Paperback Hero (1973 film)

Paperback Hero is a 1973 Canadian film, directed by Peter Pearson, which starred Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley. It is set in Saskatchewan and portrays the life of a big-fish minor-league hockey player in a little-pond town. The movie was filmed in Delisle, Saskatchewan.

Paperback Hero
(Last of the Big Guns)
Directed byPeter Pearson
Written byBarry Pearson
Les Rose
Produced byJohn F. Bassett
James Margellos
StarringKeir Dullea
Elizabeth Ashley
John Beck
George R. Robertson
CinematographyDonald Wilder
Edited byKirk Jones
Music byRon Collier
Production
company
Agincourt International
Release date
  • September 21, 1973 (1973-09-21) (Canada)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
BudgetC$500,000
Box office$700,000 (Canada)[1]

It was originally titled Last of the Big Guns, but was renamed to reflect the lyrics of Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind", which was featured on the soundtrack.

It won the Canadian Film Awards in 1973 for Film Editing, Overall Sound, and Cinematography.[2]

It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.[3] It was selected in 2006 for TIFF's Canadian Open Vault program, which preserves examples of notable Canadian cinema.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Canadian Films Grosses". Variety. November 24, 1976. p. 32.
  2. ^ ACCT - Canadian Awards History Search, retrieved 2007-05-27
  3. ^ Carole Corbeil, "The stars are coming out for Toronto's film festival". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 1984.
  4. ^ Canadian Open Vault - FilmCircuit.ca, archived from the original on 2011-03-08, retrieved 2010-02-27
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