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Why Rock the Boat?
19741 h 52 min 13 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: John Howe
Production: William WeintraubJames de B. Domville
Script: William Weintraub
William Weintraub's romantic comedy, based on his novel of the same title, about the Montréal newspaper world of the 1940s. Stuart Gillard plays the innocent, bashful, yet ambitious young reporter, fresh from McGill, eager to move from academia into the mainstream of life and love. His initiation takes many an unexpected and hilarious turn.
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Subject categories
- Media and Communication > Journalism and News ReportingPrint Media and Publishing
Credits
- director
- John Howe
- music
- John Howe
- producer
- William Weintraub
- screenplay
- William Weintraub
- executive producer
- James de B. Domville
- photography
- Savas Kalogeras
- sound
- Jacques Drouin
- editing
- Marie-Hélène Guillemin
- sound editing
- Victor Merrill
- re-recording
- Michel Descombes
- cast
- Henry Beckman
- Patricia Gage
- Stuart Gillard
- Ken James
- Budd Knapp
- Tiiu Leek
- Sean Sullivan
Awards
- Actra Award for Best Acting Performance to Stuart Gillard - Category: Feature FilmActra Awards
- Etrog for Best Performance by an Actor to Stuart GillardGenie Awards
- Etrog for Best Supporting Actor to Henry BeckmanGenie Awards
- Etrog for Best Screenplay - adaptation for Feature Film to William WeintraubGenie Awards
- Bronze HugoInternational Film Festival