Gordon Pinsent Movies

  • 1975
    The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days

    The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days

    The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days

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    A TV news cameraman's appetite for fine wine, fast cars and beautiful women draws him into the grip of a heroin smuggler.

    The Heat Wave Lasted Four Days
  • 2009
    The Spine

    The Spine

    The Spine

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    A poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years...

    The Spine
  • 2011
    An Unlikely Obsession

    An Unlikely Obsession

    An Unlikely Obsession

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    An Unlikely Obsession
  • 2015
    Big News From Grand Rock

    Big News From Grand Rock

    Big News From Grand Rock

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    A small town journalist's fabricated stories attracts unwanted attention when one of them turns out to be true.

    Big News From Grand Rock
  • 2008
    The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together

    The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together

    The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together

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    This behind-the-scenes special features cast members musing over public television's beloved "The Red Green Show," the wacky sketch series revolving...

    The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together
  • 2017
    The River of My Dreams

    The River of My Dreams

    The River of My Dreams

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    Director Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the late 1940s to launch a storied, seven-decade career as...

    The River of My Dreams
  • 1981
    Once

    Once

    Once

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    In a twist on the typical May-October romance, a widow somewhere in her 60s meets a naive country boy who has found his way to the city. He moves...

    Once
  • 1981
    A Far Cry From Home

    A Far Cry From Home

    A Far Cry From Home

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    A woman struggles with her husband.

    A Far Cry From Home
  • 1974
    Only God Knows

    Only God Knows

    Only God Knows

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    The sponsors of a drug-rehabilitation center stage a robbery to maintain funding of the facility, but the loot turns out to be syndicate-owned.

    Only God Knows
  • 1987
    John and the Missus

    John and the Missus

    John and the Missus

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    A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he...

    John and the Missus
  • 2003
    Hemingway vs. Callaghan

    Hemingway vs. Callaghan

    Hemingway vs. Callaghan

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    'Hemingway vs. Callaghan' is based on the true story of the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and Morley Callaghan in Toronto and Paris between...

    Hemingway vs. Callaghan
  • 1992
    A Passage from Burnt Islands

    A Passage from Burnt Islands

    A Passage from Burnt Islands

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    In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland...

    A Passage from Burnt Islands
  • 2009
    At Home by Myself... with You

    At Home by Myself... with You

    At Home by Myself... with You

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    A multi phobia-plagued single woman who hasn't left her apartment in six years finds her carefully organized existence disrupted by her hot new...

    At Home by Myself... with You
  • 2012
    Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

    Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

    Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

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    Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously...

    Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
  • 1983
    A Case of Libel

    A Case of Libel

    A Case of Libel

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    Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.

    A Case of Libel
  • 1975
    The Time of the Tar Sands

    The Time of the Tar Sands

    The Time of the Tar Sands

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    A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.

    The Time of the Tar Sands
  • 2020
    Age of Dysphoria

    Age of Dysphoria

    Age of Dysphoria

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    A young woman tracks down an elderly man in order to make amends for the tragedy that devastated his life.

    Age of Dysphoria
  • 1976
    Blackwood

    Blackwood

    Blackwood

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    This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood. The artist himself guides...

    Blackwood
  • 2011
    Still Rowdy After All These Years

    Still Rowdy After All These Years

    Still Rowdy After All These Years

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    A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.

    Still Rowdy After All These Years
  • 1982
    The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd

    The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd

    The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd

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    Based on fact, this is the story of a notorious Canadian bank-robbery gang.

    The Life and Times of Edwin Alonzo Boyd