Mile Zero is a Canadian drama film, directed by Andrew Currie and released in 2001.[1] The film stars Michael Riley as Derek Ridley, a divorced father who abducts his son Will (Connor Widdows) after his ex-wife Allison (Sabrina Grdevich) tries to limit his contact.[2] Currie's intention for the film was to present a nuanced understanding of the emotional vulnerability that might lead a father to act in this manner, neither demonizing him as a mainstream Hollywood film would likely have done nor portraying him as a hero; it was inspired in part by Currie's own emotions about having to spend a year away from his son while studying at the Canadian Film Centre.[1]
| Mile Zero | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andrew Currie |
| Written by | Michael Melski |
| Produced by | Trent Carlson Blake Corbet |
| Starring | Michael Riley Sabrina Grdevich Connor Widdows |
| Cinematography | Robert Aschmann |
| Edited by | Reginald Harkema |
| Music by | Don MacDonald |
Production company | Anagram Pictures |
| Distributed by | Cinemavault |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The film premiered at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival in September 2001,[3] before screening at the 2001 Vancouver International Film Festival as the opening film in the Canadian Perspectives program.[4]
The film received three Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nominations at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001, for Best Canadian Film, Best Actor in a Canadian Film (Riley) and Best Director of a Canadian Film (Currie).[5]
References edit
- ^ a b Marke Andrews, "Debut walks emotional tightrope: The main character of director Andrew Currie's first feature is neither clear-cut hero nor out-and- out villain". Vancouver Sun, November 26, 2001.
- ^ Glen Schaefer, "An emotional Mile". The Province, November 23, 2001.
- ^ Mike Whitehouse, "Gross, Polley among stars expected in Sudbury at festival". Sudbury Star, September 14, 2001.
- ^ Glen Schaefer, "Feast of films marks 20th fest: 16-day event opens with foreign treat -- France's wild Amelie". The Province, August 28, 2001.
- ^ Glen Schaefer, "Memento tops with local critics". The Province, January 31, 2002.
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