Night Heat Tops Gemini Awards Quebec Toughens Law TORONTO - Alliance Enter Tinuing Dramatic Role
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• c I N E M A G • Night Heat tops Gemini awards Quebec toughens law TORONTO - Alliance Enter tinuing Dramatic Role. Eric Daughters of the Country, MONTREAL - The Quebec dubbed versions, rather than tainment production Night Peterson in Street Legal prod. Norma Bailey, Michael government is in the process of subtitled films, the amendment Heat was the major winner at ("Even Lawyers Sing the Scott and Ches Yetman. tightening up the Quebec will require distributors to the 1987 Gemini Awards, pick Blues") and Winston Rekert in Best Animated Program or Cinema Act with the fran :. show a dubbing contract and ing up four prizes, including Adderly ("Adderly With Egg Series: Babar and Father cophone viewer in mind. promise to use an equal Best Dramatic Series (Sonny roll") split the honours. Ad Christmas, prod. Alison At press time, the Nati onal number of French-language Grosso, Andras Hamori, Larry derly's Dixie Seatle also Clayton, Merilyn Read. Best Assembly in Quebec City was venues after a yet to be deter Jacobson and Stephen]. Roth, picked up a Gemini for Best Ac Children's Program : Down at expected to approve changes mined "reasonable delay" producers ). tress in a Continuing Dramatic Fraggle Rock: Behind the in the Cinema Act which would The intent of the amend The highly-rated police Role. (The episode was "A Scenes, prod. Jim Henson, ensure that distributors pro ment, explained by Bacon at a drama also took IV Guide's Matter of Discretion. ") David Gumpel and Diana Bir vide French-language dubbed press conference, is to force Most Popular Program Award, In information program kenfield. versions of English-language distributors to dub English-lan voted on by readers of the ming, The Journal picked up Best Sports Program or films. guage films more quickly. magazine. R. B. Carney won tile prize as Best Information Series: The Race is On!, prod. Although details of the Abuses of the act in the past Night Heat another Gemini for Series (Mark Starowicz, pro Michael A. Charbon and Paul amendment are uncertain, the include having the French ver Best Writing in a Dramatic ducer ), while the fifth es Hollidge. Best Performance by Quebec film industry expects sion available but not playing it Series ("The Hit"), and Eugene tate's Hana Gartner carried a Sports Broadcaster : Brian an opportunity to review a or having a subtitled print Clark won Best Performance away a Gemini for best host, in Williams, Rendez-vous Hock concrete proposal by Feb available with the sole inten· by a Supporting Actor for the terviewer or anchor C'By the ey 1987. ruary. tion of prolonging the run of episode "Fire and Ice". Book"). Best direction in a Dramatic On Dec. 14, Lise Bacon, the English· language film. Now in their second year, Donald Brittain's The Program or Mini-Series : Martin minister of Cultural Affairs, in "It is necessary to create a the Geminis - presented by the Champions Part III: The Lavut The Marriage Bed. Best troduced the amendment with francophone cultural space to Academy of Canadian Cinema Final Battle (coproduced Direction in a Variety or Per an admonition for a number of counter the strong influence of and Television for excellence with Adam Symansky) was tile forming Arts Program or distributors who have not been the English language especially in broadcasting - were handed recipient of two Geminis, for Series: Eric Till, Fraggle Rock, complying with the spirit of the in the area of computers, re out on December 8 and 9 at the Best Documentary Program, "The River of Life ". Cinema Act. The act specifies cords, movies and television," Metro Convention Centre in and Best Direction in an Infor Best Writing in a Dramatic that subtitled or dubbed ver says Bacon. Toronto. The second night's mation or Documentary Pro Series: R. B. Carney, Night sions must be released 60 days Andre Link, president of As program was broadcast live on gram or Series. Brittain, one of Heat, "The Hit" Best Writing ,after the release of the English sociation Quebecoise des Dis the CBC network and hosted Canada's most respected and in a Dramatic Program or Mini language film. tributeurs et Exportateurs de by SCTV-alumni Eugene Levy awarded documentarians, col Series : Sharon Riis, Daughters This eight·week period has Films et de Video, says the and Andrea Martin. lected another Gemini for Best of the Country, "The Wake" historically allowed dis· Quebec government has com Best Comedy Series went to Documentary Writing in Best Writing in a Comedy or tributors to decide whether to pelling reasons to implement Seeing Things (produced by Tommy Douglas: Keeper of Variety Program or Series' dub the film in French or with· this amendment. He says dis David Barlow, Louis Del the Flame. Gerg Malone and Tommy Sex draw it. tributors are waiting for details Grande and Martin Wiener), The CBC's Joe Schlesinger ton, S § M Comic Book, Because of an overall prefer with interest. which completed its final sea took home two Geminis : the "Episode 1 " ence in the market place for son this year. Del Grande col Gordon Sinclair Award for Best Best Photography in a lected another trophy for Best Broadcast Journalist ( The Dramatic Program or Series: Performance by a Lead Actor in Journal, "The Last Great Rene Ohashi, The Truth a Continuing Role in a Comedy Cause"), and an award for Best About Alex. Best Photography Series for the episode "Here's Reportage ( The National, in a Comedy, Variety or Per Looking at You" "Irangate" forming Arts Program or Dinah Christie took home The John Drainie Award for Series: Emil Kolompar, Paul the award for Best Perfor Distinguished Contributions to Mockler, Rene Ohashi and Vic mance by a Lead Actress in a Broadcasting went to Ross Mc Sarin, A Moving Picture ; and Continuing Role in a Comedy Lean. CBC writer Grahame Nikos Evdemon, Seeing il rt Series for Check It Out! Woods was presented with the Things, "Gifted Pupils" Best ( " Love and Marriage" ). Margaret Collier Award for an Photography in an Information The critically-acclaimed Outstanding Body of Work by a or Documentary Program or s youth series Degrassi Junior Television Writer. George Car Series: Vic Sarin, Man Alive, High straddled generations at ter won the Best Technical "So Many Miracles" Best News the Geminis, winning both Best Achievement Award for his Photography: Yhoram Children's Series (Kit Hood work as Technical Producer of Pirotsky, Nato Exercises and Linda Schuyler, produc the "Rendez-vous For Peace". (World Report). ers), and Best Direction in a A special Earle Grey Award Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic or Comedy Series for an Outstanding Body of Dramatic Program or Series : 16/35 post-production (Kit Hood, for the episode "It's Work by a Television Actor was Ron Wiseman, Sword of Gi Television and feature Late"). pres.ented posthumously to deon. Best Picture Editing in a Bill Gough's The Marriage Lorne Greene. Actor Leslie Comedy, Variety or Performing production Bed won as Best TV Movie, Nielsen made the presentation. Arts Program or Series: Vincent with Vivian Reis picking up the Kent, Seeing Things, "Specta Best Supporting Actress prize Other awards presented : cle of India" Best Picture Edit for her performance in the Best Short Drama: The Truth ing in and Information or Doc film. About Alex, prod. John Brun umentary Program or Series: Ford: The Man and the ton and Martin Harbury. Best Ron Piggott, Man Alive, "So Machine was awarded Best Documentary Seri es: The Na Many Miracles". 424 Adelaide St. East Dramatic Mini -Series (produc ture of Things, prod. James Best Sound in a Dramatic 2nd Floor er David]. Patterson), and also Murray. Best Performing Arts Program or Series: Claude Toronto M5A 1 N4 picked up prizes for art direc Program : A Moving Picture, Hazanavicius, Cathy Hunt, tion and costume design. prod. Niv Fichman and Larry Christopher Hutton, Paul Mas Awards for acting were Weinstein. sey, James Porteous, Sword of spread over a number of Best ' Variety Series : S § M Gideon. Best Sound in a Com shows. Booth Savage won as Comic Book, prod. Cynthia edy, Variety or Performing Arts Telephone (416) 368-9925 Best Lead Actor in a Dramatic Grech. Best Variety Program : Program or Series: D. D. Hill, Program or Mini-Series for The The Ian and Sylvia Reunion, Dave Ripka, Brian Stienburg, Last Season. Victoria Snow prod. Sandra Faire, Sylvia It's Only Rock and Roll, "The was voted Best Lead Actress in Tyson and Alan Kates. Pilot" Best Sound in an Infor the same category for Best Special Event Coverage: mation or Documentary Pro Daughters of the Country, Royal Wedd ing, prod. Arnold gram or Series: Jim Frank, Don "The Wake" There was a tie Amber (Global ). Best Pay T. 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