Marine Life (film)

Marine Life
Directed by Anne Wheeler
Produced by Arvi Liimatainen
Jeanne Stromberg
Written by Robert Forsyth
Lori Lansens
Based on Marine Life by Linda Svendsen
Starring Cybill Shepherd
Peter Outerbridge
Alexandra Purvis
Music by George Blondheim
Cinematography David Pelletier
Edited by Alison Grace
Production
company
Crescent Entertainment
Marine Life Productions
Distributed by Alliance Atlantis
Release date
 September 15, 2000 (TIFF)
Running time
 95 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

Marine Life is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anne Wheeler and released in 2000.[1] Based on the short story collection of the same name by Linda Svendsen,[1] the film stars Cybill Shepherd as June, a jazz singer coping with feelings of failure in her career and her complicated relationships with her teenage daughter Adele (Alexandra Purvis) and her boyfriend Robert (Peter Outerbridge).[2]

Shepherd agreed to take the role in part because she had been a fan of Wheeler's previous film Better Than Chocolate.[3] The film's cast also includes Gabrielle Miller, Michael Hogan and Tyler Labine.

The film premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, for Best Actor (Outerbridge) and Best Sound Editing (Gael MacLean, Jim Harrington, Patrick Haskill, Michael Keeping and Gina Mueller).[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "UBC prof's Marine Life now an Anne Wheeler film". Vancouver Sun, December 10, 1999.
  2. ↑ "Dipping into the Hollywood cookie jar: The director of Marine Life is an independent West Coast filmmaker and likes it that way". National Post, September 14, 2000.
  3. ↑ "Director hits bull's-eye with Shepherd: Marine Life comes to Calgary for International Film Festival". Calgary Herald, September 30, 2000.
  4. ↑ "Festival's Canadian series opens in Maelstrom ; Quirky film by Denis Villeneuve one of 15 homegrown features premiering this year". Toronto Star, July 26, 2000.
  5. ↑ "Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". Toronto Star, December 13, 2001.


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