Terrorised by Teens: The Jonathan Wamback Story (2005)
"Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story" (original title)

Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story is the true story of a teenage gang's attack on high school student Jonathan Wamback in Ontario, Canada. Following the attack, Jonathan falls into a coma.... See full summary »

Director:

John L'Ecuyer

Writers:

Michael Amo, Elizabeth Stewart

Stars:

Yank Azman, Ryan Booth, J. Adam Brown

6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Yank Azman	...	Duty Counsel
Ryan Booth	...	Cop
J. Adam Brown	...	Gord
Colin Fox	...	Judge Jordan
Janet-Laine Green	...	Nora (as Janet Laine Greene)
Craig Hustler	...	Iceman
Tyler Hynes	...	Jonathan Wamback
Christopher Jacot	...	Kyle
Lori Nancy Kalamanski	...	Nurse
James Kall	...	Dr. Bowman
Tamsin Kelsey	...	Cindy (as Tamsen Kelsey)
Mpho Koaho	...	Trevor
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee	...	Doctor
Marnie McPhail	...	Lozanne Wamback
Al Mukadam	...	Toby (as Ali Mukaddam)

Storyline

Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story is the true story of a teenage gang's attack on high school student Jonathan Wamback in Ontario, Canada. Following the attack, Jonathan falls into a coma. The movie shows the events leading up to the attack on Jonathan in June 1999, and follows through his slow recuperation during the months that follow.

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Plot Keywords:

teen | assault | based on true story | character name in title

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 July 2005 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

Marcado - la historia de Jonathan Wamback

Filming Locations:

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canadian Television (CTV), Salter Street Films International, Tapestry Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The bullies call the grade 9 student "Lil Bow Wow" referring to the young rapper by the same name, however, Lil Bow Wow was not known until early 2000, while the story is based in mid 1999.

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Soundtracks

"Groove On The Bass"
Written by Jack Preobrazenski

User Reviews

A real Tear-Jerker

I taped the Jonathan Wamback story a little while ago, and I've watched it nearly a dozen times since. Tagged is based on the true story of a 9th grade boy from New Market, Ontario. On the last day of school, a gang of well-known school bullies beat Jonathan into a 90-day coma. The doctors didn't believe he would ever wake up, but his parents weren't going to give up on him. Though Jonathan did get out of his coma, there still are struggles he must face each day. Tyler Hynes plays Jon - WOW, strong acting. (The entire cast worked extremely well!) The real Jonathan also appears in some scenes during the movie and again at the end in a sort of wrap-up speech with Tyler. The movie was very well done, I really wish it weren't made for TV... It should definitely be made available to buy in stores. If you missed it, maybe it'll come on again so watch for it! Jonathan Wamback is now 18, back in school and continuing to recover. GO JON GO! :o)