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The Agony of Jimmy Quinlan
197827 min 5 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: George MihalkaGeorge Williams
Production: Robert DuncanJanice BrownAndy ThomsonPeter Katadotis
Script: Robert DuncanJanice BrownAndy Thomson
Jimmy Quinlan is a homeless man, one of some five thousand men and women who have left their jobs and families and live in the streets and alleys in Montréal. This film, a powerful portrayal of life on skid row, tells of his agonies--his attempt to get off the bottle. It's something he's tried before, and will perhaps have to try again.
Availability
Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco
- Social Issues > PovertySubstance Abuse
- Social Studies > Communities in Canada/World
- Health/Personal Development > Substance Use and Abuse/Addiction
Credits
- producer
- Robert Duncan
- Janice Brown
- Andy Thomson
- director
- George Mihalka
- George Williams
- script
- Robert Duncan
- Janice Brown
- Andy Thomson
- editing
- Robert Duncan
- Janice Brown
- Andy Thomson
- executive producer
- Peter Katadotis
- photography
- Rodney Gibbons
- sound
- Donald Cohen
- sound editing
- Abbey Jack Neidik
- re-recording
- Michel Descombes
- narrator
- Earl Pennington
Awards
- Honorable MentionItinerant - American Film and Video Festival