The Event (2003)

Director:

Thom Fitzgerald

Writers:

Thom Fitzgerald (writer)
Steven Hillyer (writer)

Release Date:

13 February 2004 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Go in style.

Plot:

An intense relationship drama that takes the form of a mystery, The Event centers around a series of...

Plot Keywords:

Thanksgiving | Family | Investigation | Trail | Ferry

Awards:

9 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Brent Carver	...	Brian
Olympia Dukakis	...	Lila
Jane Leeves	...	Mona
Parker Posey	...	Nick
Don McKellar	...	Matt
Sarah Polley	...	Dana
Rejean Cournoyer	...	Rory (as Rejean Joseph Cournoyer)
Cynthia Preston	...	Amy
Joanna Adler	...	Gaby (as Joanna P. Adler)
Dick Latessa	...	Uncle Leo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Walter Borden
Travis Ferris	...	NYPD Officer
Thom Fitzgerald	...	Vagimar Commecial Director
Gianna Marciante	...	Lilian
Jaclyn Markowitz	...	Amelia
Vicky McCarty	...	Plate Dancer
Glen Michael Grant	...	Andy
Ruth Moore	...	Dr. Fisher
Joan Orenstein	...	Angela DeVivo
Chaz Thorne	...	Chris Devivo
Christina Zorich	...	Judy

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

Canada:114 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:110 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Australia:M | USA:R | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

Arkanjel

Movie Connections:

References The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) (TV)

Puts a human face on what for many is only a social tragedy

A excellent film. The Event put a human face on what for many is only a social tragedy and statistics they encounter through the media. The director, Thom Fitzgerald, is due substantial credit for, while not opting for dramatic gimmicks and attempting to create a believable story, putting something togehter that neither collapsed into portraiture nor drolled on into docudrama. The cast performed well also in these regards with a luminous Olympia Dukakis bringing the import of the story front and center. A deeply touching film. Secondarily this film serves as a grave warning in particular to 17-24 year old men, a segment where the HIV infection rate has climbed dramatically during the past couple of years. Many such young men consider AIDS to be a managable disease and not a death sentence and forget that the side effects of many cocktails can all too easily include severe headaches, memory loss and dementia leaving infected individuals with a quality of life that is, in director Fitzgerald's words (who spoke after the film showing at the Quad Cinema in the West Village after the early evening showing on Oct 3) `just not there.' So, find out where this film is being played and go see it!