Take One's annual survey of Canadian features released in the GTA.For the past five years Take One, in our winter issue, has published a survey of Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. features that played in the Greater Toronto Area The Greater Toronto Area (widely abbreviated as the GTA) is the most populous metropolitan area in Canada. The GTA is a provincial planning area with a population of 5,555,912 at the 2006 Canadian Census. (GTA GTA Grand Theft Auto (legal) GTA Grand Theft Auto (video game) GTA Greater Toronto Area (Canada) GTA Graduate Teaching Assistant ), logging them according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the number of weeks the film played and number of screens they played on. The final result for 2000 is as follows: 34 Canadian features played on a total of 568 screens. For the purposes of this survey 568 screens (249 Cineplex, 206 Famous Players, 98 AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. , 15 independent) were tracked over 52 weeks for a total of 29,536 screens. Screen time for Canadian films in the GTA in 2000 was 1.9 per cent. In terms of weeks played, the top five Canadian films in the GTA in 2000 were Allan Allan can refer to:
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Duguay's The Art of War (12) and Stewart Stewart, river, Canada Stewart, river, 331 mi (533 km) long, rising in the Mackenzie Mts., central Yukon Territory, Canada, and flowing generally W to the Yukon River S of Dawson. Raffill's Grizzly Falls (7). Honourable honourable or US honorable Adjective 1. principled 2. worthy of respect or esteem honourably adv Honourable Adjective mention goes to Atom atom [Gr.,=uncuttable (indivisible)], basic unit of matter; more properly, the smallest unit of a chemical element having the properties of that element. Structure of the Atom Egoyan's Felicia's Journey (which was a 1999 release, but still played seven weeks in 2000), Gary Gary, city (1990 pop. 116,646), Lake co., NW Ind., a port of entry on Lake Michigan; inc. 1909. Gary was founded by the U.S. Steel Corporation, which purchased the land in 1905 and landscaped it for a city. Burns's waydowntown (6), Ron Noun 1. Ron - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria Bokkos, Daffo West Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member Mann's Grass (4), Denys De·nys , Saint See Saint Denis. Arcand's Stardom star·dom n. 1. The status of a performer or entertainer acknowledged as a star. 2. Star performers considered as a group. (4), Jeremy Jeremy (jĕr`ĭmē), English form of Jeremiah. The Epistle of Jeremy is a title given to the sixth chapter of Baruch. Podeswa's The Five Senses (3), Louis Louis, titular duke of Burgundy Louis, 1682–1712, titular duke of Burgundy; grandson of King Louis XIV of France. He became heir to the throne on the death (1711) of his father, Louis the Great Dauphin. Belanger's Post Mortem [Latin, After death.] Pertaining to matters occurring after death. A term generally applied to an autopsy or examination of a corpse in order to ascertain the cause of death or to the inquisition for that purpose by the Coroner . (3), Reginald Reginald, a person's given name, comes from the Germanic Raginwald ("the prince's counsellor"). It has the meanings of powerful person, king, wise dominion, smart leadership, clever rulership, or thoughtful chief. Harkema's A Girl Is a Girl (3) and Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Villeneuve's Maelstrom Maelstrom, whirlpool, Norway: see Moskenstraumen. (3). Two thousand was not a vintage year vintage year n. 1. The year in which a vintage wine is produced. 2. A year of outstanding achievement or success. vintage year n it's been a vintage year for plays → but healthy in terms of the growth of a commercial Canadian cinema. Three of the top five were genre films. Take One's choice for best Canadian feature of 2000 is, without a doubt, New Waterford Girl, and all those Academy jury members who didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do nominate nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. Tricia Fish for one of the most original and insightful coming-of-age screenplays ever written in Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of should be taken out to the back shed and given forty whacks. Take One has decided to suspend its annual survey for now. The point has been made, and the results are too depressing to repeat year after year. It's becoming a bad-news story. The percentage of Canadian screen time in the GTA has not risen above 2.4 per cent and hit a low of 1.45 per cent over the period Take One has been doing its tracking. When Heritage Minister Sheila Copps Sheila Maureen Copps, PC, HBA, LL.D (hc), (born November 27, 1952)[1] is a Canadian journalist and former politician. Copps is a second-generation member of a political family that has dominated Hamilton-area politics on the municipal, provincial and federal announced additional federal funding for feature filmmaking film·mak·ing n. The making of movies. at last year's Vancouver International Film Festival, she got it right when she acknowledged that Canadian films occupied two per cent of national screen time and expressed a hope that it would be five per cent in the foreseeable fore·see tr.v. fore·saw , fore·seen , fore·see·ing, fore·sees To see or know beforehand: foresaw the rapid increase in unemployment. future. With all due respect to the minister, five per cent is probably unattainable but three per cent might be achievable over the next generation if the quality of Canadian feature-filmmaking talent continues to improve. It was in 1924 when the provincial treasurer In Canadian politics the Provincial Treasurer is a senior protfolio in the Executive Council (or cabinet) of provincial governments. The position is the provincial equivalent of the Minister of Finance and is responsible for setting the provincial budget. of Ontario declared upon the opening of the Trenton Studios that not one per cent of the films in Canadian cinemas were actually Canadian. It's taken over 75 years to reach 1.9 per cent. Instead of just a survey of the 34 features that played in the GTA in 2000, Take One thought it might be interesting to chart the 200 plus films released between 1994 and 2000, focusing on the 20 that played 10 or more weeks. Nearly a third (six) were co-productions: Francois Girard's The Red Violin violin, family of stringed musical instruments having wooden bodies whose backs and fronts are slightly convex, the fronts pierced by two f-hole-shaped resonance holes. (Canada / Italy / U.S. / U.K.), Istvan Szabo's Sunshine (Canada / Germany / Hungary), Mort Ransen's Margaret's Museum (Canada/U.K.), Atom Egoyan's Felicia's Journey (Canada/U.K.), Robert Lepage's Le Confessional (Canada/France/U.K.) and Charles Martin For other persons named Charles Martin, see Charles Martin (disambiguation). Charles Martin, a noted poet, critic and translator, was born in New York City in 1942 and grew up in the Bronx. He graduated from Fordham University and received his Ph.D. Smith's Air Bud (Canada/U.S.). No longer are international co-productions dismissed as "unCanadian," but they have been embraced as the way of the future. Notable by their absence are directors coming from a documentary tradition. Only Mort Ransen, Sturla Gunnarsson and Anne Wheeler can be said to represent that background. The dominant directors are now from a new generation whose resumes do not include the National Film Board or the CBC (1) (Cell Broadcast Center) See cell broadcast. (2) (Cipher Block Chaining) In cryptography, a mode of operation that combines the ciphertext of one block with the plaintext of the next block. . Francois Girard, Robert Lepage, Atom Egoyan, Don McKellar, Mina Shum, Lynne Stopkewich, Patricia Rozema are new leaders of a more dynamic Canadian feature-film culture. The lack of Quebecois films in the first 20 is notable; a weakness of any Toronto-centric survey. The story of Quebec cinema could be told from a similar survey of Montreal Of Montreal is an American indie pop band formed in Athens, Georgia, fronted by Kevin Barnes. It was among the second wave of groups to emerge from The Elephant 6 Recording Company. releases but it would be a radically different tale. The cinematic divide can be demonstrated quite simply by the two most successful Quebecois films of the past six years; Louis Saia's Les Boys and Les Boys II played, collectively, three weeks in the GTA. An encouraging trend is the growth of genre films that do well in the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market as a whole, such as the Air Bud franchise from Vancouver (which includes Robert Vince's MVP: Most Valuable Primate) and Christian Duguay's The Art of War. It is perhaps ironic that the last director's name to appear in the alphabetical listing of the first 20 films is Patricia Rozema for her lesbian love 1. See Lesbianism. story, When Night Is Falling. While there's nothing ironic about the popularity of When Night Is Falling, it's Mansfield Park Mansfield Park may mean:
pl.n. Things that are curiously unusual or excitingly strange: such gustatory exotica as killer bee honey and fresh catnip sauce. for top spot. Patricia Rozema, Atom Egoyan, Don McKellar and, by extension, Francois Girard -- the Toronto new wave -- have come into their own. It is fitting that The Red Violin was the most popular film. It is an ideal example of what Canadian cinema can be at its best: a Quebec/Ontario/international co-production with a perfect blend of Canadian and international talent. The history of Canadian cinema is being rewritten. FILM, WEEKS, DIRECTOR YEAR THE RED VIOLIN, Francois Girard 27, 98/99 EXOTICA, Atom Egoyan 25, 94/95 THE SWEET HEREAFTER, Atom Egoyan 22, 97/98 NEW WATERFORD GIRL, Allan Moyle 18, 00 LAST NIGHT, Don McKellar 16, 98/99 MARGARET'S MUSEUM, Mort Ransen 16, 96 MVP: MOST VALUABLE PRIMATE, Robert Vince 16, 00 SUNSHINE, Istvan Szabo 16, 99/00 FELICIA'S JOURNEY, Atom Egoyan 15, 99/00 SUCH A LONG JOURNEY, Sturla Gunnarsson 15, 99 THIRTY-TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD, Francois Girard 14, 94 LE CONFESSIONAL, Robert Lepage 13, 96 AIR BUD, Charles Martin Smith 12, 97 THE ART OF WAR, Christian Duguay 12, 00 BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE, Anne Wheeler 11, 99 CRASH, David Cronenberg 11, 96/97 DOUBLE HAPPINESS, Mina Shum 10, 95 THE HANGING GARDEN, Thom Fitzgerald 10, 98 KISSED, Lynne Stopkewich 10, 97/98 WHEN NIGHT IS FALLING, Patricia Rozema 10, 95 ZERO PATIENCE, John Greyson 9, 94 I LOVE A MAN IN UNIFORM, David Wellington 8, 93 LILIES, John Greyson 8, 96/97 AIR BUD: GOLDEN RETRIEVER, Richard Martin 7, 98 ECLIPSE, Jeremy Podeswa 7, 95 FIRE, Deepa Mehta 7, 97 GRIZZLY FALLS, Stewart Raffill 7, 00 KIDS IN THE HALL BRAIN CANDY, Kelly Martin 7, 96 LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS, Denys Arcand 7, 94 BEEFCAKE, Thom Fitzgerald 6, 99 DANCE ME OUTSIDE, Bruce McDonald 6, 95 DIRTY, Bruce Sweeney 6, 98 EXISTENZ, David Cronenberg 6, 99 LA FLORIDA, George Mihalka 6, 94 HARD CORE LOGO, Bruce McDonald 6, 96/97 JOHNNY MNEMONIC, Robert Longo 6, 95 LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, David Wellington 6, 96 LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND, Richard Kwietniowski 6, 98 PARIS, FRANCE, Jerry Ciccoritti 6, 93 REGENERATION, Gilles MacKinnon 6, 99 WAYDOWNTOWN, Gary Burns 6, 00 CAMILLA, Deepa Mehta 5, 95 THE FIVE SENSES, Jeremy Podeswa 5, 99 JACOB TWO TWO MEETS THE HOODED FANG, George Bloomfield 5, 99 MAGIC IN THE WATER, Rick Stevenson 5, 95 MOUVEMENTS DU DESIR, Lea Pool 5, 94/95 MUSTARD BATH, Darrell Wasyk 5, 94 NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS, Peter Hall 5, 95/96 UN 32 AOUT SUR TERRE, Denis Villeneuve 5, 99 WHALE MUSIC, Richard J. Lewis 5, 95 CUBE, Vincent Natali 4, 98/99 CURTIS'S CHARM, John L'Ecuyer 4, 96 EMPORTE-MOI, Lea Pool 4, 99 GRASS, Ron Mann 4, 00 GREY OWL, Richard Attenborough 4, 99 NO, Robert Lepage 4, 98/99 PROJECT GRIZZLY, Paul Lynch 4, 96/97 RUDE, Clement Virgo 4, 95/96 STARDOM, Denys Arcand 4, 00 THIS IS MY FATHER, Paul Quinn 4, 99 UNCUT, John Greyson 4, 98 BABAR, KING OF THE ELEPHANTS, Raymond Jafelice 3, 99 BABYFACE, Jack Blum 3, 98 BLOOD & DONUTS, Holly Dale 3, 96 BOYS CLUB, John Fawcett 3, 97 ELDORADO, Charles Biname 3, 95 THE FALLING, Raul Sachez Inglis 3, 99 THE FISHING TRIP, Amnon Bachbinder 3, 98 THE FIVE SENSES, Jeremy Podeswa 3, 00 A GIRL IS A GIRL, Reginald Harkema 3, 00 GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD, Don Shebib 3, 99 HOUSE, Laurie Lynd 3, 96 KITCHEN PARTY, Gary Burns 3, 98 LISTE NOIR, Jean-Marc Vallee 3, 95/96 PICTURE OF LIGHT, Peter Mettler 3, 96 POST MORTEM, Louis Belanger 3, 00 MAELSTROM, Denis Villeneuve 3, 00 SCREAMERS, Christian Duguay 3, 96 SUBURBANATORS, Gary Burns 3, 96 SWANN, Anna Benson Gyles 3, 97 TOPS & BOTTOMS, Cristine Richey 3, 99 LES BOYS, Louis Saia 2, 98 THE COCKROACH THAT ATE CINCINNATI, Michael McNamara 2, 97 LA COMTESSE DE BATON ROUGE, Andre Forcier 2, 98 CONQUEST, Piers Haggard 2, 99 C'T'A TON TOUR, LAURA CADIEUX, Denise Filiatrault 2, 99 DANCING ON THE MOON, Kit Hood 2, 98 THE DARLING FAMILY, Allan Zweig 2, 94 2 SECONDES, Manon Briand 2, 99 THE DIVINE RYANS, Stephen Reynolds 2, 99 DOG PARK, Bruce McCulloch 2, 99 THE ETERNAL HUSBAND, Chris Philpott 2, 99 EXTRAORDINARY VISITOR, John Doyle 2, 99 FISH TALE SOUP, Annette Mangaard 2, 97 FOR THE MOMENT, Aaron Kim Johnson 2, 95 FOUR DAYS, Curtis Wehrfritz 2, 99 FULL BLAST, Rodrique Jean 2, 00 THE GYPSIES OF SVINIA, John Paskievich 2, 99 HANG THE DJ, Marco & Mauro La Villa 2, 98 HEART OF THE SUN, Francis Damberger 2, 99 HEAVEN BEFORE I DIE, Izidore K. Musallam 2, 97 HEAVY METAL, Gerald Potterton 2, 96 HENRY & VERLIN, Gary Ledbetter 2, 95 HOLLYWOODISM: JEWS, MOVIES, AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, Simcha Jacobovici 2, 98 JACK & JILL, John Kalangis 2, 99 JOE'S SO MEAN TO JOSEPHINE, Peter Wellington 2, 97 JOE'S WEDDING, Michael Kennedy 2, 98 LOUIS 19th, LE ROI DES ONDES, Michel Poulette 2, 95 LULU, Srinivas Krishna 2, 96 MEN WITH GUNS, Kari Skogland 2, 99 MESMER. Roger Spottiswoode 2, 96 MICHELLE APARTMENTS, John Pozer 2, 96 MY FATHER'S ANGEL, Davor Marjanovic 2, 00 OCTOBRE, Pierre Fabrdeau 2, 94 ORDINARY MAGIC, Giles Walker 2, 93 POWER, Magnus Isacsson 2, 96 RATS & RABBITS, Lewis Furey 2, 00 ROLLERCOASTER, Scott Smith 2, 00 SALT WATER MOOSE, Stuart Margolian 2, 96 SHOEMAKER, Colleen Murphy 2, 97 SKIN DEEP, Midi Onidera 2, 97 SOMETHING MORE, Rob King 2, 99 STOLEN HEART, Terry O'Brien 2, 98 STOLEN MOMENTS, Margaret Wescock 2, 98 TO WALK WITH LIONS, Carl Schultz 2, 00 TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN, John Pozer 2, 00 TURNING APRIL, Geoffrey Bennett 2, 96 TWILIGHT OF THE ICE NYMPHS, Guy Maddin 2, 97 VIOLET, Rosemary House 2, 00 WE ALL FALL DOWN, Martin Cummins 2, 00 WIND FROM WYOMING, Andre Forcier 2, 94 THE ACADIAN CONNECTION, Monique LeBlanc 1, 95 AIRBORNE, Julien Grant 1, 99 BABEL, Gerard Pullicino 1, 99 BASEBALL GIRLS, Lois Siegel 1, 96 BOOZECAN, Nicholas Campbell 1, 99 BOY MEETS GIRL, Jerry Ciccoritti 1, 99 LES BOYS II, Louis Saia 1, 99 BREWSTER MCGEE, Ross Munro 1, 00 CADILLAC GIRLS, Nicholas Kendall 1, 94 CAN'T BEAT A WOMAN, Gail Singer 1, 98 THE CHAMPAGNE SAFARI, George Ungar 1, 95 THE CIRCLE GAME, Brigitte Berman 1, 95 CLUTCH, Chris Grismer 1, 00 COSMOS, Jennifer Atleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, Andre Turpin & Denis Villeneuve 1, 97 CRACK ME UP, Bashar Shbib 1, 94 DESPERATELY SEEKING HELEN, Eisha Marjara 1, 99 DOCTORS WITH HEART, Tahani Rached 1, 95 DRIVE, SHE SAID, Mina Shum 1, 98 EROTICA, Maya Gallus 1, 99 L'ESCORTE, Denis Langlois 1, 97 FAT CHANCE, Jeff McKay 1, 94 FIRST DEGREE, Jeff Woolnough 1, 96 HEAVY METAL II, Michel Lemire 1, 00 THE HIGHWAYMAN, Keoni Waxman 1, 00 IRON EAGLE IV, Sidney Furie 1, 96 JOHNNY, Carl Bessai 1, 00 JUST WATCH ME: TRUDEAU AND THE 70S GENERATION, Catherine Annau 1, 99 KANESATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE, Alanis Obomsawin 1, 93 LADIES ROOM, Gabriella Christiani 1, 00 THE LIFE BEFORE THIS, Jerry Ciccoritti 1, 99 LITTLE MEN, Rodney Gibbons 1, 98 MATRONI ET MOI, Jean-Philippe Duval 1, 00 MAX, Charles Wilkinson 1, 95 MON ONCLE ANTOINE, Claude Jutra 1, 98 MS BEAR, Paul Ziller 1, 99 NEVER TOO LATE, Giles Walker 1, 97 NIGHT OF THE FLOOD, Bernar Hebert 1, 97 ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, Philip Spink 1, 96 OUT: STORIES OF LESBIAN AND GAY LIVES, David Atkin 1, 94 PAINT CANS, Paul Donovan 1, 94 PALE SAINTS, Joel Wyner 1, 98 PERPETRATORS OF THE CRIME, John Hamilton 1, 00 A PLACE CALLED CHIAPAS, Nettie Wilde 1, 99 POCAHONTAS: THE LEGEND, Daniele J. Suisia 1, 95 LE POLYGRAPHE, Robert Lepage 1, 97 POWDER ROOM, Ann Kennard 1, 97 POWER OF ATTORNEY, Howard Hamelstein 1, 95 THE RETURN OF TOMMY TRICKER, Michael Rubbo 1, 94 RIDE ME, Bashar Shbib 1, 94 THE ROAD HOME, Dean Hamilton 1, 96 THE ROAD TO SADDLE RIVER, Francis Damberger 1, 95 ROWING THROUGH, Masato Harada 1, 96 RUPERT'S LAND, Jonathan Tammuz 1, 98 SILENT WITNESS, Harriet Wichin 1, 95 SOUL SURVIVOR, Stephen Williams 1, 95 SPIKE OF LOVE, Steve DiMarco 1, 95 STARLIGHT, Jonathan Kay 1, 97 ST JUDE, John L'Ecuyer 1, 00 STOWAWAYS, Denis Chouinard & Nicolas Wadimoff 1, 98 TIT-COQ, Gratien Gelinas & Rene Delacroix 1, 00 TWO BROTHERS, A GIRLAND A GUN, William Hornecker 1, 94 TWO THOUSAND AND NONE, Arto Paragamian 1, 00 2103: THE DEADLY WAKE, Philip Jackson 1, 98 WASAGA, Judith Doyle 1, 95 WATER DAMAGE, Murray Battle 1, 00 WHEN JUSTICE FAILS, Allan Goldstein 1, 99 WHO'S COUNTING? MARILYN WARING ON SEX, LIES AND GLOBAL ECONOMICS, Terre Nash 1, 95 WOMAN WANTED, Kiefer Sutherland 1, 00 THE WRONG GUY, David Steinberg This article is about David Steinberg. For David A. Steinberg, see David A. Steinberg. For David H. Steinberg, see David H. Steinberg. David Steinberg 1, 98 |
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