Why Rock the Boat?

19741 h 52 min 13 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction

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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