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Getting Serious
198825 min 49 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Robert Callaghan
Production: Hoda ElatawiEugene RothmanMarvin Schiff
Script: Fiona McHugh
Produced by LRS Trimark Ltd. for the Canadian Department of Justice.
This title is an acquisition.
Traffic accidents are the principal cause of death among Canadian teenagers. Between 40-and 60% of all traffic deaths are alcohol-related. This award-winning video. designed especially for teenagers, gives the facts about the law on drinking and driving. Fast-moving, hard-hitting, this video juxtaposes a classroom reenactment of a trial with the real-life situation of a student facing imprisonment.
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Subject categories
- Law and Crime > AdolescentsDrug Traffic and Substance AbuseRoad Traffic
- Transportation > Car IndustriesRoad Safety and Emergency Measures
- Children and Youth > Substance Abuse
Credits
- director
- Robert Callaghan
- producer
- Hoda Elatawi
- executive producer
- Eugene Rothman
- Marvin Schiff
- script
- Fiona McHugh
- camera
- Roland Parker
- Peter Newson
- sound
- Mark Poirier
- editing
- Randy Dash
- music
- Carl Schultz
- cast
- Paul Hopkins
- Lee Howard Lambert
- Paul Latreille
- John Murray
- Sandra Oh
- Terra Sigurdson