The Last Chapter is a television miniseries, broadcast in 2002, that describes a gang war with a motorcycle gang, the "Triple Sixers", trying to open chapters in Ontario and Quebec.[1][2] It is loosely based on the Quebec Biker War.[3][4]
| The Last Chapter | |
|---|---|
| Canadian French | Le dernier chapitre: La Suite |
| Created by | Luc Dionne |
| Based on | Quebec Biker War |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Related | |
| The Last Chapter II: The War Continues | |
The Globe and Mail reported that the resemblance between the Triple Sixers and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle club, was so strong that the club considered seeking an injunction to prevent broadcasting the series.
The series starred Michael Ironside and Roy Dupuis, who play characters that start as friends, but end up leading rival gangs in a deadly gang war.[5] Marina Orsini won a Gemini Award for her role as Ironside's wife.[6] Ironside won an award for his performance in a followup series first broadcast in 2003.[5]
One unusual aspect of the series is that the actors were bilingual and every scene with dialogue was filmed twice, in both French and English, to avoid the difficulties of filming in just one language, and then dubbing into the other language, in the studio.[1]
References
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Ray Conlogue (2002-03-02). "Bilingual on bikes". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
But The Last Chapter, the $10-million CBC miniseries about biker wars, has a quiet but probably longer-lasting claim to fame. It's the first time a major Canadian miniseries has been filmed two times: once in French and once in English.
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Brian Bethune (2002-03-04). "Joining gangland's two solitudes". Macleans magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
Assassinations and beatings. Greed and overarching ambition. Vendettas, treachery and counter-treachery. The Last Chapter, CBC s six-hour miniseries (starting on March 3) about drug-dealing bikers, is a hugely entertaining Jacobean drama on wheels. Its also highly topical, especially in Quebec, where rival bikers have been murdering one another for years, and in Toronto, scene of the recent infamous handshake between Mayor Mel Lastman and a Hells Angel celebrating his gangs first anniversary in Ontario.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299283/ [bare URL]
- ^ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quebec-biker-war [bare URL]
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"The Alienist : Michel Ironside rejoint le casting" [The Alienist: Michel Ironside joins the cast]. Just about TV (in French). 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
En 2003, il a obtenu un prix pour sa performance dans le rôle d'un chef de gang de motards dans la mini-série canadienne The Last Chapter II : The War Continues.
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Agnes Guadet (2017-02-05). "Marina Orsini". Journal de Montreal (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-18.
Cette même année, elle remportait un prix Gemini pour son rôle dans The Last Chapter II et on pouvait aussi la voir dans Cauchemar d'amour aux côtés de Pierre Brassard.
