Paperback Hero is a 1973 Canadian film, directed by Peter Pearson, which starred Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley. It is set in Saskatchewan and portrays the life of a big-fish minor-league hockey player in a little-pond town. The movie was filmed in Delisle, Saskatchewan.
| Paperback Hero (Last of the Big Guns) | |
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| Directed by | Peter Pearson |
| Written by | Barry Pearson Les Rose |
| Produced by | John F. Bassett James Margellos |
| Starring | Keir Dullea Elizabeth Ashley John Beck George R. Robertson |
| Cinematography | Donald Wilder |
| Edited by | Kirk Jones |
| Music by | Ron Collier |
Production company | Agincourt International |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | C$500,000 |
| Box office | $700,000 (Canada)[1] |
It was originally titled Last of the Big Guns, but was renamed to reflect the lyrics of Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind", which was featured on the soundtrack.
It won the Canadian Film Awards in 1973 for Film Editing, Overall Sound, and Cinematography.[2]
It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.[3] It was selected in 2006 for TIFF's Canadian Open Vault program, which preserves examples of notable Canadian cinema.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Canadian Films Grosses". Variety. November 24, 1976. p. 32.
- ^ ACCT - Canadian Awards History Search, retrieved 2007-05-27
- ^ Carole Corbeil, "The stars are coming out for Toronto's film festival". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 1984.
- ^ Canadian Open Vault - FilmCircuit.ca, archived from the original on 2011-03-08, retrieved 2010-02-27
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