Eighteen (film)
Eighteen | |
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Directed by | Richard Bell |
Written by | Richard Bell |
Produced by | Harry Sutherland, Cari Green, Dennis Tal |
Starring | Brendan Fletcher Carly Pope Paul Anthony Mark Hildreth Thea Gill Alan Cumming David Beazely Clarence Sponagle Gabrielle Rose Serge Houde |
Narrated by | Ian McKellen |
Cinematography | Kevin J. van Niekerk |
Edited by | Grace Yuen |
Music by | Bramwell Tovey |
Distributed by | Domino Film |
Release dates |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Eighteen is a 2005 Canadian drama film written and directed by Richard Bell.
Plot
The film follows Pip, a street kid who is meeting life head-on in the big city. On his eighteenth birthday he receives his grandfather's
Cast and characters
- Paul Anthony as Pip Anders
Pip is a streetkid who turns eighteen as the story begins. His tortured spirit simmers beneath his punky and sarcastic surface.
- Brendan Fletcher as Private Jason Anders
Jason Anders is a wide-eyed, eighteen-year-old Coldstream Guard soldier who has been dropped in the middle of the battle. He is conflicted between his duty and his natural impulse to run away.
- Clarence Sponagle as Clark
Clark is a gay hustler who, between keeping a regular clientele to go-go dancing to selling videos of himself "jerkin’", has created a comfortable life for himself. A life that is thrown upside down when he meets Pip.
- Carly Pope as Jenny
Jenny is a sensitive, selfless young spirit who is an aspiring social worker. When it comes to dating troubled men, she has no qualms about rushing in where angels fear to tread.
- Mark Hildreth as Corporal Phillip Macauley
Macauley is a medic who has seen so much blood and war he has developed a secret and deadly coping method. He spends the entire story with a bullet in his gut.
- David Beazely as Jeff
Jeff is an affable gas station attendant who is spectacularly in love with Clark.
- Thea Gill as Hannah, a WWII chanteuse
Hannah is beautiful and breathless WWII entertainer. She smokes, sings, and delights in giving private encores to lucky privates.
- Alan Cumming as Father Chris
Father Chris is a priest who chooses to pound the pavement rather than preach at a pulpit. A kindred spirit, he feeds and befriends the troubled souls of the street.
- Ian McKellen as the elderly Jason Anders (in voice)
Music
The soundtrack was written by British-born, Canadian composer
Release
Because it featured both straight and gay characters, Eighteen appeared at numerous mainstream and gay film festivals. in October, it came to iTunes Canada.
References
- ^ Genie nominations
- ^ XTra 2007 Community Achievement Awards
- ^ "Eighteen DVD with Paul Anthony, Brendan Fletcher, Clarence Sponagle (Unrated) +Movie Reviews". www.swapadvd.com. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ Bell, Richard (27 July 2009). "Eighteen". Scanbox Entertainment. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Eighteen on iTunes". itunes.apple.com. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Telefilm: Eighteen
- Bell's Eighteen with McKellen Voice-Over Gary Kramer, San Francisco Bay Times
- Eighteen at IMDb
- Eighteen at Rotten Tomatoes