Plague City: SARS in Toronto (TV 2005)

Director:

David Wu

Writers:

Collin Friesen, Pete McCormack

Stars:

Kari Matchett, Ron White, Rick Roberts

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kari Matchett	...	Amy
Ron White	...	Dr. Royce
Rick Roberts	...	Dr. Jeremy Neville
Lannette New	...	Rosie
Rahnuma Panthaky	...	Laura Weston
Merwin Mondesir	...	Rob Connell
Brian Markinson	...	Wilson
James Gallanders
Leslie Carlson	...	(as Les Carson)
Alina Lee	...	Rosie's Mother
Grace Lynn Kung	...	April
James McGowan	...	Ed
Grahame Wood	...	Paul
David Dunbar	...	Franz
Alexandra Castillo	...	Aline (as Alex Castillo)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

disease | medical profession | toronto ontario canada | canada | china | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 May 2005 (Canada)

Also Known As:

SRAS - Alerte au virus mondial

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canada Television and Cable Production Fund License Program (CTCPF), Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Canadian Television (CTV)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

After Rosie dies, Amy tears off her face mask and cries into her still-gloved hands. In reality, if she had done that without going through a through chemical cleansing shower first Amy would have been infected as well.

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Soundtracks

"Angel"
Written & Performed by Sarah McLachlan
© 1997 Published by Tyde Music (SOCAN)
Courtesy of Nettwerk Productions

User Reviews

Sars Soap Opera

They turned a significant page or two of Canadian history into a reasonably good movie but it was somewhat overwrought. The shots of deserted Toronto streets, like something from "On The Beach", were a little much. It was never like that. It's also mystifying why in doing a factual docu-drama, they fictionalized the main characters and the locations. There is no "Toronto Memorial Hospital." Those scenes were shot at North York General, which indeed was a SARS hotbed. Similarly the chief health official in the movie was a fictitious character rather than Toronto Medical Officer Of Health Dr. Shiela Basrur, who was the heroine of the saga. (Dr. Basrur is now the provincial MOH.) Even the local electronic media (with the exception of CTV) were fictional. All these things detract from what otherwise might have been a very solid film.