Hebda trophy during a recep­ Production , (416) 975·3311 film Canada and CHCH· TV 11 . p. Stewart Hard­ tion at Le Grand Hotel. ing exec. p. Ken Atchity UA house Exec. in ch. Oreilles and Jeanne avec sponsor the televised awards THE STRUGGLEFOR DEMOCRACY' 01 p. Tracy Lotwin d. 01 creative allalrs! Astral A 10 one-hour documentary se ries cre ated and An ita Simand co-po Peter Alves assoc . p. Mari­ hosted by Patrick Watson. Shot during the last lyn Majerczyk exec as SilO p. PatriciaC ahill asst. year and a half in Canada, U.S ., U. K., Argentin a, to M. Majerczyk Eddy Fisher d.o. p. Karol Ike Cinephile strong with Mexico. Libya, Nige ri a, Botswana, Au stralia. Family Viewing cam. op. Daniel Jobin prod. man. Irene Litinsky Japan, Papua· New Guinea, NewZealand , Israel, prod co-ord Janine And erton unit man. Paul Zimbabwe, France, Germany, Sweden . Norway TORONTO - Following their small-town life for Halifax to see it and for word-of-mouth Bujold loc. man. Marie Potvin prod. des. to get around. and others. The series is to be broadcast in the Michael Joy head set dec. Andre Chamberland critical success at Canadian film where she gains confidence in fall on the CBC, 1989 on PBS . and on the ITCn et· set props Marc Corriveau cost. des. Paul Andre festivals, Atom Egoyan 's Family herself and achieves success as A release date for Life Class­ work in Britain . It is ajoi nt venture between Demo­ Guerin M!U artist Colleen Quinton hairstylist Viewing and Bill MacGillivray's an artist, only ran for two weeks es in Quebec could wait until cracy Films Limited ; the CBC, Centrallndepen· (episode 1) Ben Robin (episode 28) Constant dent Television , PlC in Britain; Petro-Canada Life Classes have gone on to in Toronto, Bennett said. It's after the Berlin Film Festival in Natale casting (Monlreal ) Elite Casting! Nadia scheduled to open across the mid-February, Bennett said. He and Telefilni Canada. lester and Orpen, Dennys Rona (Toro nto) Media Casting! Lucinda Sill ed. differing levels of success at will be publishing fhe complementary Democracy Francois Gill. Vidal Beique . Jean Beaudoin pub. commercial theatres. rest of Canada this month. added he was negotiating for book to coinCide with the Canadian broadcast reI. Shona Frenchl David Novek Assoc. (514 ) Andre Bennett, the Canadian Bennett, president of Cine­ American distribution for both nexl fall. exec. p. Michael A. Levi ne series 284-2113 . sc.!d. Mort Ransen I. p. Robe rta . creator, host! p. Patrick Watson series p. Ted distributor of the two movies, phile Films Limited, said the films. Wess, Marshall Colt. Steve Marshall , Perry Cinema Canada amount of critical success Life In the case of Family View­ Remerowski, Nancy BuMn assoc. p. Caroline Schneiderman. Joan Heney, Raymond Belisle, told that Fam­ Bamford' d, Ted Remerowski, George James, Jacques Tourangeau , Harry Hill, David De ily Viewing is doing well in Classes reached wasn't trans­ ing, Bennett said, he is hoping Michael Gerard sc. Patrick Watson, Ted Re­ Sanctis, Michael SinelnikoH, Fred Smith. both Montreal and Toronto, but lated into the box office partly to achieve at least a four-week merowski, George James, Michael Gerard because it was-in competition run in Toronto and five weeks in · d,o.p. Neville Otley, Mike Boland, Bob Boldt ed, T'ES BELLE JEANNE' that Life Classes performed John Gareau, Fred Gauthier, David leighton, TV feature film which began principal photo­ below his expectations at its To­ with a lot of American films. Montreal. Duncan Sm~h. graphy Nov. 30. An intense dramatization of the ronto venue . "We didn't have the luxury of Family Viewing, about fam­ . soul-searching that ahusband and wife, played by Family Viewing has been waiting until January to release ily life and the impact oftelevi­ THE SUNSET COURT .reaHfe couple Tifo and Curzi, must brave when Part of the Shades of Love It series. The anthol­ she fractures her spinal cord in a silly accident and chosen for the Youth Forum the film, because the venue we sion and media in modern soci­ ogywas financed by Astral Film Enterprises, inas­ is confined to a wheelchair for life. Thier life is selection in the upcoming Ber­ want to use in Toronto, which is ety, is in the process of being sociation with First Choice Canadian Communi­ further complicated when the wife befriends aten­ lin Film Festival. Meanwhile, it the Carlton Cinemas, will be sold in Great Britain, he added. cations Corporation and UA House Romances der-hearted street bum, unwilling to cope with his Inc. ,of los'Angeles, with the participationoiT ele­ has been playing well on domes­ closed inmid-January," Bennett In Europe, Bennett said, own paraplegic condition. Wrth partiCipation of tic screens. said. The cinemas will be closed . "there is already a lot of interest film Canada and CHCH-TV 11 . p, Stewart Hard­ Telefilm Canada, Societe Generale du Cinema ing exec. p. Ken Atchity UA house Exec. in ch. and Radio-Quebec sc. Claire Woias d.!p. Robert After holding six weeks in for renovations at that time. in the film, butwe don't want to 01 p. Tracy lotwin d. 01 creative allairs! Astral Menard. I. p. Marie Tifo, Pierre Curzi, Michel Montreal and three weeks inTo­ Bennett termed its lack ofbox commit ourselves to anyone Anita Simand co-poPeter Alves assoc. p, Mari­ Cote. pub. Christiane Ducassel Kevin TIerney, lyn Majerczykexec assttop. Patricia Catiillasst. ronto, the film has grossed office success so far "a shame," until after Berlin. " David Novek Associates (514) 284-2113. Ales $100,000 in the two theatres. because it's "a really fine film. " Bennett said he did not yet to M. Majerczyk Eddy Fisher d. 0, p. Karol Ike Productions Videofilms Production (514) 844- cam. op. Daniel Jobin prod, man. Irene Litinsky 8611 . Life Classes, about a young He said it didn't get in the thea­ have box office numbers fot the Cape Breton woman who leaves tre long enough for most people films. Classified Information Teh!-metropole regroups to form FOR SALE: 6 plate new electronic FOR SALE: 16mm Arriflex B. L. ST 1901 Steenbeck. 2 years old. Crystal control. 4. 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