A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 5, 1986
Original Title:
Loose Ends
Alternate Titles:
Screwball Academy
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Rose & Ruby Productions
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 88
When the zealous followers of the Church of the Divine Light collide with the heathen filmmakers heaven help those caught in the middle! Bishop Wally, the cult's corrupt founder, must liquidate his assets or face the wrath of the IRS, unaware that his too-slick tax advisor Lodz Kuckoff has unwittingly set the stage for calamity. Kuckoff promises a filmmaker, Liberty Jean, that he'll secure the million dollars she needs to make her dream project, an expose on sex in advertising. She reluctantly agrees, even though part of the deal includes having to cast the financier's curvaceous, but obnoxiously untalented girlfriend LIta as the star. Kuckoff, realizing the terrible mistake he's made, hires the neighborhood thugs to sabotage the picture. However, before they can hit full stride, the Bishop arrives and declares his own holy war. The movie's set, a gigantic birthday cake, becomes the battleground for one of the most uproarious brawls ever.
Additional Music:
Brian Bell
Art Direction:
Roy Smith
Assistant Art Director:
Stephen Surjik
Assistant Hairstylist:
Kenneth MacLean
Assistant Makeup Artist:
Jane Meade
Nancy Howe
Assistant Sound Editor:
David Templeton
Boom Operator:
Tim Roberts
Camera Operator:
Brenton Spencer
Choreographer:
Vera Mazzeo
Continuity:
Colleen Skidmore
Mimi Wolch
Costume Designer:
Trysha Bakker
Director:
John Blanchard
Director of Photography:
Ludek Bogner
Editor:
Mairin Wilkinson
Michael Robison
Gary Zubeck
Extras Casting:
Simon Clery
First Assistant Camera:
Joel Ransom
First Assistant Director:
David McAree
Stephen Reynolds
Focus Puller:
Christophe Bonnière
Hairstylist:
Roger Dalgliesh
Makeup Artist:
Linda Preston
Original Music Composer:
Charles Barnett
Producer:
David Mitchell
Damian Lee
Production Coordinator:
Nancy Wilson
Melody Comrie
Production Manager:
Sean Ryerson
Screenplay:
Charles Dennis
David Mitchell
Michael Paseornek
Second Assistant Camera:
Gary Kennedy
Second Assistant Director:
Roman Buchok
Dennis Chapman
Second Unit Director:
David Mitchell
Second Unit Director of Photography:
Curtis Peterson
Second Unit First Assistant Director:
Ray Sager
Sound Editor:
Al Streeter
Sound Mixer:
Nolan Roberts
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Mike Hoogenboom
Tony Van den Akker
Stunt Coordinator:
Dwayne McLean
Stunts:
Shane Cardwell
Richard Forsayeth
Leslie Munro
Terry McGauin
Third Assistant Director:
Woody Sid
Wardrobe Assistant:
Chris J. O'Neil
Patti Meade
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