Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989) (TV)

Director:

Francis Mankiewicz

Writers:

Suzette Couture (written by)
Maggie Siggins (book)

Release Date:

15 July 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife Jo-Ann...

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Politician | Canada | Murder For Hire | Custody

Awards:

5 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Kate Nelligan	...	JoAnn Thatcher
Kenneth Welsh	...	Colin Thatcher
Robert Benson	...	Jack Rutherford
Leon Pownall	...	Gerry Gerrand
Brent Carver	...	Tony Merchant
Thom Bell
Duncan Ollerenshaw	...	Greg Thatcher
Lorna Wilson
Laura Bruneau
Cedric Smith	...	Tony Wilson
Victoria Snow	...	Ellie Hubiak
Barry Stevens	...	Government Minister
Neil Dainard	...	House Speaker
Stuart Hughes	...	Charlie Wilde
Eugene Lipinski	...	Garry Anderson
Doris Petrie	...	Peggy Thatcher
Vicki Wauchope	...	Stephanie Thatcher
Noam Zylberman	...	Regan Thatcher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Adams
Guy Bannerman	...	Gill Hubiak
Paula Barrett	...	Susan Sweedburg-Kohli
Bernard Behrens	...	Judge MacPherson
Richard Blackburn	...	Cliffe Wiebe
Briar Boake
John Colicos	...	Serge Kujawa
Oliver Dennis	...	Blaine Mathieson
Gillian Doria	...	Marja
Janet Feindel
Maureen Ferarro
Linda Geni
Ilona Granik
Jeff Grantham	...	Craig Dotson
Kate Hersberger
Tim Lee
Peter MacNeill	...	Ron Graham
Christine Mitges	...	Shevawn Desrosiers
Dave Nichols	...	Drew Patterson
Richard Partington	...	Duane Adams
Thomas Peacocke	...	Dick Collver
Larry Reynolds	...	Justice Maher
Anne Richards
Gabrielle Rose	...	June Graham
Roy Sallows	...	Bob Murton
Christine Scott
Michelle Sereda
Marius Simonot
David Sinclair
Judy Sinclair	...	Mrs. Hasz
Ralph Small	...	Prison Guard
Marc Strange	...	Ed Swayze
Vern Theissen
R.H. Thomson	...	Gerry Allbright
Timothy Webber	...	Jim Street
Terry White
Lenore Zann	...	Lynne

Directed by
Francis Mankiewicz

Writing credits
Suzette Couture		(written by)
Maggie Siggins		(book "A Canadian Tragedy")

Produced by
Gail Carr	....	associate producer
Bernard Zukerman	....	producer

Original Music by
Eric N. Robertson

Cinematography by
Vic Sarin

Film Editing by
Gordon McClellan

Casting by
Claire Hewitt

Production Design by
Paul Ames

Set Decoration by
David Cardarelli
Ken Gray
Michele Jelley
Douglas Jones		(as Doug Jones)

Costume Design by
Hilary Corbett

Makeup Department
Mario Cacioppo	....	makeup artist
Tom DiPasquale	....	hair stylist
Carol Hartwick	....	assistant hair stylist
Denise Plociennik	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Lars Dahl	....	production manager
David Masse	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robyn Basian	....	fourth assistant director
Carole Dubuc	....	second assistant director
Pierre Houle	....	first assistant director
Ron Mezey	....	third assistant director

Art Department
John Battistone	....	senior carpenter
Derrick Eldridge	....	lead carpenter
David Humphreys	....	senior scenic artist
Gordon Morris	....	graphic designer
Peter Razmofsky	....	senior set decorator
Diana Richter	....	assistant production designer
Doug Robinson	....	assistant production designer
John Simons	....	graphic artist

Sound Department
David Appleby	....	sound re-recording mixer
Denis Blais	....	assistant sound editor
Kelly Hall	....	foley artist
Peter Kelly	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gerry King	....	sound recordist
Melodie Long	....	dialogue editor
Brian Newby	....	boom operator
Adam Peden	....	supervising sound editor
Tim Roberts	....	dialogue editor
Cindy Romanovich	....	sound effects editor
Dan Sexton	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Gus White	....	special effects

Stunts
David McKeown	....	stunts
Minor Mustain	....	stunt coordinator
Alison Reid	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Gim Ardal	....	assistant camera
Valdis Austrums	....	generator operator
Peter Battistone	....	focus puller
Erik Kristensen	....	gaffer
Ralph Macdonald	....	focus puller
John Maxwell	....	assistant camera
Tom McMonigle	....	best boy
Kirk Michael	....	electrician
Thomas Vámos	....	additional cinematographer

Casting Department
John Rait	....	casting assistant
Steven Young	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ken Druce	....	costume assistant
Kim Gibson	....	costume assistant
Anna Kolta	....	costume assistant
David Lavitt	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Ross Cole	....	on-line editor
Peter Jorgensen	....	colorist
Melodie Long	....	assistant editor
David Oliver	....	assistant on-line editor
Toni Wrate	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Hayward Parrott	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Blair Law	....	driver
Shelley Ledger	....	driver
Edie Schaeffer	....	driver

Other crew
Sandra Bartlett	....	researcher
Wayne Belvin	....	staging crew
Tony Botelho	....	design coordinator
Brenda Carr	....	dialogue coach
Paul Casselman	....	location manager
Suzanne Cook	....	location manager
Mark Corbeil	....	continuity
Gerry Filby	....	staging crew: Regina
Ken Gass	....	story editor
Corrina Holunga	....	production secretary
Richard Kuziora	....	production assistant (as Rick Kuziora)
Marlene Lawrence	....	production coordinator
Steve Lemberg	....	staging crew
Gerry O'Hanley	....	staging crew leader
Susan Procter	....	publicist
Jim Sutherland	....	staging crew
Carolyn Walters	....	craft service

Production Companies

• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Distributors

• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (1989) (Canada) (TV)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1990) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Home Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• Prism Entertainment Corporation (1991) (USA) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:120 min | Canada:156 min | Argentina:120 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Trivia:

Released theatrically in the Philippines.

Quotes:

Colin Thatcher:[on the phone to JoAnn] Your children are very safe, where you'll never see them again.

Thatcher may be Innocent.

I had the chance to meet Mr. Thatcher 12 years after I saw this movie. Seeing the movie and actually meeting the man in person was quite the experience. He had wished me luck in my future. The place I met him was in Saskatchewan Penitentiary while he was facing charges for threatening an R.C.M.P. officer during his 2001 Judicial Review. I walked around the prison yard with him and he described his years in prison. I asked him if he did the crime and he looked me straight in the eye and told me that he didn't. There is something that happens in a person's eye pupils if they are lying and that sure didn't happen when he said he didn't kill his wife. He may have not been the Father or Husband of the year but that doesn't mean he is a murderer. Since Canada has abolished the Death Penalty back on July 17, 1976, the police forces of Canada (R.C.M.P, E.P.S., W.P.S. etc. etc.) have been laying more and more 1st Degree Murder charges based on circumstantial evidence. Don't forget Canada rarely used DNA evidence like they do now so ask yourselves "Could there be possibly another innocent man in prison?" AGAIN. I believe his eldest son Greg Thatcher may have been the killer all along because he also hated his mom too based on the hatred that instilled in him by Mr. Thatcher back in the 80's. I have followed the case since the movie in 89 and read all the Appeal decisions regarding the case and I know come to a serious conclusion that this man is really innocent !!