A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Keith Stata
Directed by:
Matt Finlin
Release Date:
February 29, 2024
Original Title:
The Movie Man
Alternate Titles:
电影超人
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Door Knocker Media
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 88
What does a man do who has dedicated over 70 years of his life to live in the world of movies when that whole world suddenly shuts down? When film productions stop and cinemas are closing. In this new restricted world of his, he spends his time going through his rich film archive and calls directors and actors around the whole world: Isabella Rossellini, John Sayles, Oliver Assayas and many more. A film about the film's ability to travel into other worlds and give us the strength to endure our own difficult existence.
Amid a global pandemic, an entrepreneur looks back on his life's work owning and operating an idiosyncratic cinema in the forest of northern Ontario.
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Additional Editing:
Ania Smolenskaia
Nathan Boone
Steven Budd
Assistant Editor:
Ross Millar
Camera Operator:
Brad Brown
Owen Deveney
David Suddaby
Clearances Consultant:
Donaldson Callif Perez
Dale Nelson
Jonathan Fisher
Clearances Coordinator:
Barbara J. Hall
Colorist:
Junyeong Kim
Dialogue Editor:
Kara Mackinlay
Director:
Matt Finlin
Director of Photography:
Matt Finlin
Drone Operator:
Brian Hunt
Editor:
James Yates
Executive Producer:
Paul Atkinson
Ed Robertson
Music:
Kevin Drew
Music Producer:
Ohad Benchetrit
Producer:
Karen Barzilay
Sound Editor:
S. Quinn Hoodless
Phil Wilson
Visual Effects:
Sukhmaann Singh
Paramjit Singh Chath
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