One Man is a Canadian drama film, released in 1977.[1] Directed by Robin Spry, the film stars Len Cariou as Jason Brady, a television journalist in Montreal who is investigating a chemical leak from a local factory which has poisoned a number of children.[2]

One Man
Directed byRobin Spry
Written byRobin Spry
Peter Pearson
Peter Madden
Produced byTom Daly
Michael J. F. Scott
Vladimir Valenta
James de Beaujeu Domville
Roman Kroitor (exec.)
StarringLen Cariou
Jayne Eastwood
Barry Morse
Jean Lapointe
Carole Lazare
August Schellenberg
Danny Freedman
Jacques Godin
Vlasta Vrána
Sean Sullivan
Gilles Renaud
Peter MacNeill
CinematographyDouglas Kiefer
Edited byJohn Kramer
Les Halman (sound)
Ken Page (sound)
Music byBen Low
Distributed byNational Film Board
Release date
  • August 25, 1977 (1977-08-25) (Montreal)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$615,283

The film, made on a budget of $615,283 (equivalent to $2,876,814 in 2023).[3], had relatively limited theatrical distribution, screening only in Toronto and Ottawa before airing on CBC Television in 1979.[4] It also had a brief theatrical run in New York City, following Cariou's Tony Award-winning performance in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.[2]

Awards

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It was also nominated, but did not win, for Best Picture, Best Director (Spry), Best Actress (Eastwood) and Best Cinematography (Douglas Kiefer).[7]

References

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  1. ^ "One Man: fine performances amid a Kafkaesque plot". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 1977.
  2. ^ a b "Screen: Len Cariou Stars in ‘One Man’". The New York Times, July 27, 1979.
  3. ^ Evans 1991, p. 228.
  4. ^ "One Man is cheap sensationalism with a message". The Globe and Mail, August 18, 1979.
  5. ^ "One Man". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Ceremony dominated by two feature films: NFB Triumphs at Film Awards". The Globe and Mail, November 21, 1977.
  7. ^ "Who's up for what". The Globe and Mail, November 19, 1977.

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