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North of Hollywood: Canadian Films in the ClassroomV. AppendixBooks:Atwood, Margaret. (1989). Dancing Girls and Other Stories. Bertram: Toronto. The Canadian Encyclopedia 1997 Plus. McClelland & Stewart: Toronto. Cooper, R., Lavery, M., Rinvolucri, M. 1991. Video. Oxford University Press: Hong Kong. Goldman, W. (2001). Which Lie Did I Tell This Time? London: Bloomsbury. Hicks, N. (1999). Screenwriting 101. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions. Kinsella, W.P. (1986). The Fencepost Chronicles. Harper Collins: Toronto. Kogawa, Joy. (1981). Obasan. Penguin: Toronto. Ladousse, G. P. (1987). Role Play. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Shoebridge, Tom, and Bowie, Douglas. 1992. Best Canadian Screenplays. Quarry Press: Kingston. Stempelski, S., Arcadio, P. 1992. Video in Second Language teaching: Using, Selecting, and Producing Videos for the Classroom. TESOL: New York. Library Sites: By using the "options" link on this site, you can access a list of books held in B.C. public and college libraries. www.auto graphics.com/cgipac/dpx/bcuc/ Videos: Atlantis Films. (1983). David. Canadian Literature Series. (Based on the Earle Birney poem). Ballard, Carrol. 1983. (director). Never Cry Wolf. [Video]. (Based on the popular Farley Mowat book). Beresford, B. (director). 1991. Black Robe. [Video]. (A historical drama based on the Brian Moore novel about the Jesuits in New France). Borsos, P. (director). Borsos, P., Healy, B. (Producers). 1982. The Grey Fox. (A Western, loosely based on the gentleman train robber, Bill Miner). Egoyan, Atom (director). 1997. The Sweet Hereafter. [Video]. (Based on the American novel about a tragic bus accident and the legal suit). Duke, D. (director). Michaels, J. B., Young, S. (Producers). 1978. The Silent Partner. [Video]. (A thriller about a robbery in a Toronto bank). McDonald, B. (director). 1994. Dance Me Outside. Jewison, N., Hayward, S. (exec. Producers). [Video]. (Based on the W. Kinsella tragic-comic short story of Indians outside the law). Minghella, A. (director). 1996. The English Patient. [Video]. (Based on the Michael Ondaatje bestseller). Natali, V. (director). 1998. Cube. Brunton, C. (exec. producer). [Video]. (A sci-fi thriller about 6 people trapped in a strange cube). National Film Board. (Producer). 1992. Discuss It. (includes Summer Legend). [Video]. National Film Board. (Producer). 1993. Short Stories I (includes My Financial Career, The Sweater). [Video]. Shebib, D. (director). 1970. Going Down the Road. Telefilm Canada. [Video]. (Award-winning tale of two Maritimers headed for Toronto, hoping for a better life). Shum, M. (director). 1994. Double Happiness. Saul Zaentz (Producer). [Video]. (Award-winning story of a Chinese-Canadian girl's struggle to achieve independence from her parents and realize her dreams). Sullivan, K. (director). Sullivan, K., McDougal, I. (Producers). 1985. Anne of Green Gables. (Classic tale of red-haired Anne). Online sales: Many Canadian videos are not available through American outlets. This company will also ship internationally at surface postal rates. www.videomatica.com Videomatica 1855 West 4th Avenue Vancouver, B.C. CANADA V6J 1M4 National Film Board of Canada This Crown corporation has the distribution rights for all of the films made in its studios, over 6,200 in English and 4,500 in French. The website is easy to access and use. Unfortunately, there is a domestic-for-home-use price and an international one which is much higher. The best procedure to order an NFB video (1-800-267-7710; 1-514-283-9000) and have it mailed to a Canadian address. Their collection is very strong for compilations of animated and film versions of Canadian short stories in Discuss It, and Short Stories (Stephen Leacock's My Financial Career, The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones, and Roch Carrier's story, The Sweater. www.nfb.ca/E National Film Board Video Gifts, D-5, P.O. Box 6100 Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3C-3H5 The Magic Lantern Group This company has the rights to copy and distribute videotapes of Canadian and American educational videotapes. They are extremely helpful. However, due to copyright agreements, they will sell only for home use and only ship to a Canadian address. Through them, you can purchase such Atlantis films as the dramatizations of the Earle Birney poem, David, Alice Munro's Thanks for the Ride, and Guy Vanderhaeghe's story, Cages. The Magic Lantern Group 3#-8755 Ash Street Tel: (604) 324-2600 Fax: (604) 324-4855 Toll Free: 1-800-263-1818 Vancouver, B.C. CANADA V6P 6T3 www.magiclantern.ca E-mail: bill@lanternimages.com Script development and library: Praxis charges a $30 quarterly membership fee, and has a library with an extensive collection of Canadian film scripts, few of which are available through online sources. The materials are available on two-week loan to members or onsite, to the public. In its entirety, their library has 800 screenplays, 150 in book form, and 350 texts on film and writing. Praxis Centre for Screenwriters The Mews #300 12 Water Street Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6B 1A5 Tel: (604) 682-3100 Fax: (604) 682-7909 www.praxisfilm.com E-mail: info@praxisfilm.com Free online scripts: Among the websites offering scripts that can be downloaded, the most comprehensive is Dave's Script-o-rama, but there are others as well, some like Star Pulse offering filmography. The limitations are that few Canadian films can be found there except Anne of Green Gables, The English Patient, (at some sites), Never Cry Wolf, and The Titanic. www.script-o-rama.com www.starpulse.com/Movies/ www.dailywav.com (Movie sound clips) www.movie-page.com (Movie scripts) Scripts Published in Japan: Anne of Green Gables is the only Canadian script published by this Nagoya company which provides the scripts of films, plus a vocabulary gloss as well. Screenplay Publishing Inc. 1-6-3 Shinei Naka-ku, Nagoya 460-0007 Tel: (052) 779-1155 Fax: (052) 779-1159 For a thorough rating of all Canadian films by the reviewer at the Toronto Sun, check this website: www.canoe.ca/JamMoviesCanadian/home.htm Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television www.academy.ca/national.htm |
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