Movies: Brent Carver

  • 1989
    Millennium

    Millennium (1989)

    Millennium

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    An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a no...

    Millennium
  • 2002
    Ararat

    Ararat (2002)

    Ararat

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    Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide....

    Ararat
  • 1996
    Lilies

    Lilies (1996)

    Lilies

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    1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau finds himself forced to watch a play put on by Simon and the other inmates depicting the two men's y...

    Lilies
  • 1999
    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999)

    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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    Ichabod Crane, a Yankee wanderer, arrives in Sleepy Hollow and becomes the new schoolmaster. He meets Katrina Van Tassel, and blissfully fantasizes about how can marry her, ultimately, inherit her father's rich estate. Her suitor Brom Bones, the blac...

    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • 2003
    The Event

    The Event (2003)

    The Event

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    Manhattan prosecutor Nick is charged with looking into the untimely death of city resident Matt, a musician who had AIDS. As she questions Matt's loyal family members -mother Lila and sister Dana- she comes to learn that his closest pal, health-care ...

    The Event
  • 2000
    Deeply

    Deeply (2000)

    Deeply

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    On Ironbound Island, native Fiona McKay arrives from Europe with her teenage daughter Clair, hoping that the peace of the island will help the girl get over the death of her boyfriend. The girl finds comfort in the company of a visiting American girl...

    Deeply
  • 2007
    The Lord of the Rings the Musical - Original London Production - Promotional Documentary

    The Lord of the Rings the Musical - Original London Production - Promotional Documentary (2007)

    The Lord of the Rings the Musical - Original London Production - Promotional Documentary

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    This 15-minute DVD follows the adaptation of LOTR for the stage, and features rehearsal and show footage of the initial production in Toronto as well as interviews with the creative team now preparing for the London production....

    The Lord of the Rings the Musical - Original London Production - Promotional Documentary
  • 1988
    Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs

    Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (1988)

    Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs

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    In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly, get roped into helping foil a presidential assassination plot by an unlikely G-man-who just so happens to look like Alan's old college buddy, Freddie. Bu...

    Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs
  • 1983
    Cross Country

    Cross Country (1983)

    Cross Country

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    After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged husband, an ad executive who has suddenly left town on a cross-country road trip. He takes along a beautiful girl he met in a bar and a drifter he picked up ...

    Cross Country
  • 1989
    Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher

    Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989)

    Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher

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    Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife Jo-Ann. When a series of court rulings over the divorce go against him, Thatcher decides a more drastic solution is needed - murder! A series of att...

    Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
  • 1988
    Shadow Dancing

    Shadow Dancing (1988)

    Shadow Dancing

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    Jess, a struggling dancer, is trying out for a part in a musical about Medusa. As she practices, the director notices how much she resembles his former lover, a ballerina who died in a bizarre on-stage accident while performing the exact same dance t...

    Shadow Dancing
  • 1983
    The Wars

    The Wars (1983)

    The Wars

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    Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and ...

    The Wars
  • 1979
    Crossbar

    Crossbar (1979)

    Crossbar

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    The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year before Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, this made-for-Canadian-TV movie, which also stars Sex and ...

    Crossbar
  • 1978
    One Night Stand

    One Night Stand (1978)

    One Night Stand

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    Carol Bolt's adaptation of her stage play locks its audience in a claustrophobic bachelor flat for a night of black comedy, lust and terror. Jilted on her birthday by her boyfriend, Daisy picks up night club singer Rafe and takes him home. Is he a lo...

    One Night Stand
  • 1998
    The Tale of Teeka

    The Tale of Teeka (1998)

    The Tale of Teeka

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    Returning to the now abandoned family farm, a man’s memories of his past resurface. Seen through the eyes of his younger self, Maurice’s most vivid memory is of his friendship with Teeka, his pet goose, and the sole refuge this provides from a violen...

    The Tale of Teeka
  • 1997
    Whiskers

    Whiskers (1997)

    Whiskers

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    A friendless youngster (Michael Caloz) asks a cat goddess to help his feline friend....

    Whiskers
  • 1996
    Leonardo: A Dream of Flight

    Leonardo: A Dream of Flight (1996)

    Leonardo: A Dream of Flight

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    Leonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court artist, but young Roberto takes risks to convince the Master not to give up on his dreams. In this moving story of friendship, the Renaissance genius inve...

    Leonardo: A Dream of Flight
  • 1992
    The Shower

    The Shower (1992)

    The Shower

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    A feminine take on a Cassavetes drama, the film focuses on a group of women who have gathered for a surprise baby shower. However, as the female guests arrive (the household males having adjourned to an afternoon football game), the off-screen mother...

    The Shower
  • 2004
    Elizabeth Rex

    Elizabeth Rex (2004)

    Elizabeth Rex

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    This filmed treatment of the original Stratford Festival production of Timothy Findley's Governor General Award-winning play is a lavish treat for the eyes and the ears. William Shakespeare and his company of actors are brought together with the form...

    Elizabeth Rex
  • 2015
    Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

    Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do (2015)

    Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

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    A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Carol Lawrence and others. Originally aired as Episode 2 of Season 43 of the PBS series Great Performances....

    Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do