The Hounds Of Notre Dame
The Hounds of Notre Dame is a 1980 Canadian drama film directed by Zale Dalen.
| Hounds of Notre Dame | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Zale Dalen |
| Written by | Ken Mitchell |
| Produced by | Fil Fraser |
| Starring | Thomas Peacocke Frances Hyland Barry Morse David Ferry |
| Cinematography | Ron Orieux |
| Edited by | Barry Freeman |
| Music by | Maurice Marshall |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Pan-Canadian Film Distributors |
Release date |
|
Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $ 1,200,000 |
Plot
The Hounds of Notre Dame is about 36 hours in the life of Père Athol Murray, a hard-drinking, chain-smoking Catholic priest, teacher, political activist and coach of the school hockey team, The Hounds. Peacocke gives a powerful performance as Murray, who defies his superior and gives anti-CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) speeches in 1940s Saskatchewan. The film received outstanding reviews and Peacocke won a Genie Award for best actor, but it received only limited distribution and came to symbolize the problems inherent in producing quality Canadian features.
Reception
- The film earned 9 Genie Award nominations in 1981 in the categories of:
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Thomas Peacocke (won)
- Best Achievement in Direction
- Best Achievement in Editing
- Best Achievement in Overall Sound
- Best Achievement in Sound Editing
- Best Motion Picture
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Best Original Screenplay
References
External links
This article uses material from the Wikipedia English article The Hounds of Notre Dame, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.