The Stork Derby (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Mario Azzopardi

Writers:

Karyn Nolan (screenplay)
Elizabeth Wilton (book)

Release Date:

8 January 2002 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

The race begins...

Plot:

In 1926, when Charles Millar a wealthy never-married lawyer, died in Toronto, Canada, it was discovered...

Plot Keywords:

Toronto | Canada | Will | 1920s | Sexism

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Megan Follows	...	Kate Harrington
Pascale Montpetit	...	Vivianne Kennelly
Terry Simpson	...	Mike Kennelly
Kyra Azzopardi	...	Maggie Kennelly
Joshua Archambault	...	Bobby Kennelly
Ellen David	...	Gina Bonaggio
Giuseppe Tancredi	...	Tony Bonaggio
Janine Theriault	...	Colleen Brant
Edward Yankie	...	Lenny Maddox
R.H. Thomson	...	Hugh McLean
Eric Peterson	...	Max Macleod
John Neville	...	Mr. Cunningham
Stuart Hughes	...	Sam Gregory
Ian Finlay	...	James Crandell
Joel Miller	...	Reverend Sinclair

Also Known As:

Course à la cigogne (Canada: French title)
La course aux enfant (Canada: French title) (DVD title)

Runtime:

USA:110 min | Canada:87 min (DVD version)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Muse Entertainment Enterprises

A bit too much yelling, but...

This is an interesting and well done piece of Canadiana and proof that we can make good pictures now and then. Well acted, well directed and well shot with none of the pretentious BS that marks so many Canadian flicks. There is a little too much shouting and confrontation at times.A few of the props are wrong (viz. models of typewriters and press cameras that didn't exist in the mid thirties.) But I find bitter irony in the fact that (for the second time) a film about Toronto was shot in Montreal when Toronto continues to serve as a surrogate for every place but itself.