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Alter Egos
200452 min 27 secFilm: Documentary, Animation
Direction: Laurence Green
Production: Steven Hoban (Copper Heart Entertainment Inc.)Mark SmithAdam Symansky (National Film Board of Canada)Karyn Nolan (Copper Heart Entertainment Inc.)Noah SegalSally Bochner (National Film Board of Canada)David VerrallRachel FulfordLynne Carter
Script: Laurence Green
Produced by Copper Heart Entertainment Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, in association with CBC Newsworld; Showcase Television; The Independent Film Channel Inc.; with the participation of Canadian Television Fund Licence Fee Program; and Governement of Canada Film and Television Tax Credits.
Ryan Larkin and Chris Landreth are Alter Egos. Ryan is living every artist's worst nightmare: losing his ability to create and to provide for himself. He panhandles on the street to make ends meet. But more than thirty years ago, he was among the world's most celebrated animators and an Oscar nominee. Chris, a rising star in animation, is on the opposite trajectory in his career and beginning to experience the kind of adulation Ryan saw decades earlier. In this poignant study of artists, addiction and creativity, director Laurence Green explores these renowned filmmakers and the reasons for their divergent paths.
What happened to Ryan Larkin? In his award-winning animated documentary Ryan, Chris tells part of the story. Seamlessly incorporating this film in its entirety, and with excerpts of both men's other Oscar-nominated works, Alter Egos delves deeper into the curious tale of Ryan's descent and explores the complex and utterly fascinating relationship that developed between the two men.
Some strong language. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Subject categories
- Film and Video Arts > AnimationPortraits
- Media Education > Documentary FilmFilm AnimationFilm and Video Production
- Arts Education > Visual Arts
Credits
- writer
- Laurence Green
- director
- Laurence Green
- producer
- Steven Hoban
- Mark Smith
- Adam Symansky
- executive producer
- Karyn Nolan
- Noah Segal
- Sally Bochner
- David Verrall
- associate producer
- Jeremy Edwardes
- director of photography
- Jay Ferguson
- additional photography
- John Westhauser
- editor
- Susan Martin
- additional editing
- Allan Code
- composer
- Adam Warner
- Dan Turcotte
- Jeremy Edwardes
- sound recordist
- Sanjay Mehta
- Glenn Hodgins
- Philippe Scultéty
- production assistant
- Pier-Nadeige Jutras
- Melanie Moulton
- production accountant
- Brian Borts
- Valerie L. Whiteside
- post-production supervisor
- Paula Devonshire
- assistant editor
- Maggie Cheung
- compositing effects
- Joe Raasch
- titles
- Todd Ivey
- slates
- Todd Ivey
- digital film transfer
- Film Effects Inc.
- picture editing services
- Coptor Productions Inc.
- sound design services
- Tattersall Sound & Picture
- sound supervisor
- David McCallum
- re-recording mixer
- Lou Solakofski
- dialogue editor
- Graham Jones
- sound effects editor
- Ronayne Higginson
- sound mixing services
- Casablanca Magnetic North
- music engineer
- Dan Turcotte
- music engineer - assistant
- Peter Hathway
- music recording facilities
- Coptor Music
- commissioning editor
- Andrew Johnson
- production executive
- Rachel Fulford
- Lynne Carter