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Cannes (1997)
WinnerGrand Jury Prize
Genie (1997)
WinnerBest Motion Picture of the Year
Achievement in directing
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Ian Holm
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in Sound
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Winner
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Toronto-City (1997)
WinnerCanadian Feature Film
Nominated
Best Adapted screenplay
Achievement in directing
- Atom Egoyan
Nominated
Best Screenplay
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Sarah Polley
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Gabrielle Rose
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Bruce Greenwood
VideoHound Lists with The Sweet Hereafter
The Sweet Hereafter
A schoolbus crash kills 14 children in the small town of Sam Dent, British Columbia. Big city lawyer Mitchell Stephens (Holm) arrives to persuade the townspeople to begin a class-action suit targeting city authorities and the bus manufacturer, while struggling to deal with his drug-addicted daughter Zoe (Banks). Paralyzed teenaged survivor Nicole Burnell (Polley) tries to cope with the aftermath of the tragedy as does widower Billy Ansell (Greenwood), whose two children died in the crash. But the case soon begins to tear the reeling town apart as everyone struggles with loss and fate. Egoyan's intimate, lyrical adaptation of the novel by Russell Banks, is filled with wonderful performances, particularly by Polley.
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Run Time:
110 minutes
Rating:
R - Restricted
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There is no such thing as the simple truth.
Color:
Color
Silent:
No
Format:
VHS, Wide, CC, DVD
Distributor:
New Line Home Video
After Adaptation.(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Literature-Film Quarterly; 7/1/2008; Johnson, David T. ; 1280+ words...Oates already enabled similar tropes in the original text. In her essay "Egoyan's Film Adaptation of Banks's The Sweet Hereafter. The Pied Piper' as Trauma Narrative and Mise-en-abyme," Margarete Johanna Landwehr investigates Egoyan...
Egoyan's film adaptation of Banks's The Sweet Hereafter: "The Pied Piper" as trauma narrative and mise-en-abyme.(Atom Egoyan, Russell Banks)(Critical essay)
Newspaper article from: Literature-Film Quarterly; 7/1/2008; Landwehr, Margarete Johanna ; 4486+ words...Robert Browning's poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" (1842) serves as the controlling metaphor for his film The Sweet Hereafter. (1) The poem constitutes a significant change in his adaptation of Russell Banks's novel. Banks himself wished...
Danna, Mychael 1958–
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2006; 1593+ words...best music score, 1997, for The Sweet Hereafter; Genie Award nomination, best...1997, for title song, The Sweet Hereafter; Gemini Award nomination, Academy...original score, 2000, for The Sweet Hereafter; Gemini Award, best original...
Kieferle, Kirsten
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2005; 790+ words...IRS Media, 1994. (As Kirsten Kieferie) Jill, Boozecan, Annex Entertainment, 1994. Flight attendant, The Sweet Hereafter (also known as De beaux lendemains ), Fine Line, 1997. Sylvia, The Life before This, First Look Pictures Releasing...
Greenwood, Bruce 1956–
Newspaper article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television; 1/1/2005; 1678+ words...performance by an actor in a leading role, 1997, for The Sweet Hereafter; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite...Republic Pictures Home Video, 1995. Billy Ansell, The Sweet Hereafter (also known as De beaux lendemains ), Fine Line...
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