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Fat Chance
19941 h 12 min 7 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jeff McKay
Production: Charles KonowalJoe MacDonaldChes Yetman
Script: Bonnie Dickie
The first thing people notice about Rick Zakowich is his size. Creative therapist by day and blues singer by night, Rick's charisma and talent are undeniable, yet he remains fixed within the definition of a narrow label. The film began when Rick set out to change all that. But things didn't turn out as planned...instead of being a half-hour film about a 400-pound guy trying to lose 220 pounds, Fat Chance turned out to be a feature-length documentary about a 400-pound guy who hasn't lost weight but has gained self-confidence.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > Discrimination and Stereotyping
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Emotional Life
- Health and Medicine > Fitness and Weight
Credits
- director
- Jeff McKay
- editor
- Jeff McKay
- producer
- Charles Konowal
- Joe MacDonald
- executive producer
- Ches Yetman
- original concept
- Rick Zakowich
- writer
- Bonnie Dickie
- additional writing
- Jeff McKay
- Rick Zakowich
- story consultant
- Amanda McConnell
- Bonnie Dickie
- cinematography
- Charles Konowal
- music composer
- Ian Hodges
- music producer
- Norman Dugas
- camera assistant
- Linda Danchak
- Bryan Sanders
- Dean Naday
- Jay Kohne
- sound recordist
- Norman Dugas
- Leon Johnson
- gaffer
- Michael Drabot
- Tim Bewcyk
- David Setter
- Carter Alsop Kesler
- Chris Bogiden
- grip
- Michael Drabot
- Tim Bewcyk
- David Setter
- Carter Alsop Kesler
- Chris Bogiden
- assistant picture editor
- Jerry Turchyn
- Ruth DeGraves
- rushes synchro
- Neila Benson
- Patrick Lowe
- production stills
- Robert Barrow
- Alyson Smith
- sound editor
- Russ Dyck
- Ken Gregory
- foley
- Andy Malcolm
- Terry Burke
- re-recording
- Clive Perry
- production manager
- Shelagh Carter
- production assistant
- Kenny Hahlweg
- Terance Lambert
- Kevin Rooney
- James Massenburg
- driver
- Allan Levine
- transcriptionist
- Nathan Friesen
- researcher
- Karen Riediger
- research consultant
- Manly Spigelman
- Linda Omichinski
- Shirley Tervo
- studio administrator
- Cyndi Forcand
- marketing
- Anna Marie Boquist
- publicity
- Ann Farnham
- post-production co-ordinator
- Scott Collins
Awards
- Best Direction, non-dramatic - Jeff McKay (tied with Charles Konowal for Leo Mol In Light and Shadow)The BLIZZARDS/Manitoba Motion Picture Ind. Ass. Film & Video Awards
- Best Script non-dramaticThe BLIZZARDS/Manitoba Motion Picture Ind. Ass. Film & Video Awards
- Best Documentary (ex aequo avec Leo Mol In Light and Shadow)The BLIZZARDS/Manitoba Motion Picture Ind. Ass. Film & Video Awards
- Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to the advancement of self-respect, dignity, and a better life for fat peopleNational Assoc. to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)
- Peabody AwardsPeabody Awards Competition
- Honorable Mention - Category: Social Issues International Film and Video Festival
- Certificate of MeritLong Island Film Festival