The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

19881 h 38 minFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction

Direction: Allan Goldstein

Production: Stephen FosterRichard Davis

Script: Phil Savath

Produced by Outside Chance Productions Inc. in association with the NFB and the CBC, with the participation of Telefilm Canada, the British Columbia Film Development Society, the Canada-Manitoba Cultural Industries Development Organization, Rogers Communications Inc., Beacon Group Ltd. and B.C.T.V.

It's Steelton, Manitoba, in 1964. Twelve-year-old Maximilian Glick is struggling with the complexities of adulthood while preparing for his Bar Mitzvah. This exploration of intolerance, racism, friendship and self-fulfillment is based on the Leacock medal-winning novel by Morley Torgov.

Subject categories

  • Children and Youth > Coming of Age StoriesCultural Groups
  • Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Jewish CommunityPrairies

Credits

director
Allan Goldstein
producer
Stephen Foster
Richard Davis
script
Phil Savath
camera
Ian Elkin
sound
Leon Johnson
editing
Richard Martin
sound editing
Cal Shumiatcher
re-recording
Paul Sharpe
music
Graeme Coleman
cast
Fairuza Balk
Nigel Bennett
Sharon Corder
Jan Rubes
Saul Rubinek
Aaron Schwartz
Noam Zylberman