 |
|
Release Date: 2010 Cast: Tatiana Maslany, Sarah Small, Andy Jones, Julia Kennedy, Steve Cochrane, Shawn Doyle, Mark O'Brien, Sherry White, Jonny Harris
Categories: Movies, LGBT, Indie Grown Up Movie Star is a 2010 Canadian drama film written, directed and co-produced by Adriana Maggs. Shawn Doyle, Jill Knox Gosse and Paul Pope are the other co-producers. The film was produced by Pope Productions and distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media
Ray (Shawn Doyle) is a former NHL ice hockey player who is convicted of drug charges. After he comes back to his Newfoundland home, his wife Lillian (Sherry White) leaves to seek fame in Hollywood with another man. Ray is left with his daughters Rose (Julia Kennedy) and Ruby (Tatiana Maslany). He transitions into homosexuality while... MORE
Grown Up Movie Star is a 2010 Canadian drama film written, directed and co-produced by Adriana Maggs. Shawn Doyle, Jill Knox Gosse and Paul Pope are the other co-producers. The film was produced by Pope Productions and distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media
Ray (Shawn Doyle) is a former NHL ice hockey player who is convicted of drug charges. After he comes back to his Newfoundland home, his wife Lillian (Sherry White) leaves to seek fame in Hollywood with another man. Ray is left with his daughters Rose (Julia Kennedy) and Ruby (Tatiana Maslany). He transitions into homosexuality while Ruby copies her mother's pursuit for stardom, pursuing a sexual encounter with Stuart in the process. Stuart is disabled, rendered unable to walk after he was accidentally shot by Ray.
The film was produced by St. John's based Pope Productions. Filming was conducted in Newfoundland at Flatrock and St. John's. The cast included every member of comedy team Dance Party of Newfoundland.
The soundtrack was written by Elliott Brood. The province of Newfoundland provided over CADÂ 390,000 in funding support. Telefilm Canada provided another $440,000 in funding. The Harold Greenberg Fund and the Canadian Film LESS
|
Comments About Grown Up Movie Star