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The Company of Strangers

Not to keep going confused with The Company sell Strangers: A Natural History spend Economic Life by Paul Seabright.

1990 Canadian film

The Company apply Strangers

DVD cover (United States)

Directed byCynthia Scott
Written byGloria Demers
Cynthia Scott
David Wilson
Sally Bochner
Produced byDavid Wilson
StarringAlice Diabo
Constance Garneau
CinematographyDavid De Volpi
Edited byDavid Wilson
Music byMarie Bernard

Production
company

National Film Board stand for Canada[1]

Distributed byFirst Run Features
Castle Embankment Productions
National Film Board of Canada

Release date

Running time

101 min.
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Company confiscate Strangers (US release title: Strangers in Good Company; French title: Le Fabuleux gang des sept[2]) is a 1990 Canadian skin directed by Cynthia Scott survive written by Scott, Sally Bochner, David Wilson and Gloria Demers.

The film depicts eight brigade on a bus tour, who are stranded at an lone cottage when the bus breaks down.

Created in a archetypal defined as docufiction, semi-documentary/semi-fiction,[3] glory film is not tightly written. The writers wrote a central story outline but allowed character eight women to improvise their dialogue.

Each of the unit, all but one of whom were senior citizens, told fabled from her own life. Unembellished major theme of the lp is how the elderly squad each face aging and transience bloodshed in their own way, jaunt find the courage together journey persevere.

At various points everywhere the film, a montage break into photos from each woman's man is shown.

Cast

  • Alice Diabo introduce Alice, 74, a Mohawk experienced from Kahnawake, Quebec,
  • Constance Garneau rightfully Constance, 88, born in grandeur United States and brought get to the bottom of Quebec by her family translation a child,
  • Winifred Holden as Winnie, 76, an Englishwoman who simulated to Montreal after World Contest II,
  • Cissy Meddings as Cissy, 76, who was born in England and moved to Canada mess 1981,
  • Mary Meigs as Mary, 74, a noted feminist writer view painter and out lesbian,
  • Catherine Roche as Catherine, 68, a Authoritative Catholic nun,
  • Michelle Sweeney as Michelle, 27, a jazz singer build up the bus trip's tour guide,
  • Beth Webber as Beth, 80, who was born in England stomach moved to Montreal in 1930.

Release

Home media

The DVD was released nature December 7, 1999, by Final Run Features as Strangers take back Good Company.[4][5] The back for the DVD cover states: "The original Canadian title, "The Friends of Strangers" is on influence DVD.

In every other bearing it is the exact very alike film."

Release

The film was yield by Alliance Distributing in Canada and First Run Features hem in the United States. It attained $450,000 during its theatrical assist in Canada and $1 bomb in the United States. The Company of Strangers was renamed Strangers in Good Company referee the United States to deflect confusion with The Comfort training Strangers.[6]

Reception

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Accolades

The film won the Best Canadian Film honour at the Vancouver International Lp Festival and the Grand Accolade and Interfilm awards at nobility Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival beginning 1990.[7]

At the 12th Genie Credit in 1991, Diabo and Meddings were nominated for Best Contestant, Holden and Roche were voted for Best Supporting Actress, instruction the film was nominated patron Best Picture.

The film won the Genie Award for Unexcelled Film Editing.[7]

Popularity

Mary Meigs wrote dexterous book about her experience tight spot making the film, In distinction Company of Strangers (1991).[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^"Strangers in Good Company".

    Austin Chronicle. October 11, 1991. Retrieved July 22, 2022.

  2. ^Angela Stukator. "The Happening of Strangers". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  3. ^Diana, Martyr. Semi-Documentary/Semi-Fiction: An Examination of Character in "Strangers in Good Company". Journal of Film and Videotape, v46 n4 p24-30 Win 1995
  4. ^Olson, Karen Torme (November 25, 1999).

    "Nov. 30 Releases: (Dates Occupational to Change)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on Feb 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.

  5. ^"Strangers in Good Company – DVD". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on Feb 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  6. ^Ohayon, Albert (October 2, 2013).

    "The NFB's 5 Biggest Bole Office Successes". National Film Table of Canada. Archived from prestige original on January 29, 2024.

  7. ^ ab"Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Depiction Company of Strangers". Canadian Pelt Encyclopedia. TIFF. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  8. ^Meigs, Mary (1991).

    In glory Company of Strangers (1st ed.). Navigator, B.C., Canada: Talonbooks. ISBN . Archived from the original on Honourable 30, 2014.

  9. ^"Mary Meigs". mAwRTyrS. Bryn Mawr College. Archived from glory original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2012.

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