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Margaret's Museum

Release Date: 1995

Cast: Peter Boretski, Kate Nelligan, Kenneth Welsh, Craig Olejnik, Helena Bonham Carter, Clive Russell

Categories: Movies, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Period piece, Indie

Margaret's Museum is a critically acclaimed 1995 British-Canadian dark film drama, directed by Mort Ransen and based on Sheldon Currie's novel The Glace Bay Miners' Museum. Set in the 1940s in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, it tells the story of a young girl living in a coal mining town where the death of men from accidents in "the pit" (the mines) has become almost routine. Margaret MacNeil (Helena Bonham Carter) has already lost her father and an older brother and for her, life alone would be prefereable to marrying a mine worker — that is until the charming Neil Currie (Clive... MORE

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This is Google Earthed at the famous "triangle" intersection to Burgoyne Bay where much action took place. Titled and originally aired "Ah... The Money, The Money, The Money" - The Battle for Saltspring Island, on CBC in the series named the "Nature of Things" with David Suzuki, this documentary is a presentation by the National Film Board of Canada. This was transferred from an old VHS tape, so you can see the video quality is a little jumpy but viewable. Local Islander Mort Ransen, who directed this great documentary and made it possible, also directed an Emmy Award winning movie years ago named "Margaret's Museum." I would have to say that this is a fun documentary to watch and is probably one of the best films produced that brings out the character and the beauty of the people and the island. These were interesting times. I played my part. At about 30:35 into the documentary you will see someone's hand holding a cell phone up to Rod's head, who is in lock down position. He is talking to his daughter on the phone about where to find the chicken in the fridge. That hand is my hand in that scene holding the cellphone. I also did a lot of photography then and there is one really quick scene where I'm standing in the background taking a picture (27:19) from behind the crowd while Sgt Darbyshire checks on Rod to see how he is doing. I once asked Mort if he would do a sequel to this documentary and he laughed saying that someone else would have to do it. Perhaps that someone ...

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