Biography: Gary Farmer |
American Indian supporting and lead actor Gary Farmer first appeared onscreen in the late '80s. He is probably best known for his co-starring role as affable Indian activist Philbert in Powwow Highway (1989). In 1995 he co-starred with Johnny Depp as... more
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Tags: Comedy Drama Biopic
Length: 88min
Filmmakers Paul Unwin and Lisa Meeches team to direct this upbeat iopic of Manitoba politician Elijah Harper, who became the voice of the Canadian people for his bold stance against the Meech Lake Accord and then "Progressive" conservative government...
Cast: Kris Kristofferson Geneviève Bujold Lothaire Bluteau William Sanderson
Tags: Adventure Drama Period Film Drama
Length: 118min
Longtime actor/songwriter Kris Kristofferson stars as a whiskey-smuggling schemer desperate to preserve his endangered cattle herd in director Jay Craven's adaptation of Howard Frank Mosher's best-selling novel. The year is 1932; Prohibition is still...
Cast: Nick Stahl Stephen McHattie
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency Film Coming-of-Age Drama Melodrama
Length: 97min
After countless faithful translations to the big screen -- not to mention one timeless, Oscar-winning musical version -- Charles Dickens' tale of downtrodden London youth is given a gritty, contemporary spin in this independent Canadian production....
Cast: Mary Kay Place Bill Pope
Tags: Coming-of-Age Family Drama Drama Teen Movie
Length: 90min
Writer/director Enid Zentelis makes her feature-length debut with the coming-of-age drama Evergreen, shot on-location in Seattle, WA. Teenager Henri (Addie Land) and her single mother Kate (Cara Seymour) move in with Henri's grandmother (Lynn Cohen)...
Cast: Robert Redford Keith Carradine
Tags: Drama Police Detective Film
Length: 107min
When gunshots ring out in a tragic roadside shooting, police officer Delbert Nez winds up dead. His close friend Officer Jim Chee (Adam Beach) is the first on the scene, and upon spotting an elderly, drunken Navajo Shaman named Ashie Pinto (Jimmy...
Cast: Graham Greene
Tags: Drama Family Drama Social Problem Film
Length: 87min
Filmmaker Chris Eyre, who directed the independent success story Smoke Signals -- one of the first motion pictures directed by, written by, and starring Native American talent -- offers another look at contemporary Native American culture in this...
Cast: Marlon Brando Robert De Niro Edward Norton Frank Oz Angela Bassett Howard Shore
Tags: Crime Thriller Crime Caper
Length: 123min
Three generations of method acting giants unite for this crime thriller written by Kario Salem and directed by Frank Oz. Robert De Niro stars as Nick Wells, an aging thief whose specialty is safecracking and who is on the verge of retiring to a life...
Tags: Buddy Film Comedy Drama Satire
Length: 87min
Two of Canada's most acclaimed actors, Stephan Ouimette and Gary Farmer, star in this gritty account of two homeless guys who struggle through Winnipeg's harsh winter. Their prize possession is a cheap space heater that they still keep in its original...
Cast: Adam Beach Tom Skerritt
Tags: Comedy Drama Buddy Film Road Movie
Length: 88min
This dramatic feature was written, directed, and co-produced by Native Americans. Native American writer Sherman Alexie scripted this adaptation of his 1993 short story collection -The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Director Chris Eyre's...
Tags: Comedy Thriller Crime Comedy Crime
Length: 85min
Terry O'Brien scripted and made his directorial debut with this low-budget (100,000) Canadian comedy-thriller set in upstate New York and Ontario, Canada. Attractive Joey (Lisa Ryder) leads a group of small-time criminals into a plot to kidnap the...
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