Everyone (film)

Everyone is a Canadian comedy-drama film, written and directed by Bill Marchant and released in 2004.[1] The film centres on a gay couple, Ryan (Matt Fentiman) and Grant (Mark Hildreth), who are having a wedding ceremony in their backyard, only to find that many of their guests have brought their own family dramas and dysfunctions.[2]

Everyone
Original film poster
Directed byBill Marchant
Screenplay byBill Marchant
Produced byChristine Lawrance
Bill Marchant
Stephen Park
StarringMatt Fentiman
Mark Hildreth
CinematographyJane Weitzel
Edited byTony Dean Smith
Music byMary Ancheta
Production
company
Everyone Productions
Distributed byTLA Releasing
Release date
  • August 27, 2004 (2004-08-27) (MWFF)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2004.[3]

Cast
Starring
Other cast

(in alphabetical order)

  • Katherine Billings as Rebecca
  • Michael Chase as Gale
  • Suzanne Hepburn as Trish
  • Bill Marchant as Shepard
  • Cara McDowell as Rachel
  • Andrew Moxham as Kalvin
  • Stephen Park as Luke
  • Carly Pope as Rena
  • Tom Scholte as Roger
  • Nancy Sivak as Madeline
  • Debra Thorne as Betty
  • Anna Williams as Jenny

Awards

At the Montreal World Film Festival, the film won the Golden Zenith Prize for Best Canadian Film.[4] At the Inside Out Film and Video Festival in 2005, it won the award for Best Canadian Film.[5]

At the 2004 Vancouver International Film Festival, the film was one of the runners-up for the Most Popular Canadian Film award.[6]

Hildreth and Fentiman received Leo Award nominations for Best Actor, and Fletcher received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, in 2005.

References
  1. Dennis Harvey, "Everyone". Variety, September 2, 2004.
  2. Greg Burliuk, "Gay festival has film for everyone". Kingston Whig-Standard, January 28, 2005.
  3. "Film's 'great synchronicity'". Ottawa Citizen, August 20, 2004.
  4. "Syrian Bride wins top honours at Montreal Film Festival". Screen Daily, September 6, 2004.
  5. "Alice Wu’s “Saving Face” Among Honorees at Inside Out Gay Fest". IndieWire, June 9, 2005.
  6. "Canadian films honoured at Vancouver film festival". North Bay Nugget, October 11, 2004.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.