Termini Station (film)
| Termini Station | |
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| Directed by | Allan King |
| Written by | Colleen Murphy |
| Produced by | Don Haig Allan King |
| Starring | Megan Follows Colleen Dewhurst Gordon Clapp Debra McGrath |
| Cinematography | Brian R.R. Hebb |
| Edited by | Gordon McClellan |
| Music by | Mychael Danna |
Production company | Saturday Plays Ltd. |
| Distributed by | Northern Arts Entertainment Astral Media Fox Lorber Home Video Monarch Home Video |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Termini Station is a 1989 Canadian drama film directed by Allan King and written by Colleen Murphy.[1]
The film stars
Termini Station was filmed on location in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.[4]
Distribution
The film premiered at the 1989 Toronto International Film Festival in September 1989.[5] Its second screening was at the inaugural Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival two weeks later.[6]
Critical response
The film received mixed reviews from critics. Rick Groen of
Marke Andrews of the Vancouver Sun wrote that the film's only redeeming quality was that it liberated Follows from her wholesome Anne of Green Gables image,[8] while Wendy Dudley of the Calgary Herald suggested that King's choice to cast Dewhurst and Follows together as a mother and daughter, so soon after the Anne of Green Gables films, was one of the film's biggest problems, concluding that "it's hard to accept Marilla as a drunk and Anne as a whore."[9]
The Los Angeles Times, conversely, acknowledged that the film "is stuck in the usual kitchen-sink realism that makes the Anglo-Canadian--as opposed to the often exciting Quebecois--cinema so often dull", but praised the cast, and Dewhurst in particular, for their performances.[10]
Awards
The film was nominated for six awards at the
References
- ^ "Film liberation folly for Follows". Vancouver Sun, November 1, 1989.
- ^ "Follows plays hustler in new Allan King film: Termini Station is a 'cross between grand opera and the Marx Brothers'". The Globe and Mail, November 4, 1988.
- ^ a b "Film Review: Termini Station". The Globe and Mail, September 29, 1989.
- ^ "Dewhurst a hot act in deep freeze". Toronto Star, December 17, 1988.
- ^ "Megan Follows as hooker; Anne of Green Gables star takes different role in film series". Ottawa Citizen, September 13, 1989.
- ^ "Extra seats needed at Cinefest". The Globe and Mail, September 27, 1989.
- ^ "Talented cast wasted in boozy, passionless look at our identity". Toronto Star, September 29, 1989.
- ^ "Follows film just dumb". Vancouver Sun, November 1, 1989.
- ^ "You won't want to wait at the station". Calgary Herald, March 12, 1990.
- ^ "MOVIE REVIEW : 'Termini Station,' Dewhurst's Last Film, Her Best". Los Angeles Times, December 13, 1991.
- ^ "Rundown on the Genie hopefuls". Edmonton Journal, February 14, 1990.
External links
- Termini Station at IMDb
