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CLEAN RITE COWBOY

Directed by Michael J. Downing J. Downing is an actor. Filmography
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, 2000, OFDC OFDC Ontario Film Development Corporation (Government of Ontario, Canada)
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 Calling Card Program, 35mm, 20 minutes

This touching humanist drama of diminished expectations and lost love begins and ends in faceless suburbia. Former insurance executive now carpet cleaner Henry (John Robinson Several notable individuals have been named John Robinson: Politicians
  • John Robinson (1650-1723) (1650-1723), English diplomat; later Bishop of Bristol from 1710 and Lord Privy Seal from 1711-1713
), locked in a loveless marriage, takes his son Paul with him on the job. His last client on a particularly bad day is Diane (Christie MacFayden), a woman he once loved in high school. As they gradually reignite Verb 1. reignite - ignite anew, as of something burning; "The strong winds reignited the cooling embers"
ignite, light - cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
 past passions, Paul watches television. He also watches his father. Smartly designed and with a haunting A Haunting is a television series on Discovery Channel that, according to its website[1] chronicles the "terrifying true stories of the paranormal told by people who experienced real-life horror tales.  soundtrack by Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor, Clean Rite Cowboy features fine, nuanced performances by both Robinson and the luminous MacFayden. (Where has she been since Peter Mettler's In The Top of His Head? This woman should be a star.) Here's hoping that such a "calling card" will not curse Downing with the "success" of becoming a creatively stifled director-for-hire dictated to by other people's money and ideas.
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Publication:Take One
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Date:Sep 22, 2000
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