The Rowdyman
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The film is about Will Cole (Pinsent). In his thirties, he doesn't take life seriously, but his antics bring pain and tragic consequences to friends and family. He is sexually liberated and has sex with a stranger (Dawn Greenhalgh) on a train and his carelessness at work causes pain for his best friend and co-worker (Frank Converse).
Production
The film had a budget of $350,000 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Reception
Pinsent won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor at the 24th Canadian Film Awards in 1972.[2] The film was also nominated for Best Picture.[3]Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pinsent also won the Earle Grey Award for Best Actor at the 2nd ACTRA Awards.[4]
It was featured in the Canadian Cinema television series which aired on CBC Television in 1974.[5] It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.[6]
References
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- ↑ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. Template:ISBN. p. 185.
- ↑ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. Template:ISBN. pp. 97-100.
- ↑ Les Wedman, "Etrog our Oscar". Vancouver Sun, October 6, 1972.
- ↑ "Murray, Pinsent win ACTRA awards". Red Deer Advocate, May 1, 1973.
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- ↑ Carole Corbeil, "The stars are coming out for Toronto's film festival". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 1984.
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Works cited
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External links
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- The Film Reference Library