October 1970 (film)
| October 1970 | |
|---|---|
| Written by |
Wayne Grigsby Peter Mitchell |
| Directed by | Don McBrearty |
| Starring |
Patrick Labbé; Karine Vanasse, Fanny La Croix, Denis Bernard Mark Day Hugo Saint-Cyr Gary Levert |
| Theme music composer | Jonathan Goldsmith |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Laszlo Barna Wayne Grigsby David MacLeod |
| Running time | 480 minutes |
| Distributor | CBC Television |
| Release | |
| Original release |
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October 1970 is an eight-part made-for-television series that played on Canadian television in October and November 2006. It is a dramatization of the actual events surrounding the October Crisis in the province of Quebec, Canada when members of the nationalist and marxist group,] the Front de libération du Québec abducted British Trade Commissioner James Cross and then Pierre Laporte, the Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour of Quebec, the latter of whom they murdered.
It was severely criticised by articles of and letters to Le Devoir :
- How to become a hero « If he is still alive, [Giguère] must be dying of laughter »
- To be seen sep 12 on TV, the series in French « ... clearly distorted for dramatisation purposes »
- Radio-Canada [the French-language counterpart of CBC] was doubtful of the series' quality
- Letters about the series October 1970 (by Jacques Lanctôt himself)
- CBC's series about FLQ : War, yes my colonel « ... giving back life, against all historical obviousness, to the ludicrous idea of a plot aiming to institute a temporary government in October 70. »
Cast: (in credits order)
- Patrick Labbé : Julien Giguère
- Karine Vanasse : Christine (fictional character designed by confusing Carole Devault with Louise Verreault[1])
- Denis Bernard : Pierre Laporte
- Hugh Thompson : McLeery
- Mathieu Grondin : Jacques Lanctôt
- Fanny La Croix : Louise Lanctôt
- Mark Day : Mark Lepage
- Gary Levert : Michel St-Louis (reporter)
- Eric Paulhus : Bernard Lortie
- Hugo Saint-Cyr : Paul Rose
- R.H. Thomson : James Cross
- Paul Doucet : Jean-Marc
- Derek Moran : Branko
- Paulino Nunes : Sgt Albert Lisacek
References
- ↑ "Comment devenir un héros". Le Devoir. November 8, 2006.
External links
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