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The Englishman's boy [videorecording].

Contributor(s): Publisher number: ZZY-06-10 | CBC LearningCEB1981 | CBC Home VideoCEB1981 | CBC Home VideoPublication details: [Toronto] : Distributed exclusively in Canada by Morningstar Entertainment Inc., 2006.Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (180 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1552598683
  • 9781552598689
Other title:
  • Title on container: Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Englishman's boy
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS8593 .A5386 E59 2006
  • PS8593.A52 E52 2006
Production credits:
  • Executive producer, Kevin DeWalt ; director, John N. Smith ; written by Guy Vanderhaeghe ; director of photography, Pierre Letarte.
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Nicholas Campbell, R.H. Thomson, Michael Eisner.Summary: The screen adaptation of Guy Vanderhaeghe's award-winning novel, The Englishman's Boy is an unforgettable tale of deceit, manipulation, guilt and violence set against the dual backdrops of an unforgiving 1873 North American frontier and the allure of 1920s Hollywood. The film uncovers the startling violence behind the settling of the West and delves into one of the most brutal events in Canadian history - the Cypress Hills Massacre. It also explores early Hollywood's fixation on stories of cowboys and Indians, popular and highly skewed portrayals that sacrificed truth for romance.
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA ENGLISHMAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000748864

Originally broadcast on CBC Television.

Based on the book by Guy Vanderhaeghe.

Special features: director's commentary ; In the beginning ; The massacre ; Cowboy camp.

A Minds Eye Entertainment production in association with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Executive producer, Kevin DeWalt ; director, John N. Smith ; written by Guy Vanderhaeghe ; director of photography, Pierre Letarte.

Bob Hoskins, Nicholas Campbell, R.H. Thomson, Michael Eisner.

The screen adaptation of Guy Vanderhaeghe's award-winning novel, The Englishman's Boy is an unforgettable tale of deceit, manipulation, guilt and violence set against the dual backdrops of an unforgiving 1873 North American frontier and the allure of 1920s Hollywood. The film uncovers the startling violence behind the settling of the West and delves into one of the most brutal events in Canadian history - the Cypress Hills Massacre. It also explores early Hollywood's fixation on stories of cowboys and Indians, popular and highly skewed portrayals that sacrificed truth for romance.

DVD.

Closed captioned; described in English for people with visual impairments.

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