"Starhunter" Frozen (2001)

Director:

François Basset

Writers:

Daniel D'Or (creator)
Nelu Ghiran (story)
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TV Series:

"Starhunter" (2000)

Original Air Date:

13 December 2001 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

While transporting wily con artist Etienne to prison, the Tulip receives a distress call from Dr. Devon...

Cast

Michael Paré	...	Dante Montana
Claudette Roche	...	Lucretia Scott
Tanya Allen	...	Percy Montana
Yves Beneyton	...	Dr. Devon
Murray Melvin	...	Caravaggio
Stephen Marcus	...	Rudolpho
Kai King	...	Billy Tsunami
Phillipe Simon	...	Etienne (as Philippe Simon)
Matthew Crabbe	...	Ryan
Debiiey Dunn	...	Qunita
J. Michael Boudreault	...	Zakal
Sheldon Gordon	...	Raider #1
Meredith Vuchnich	...	Tracey
Barbara Longaphie	...	Luc's Mother

Directed by
François Basset

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Daniel D'Or		creator
Nelu Ghiran		story
Philip Jackson		creator (as G. Philip Jackson)
Lorne Wise		writer

Produced by
Silvio Astarita	....	co-executive producer
Daniel D'Or	....	producer
Paul Spike Lees	....	line producer
Andrew Somper	....	co-producer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Daniel D'Or	....	director: UK
Jason Shipley	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Pablo Alarcon	....	set designer
Denise Dachsel	....	set designer
Sang Maier	....	set dresser
Louise Paquette	....	art department coordinator
Brenda McLeese	....	property assistant intern (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jacques Guillot	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Tim Ketzer	....	visual effects supervisor: Das Werk

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer Ellis	....	assistant costume designer

Music Department
Kathryn Waugh	....	assistant music supervisor

Other crew
Zoe Simijonovic	....	script supervisor
Nerissa McCormack	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Daniel D'Or		creator
Philip Jackson		creator (as S. Philip Jackson)
Philip Jackson		(episodes 23-44 season 2)

Produced by
Paul Rapovski	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Casting by
Juli-Ann Kay

Production Management
David Cooke	....	post-production supervisor
Toby Rigdway	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Preston Hudson	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Glenn Curry	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Timothy Muirhead	....	dialog editor

Visual Effects by
Ines Krüger	....	fire trainee: das werk

Stunts
Plato Fountidakis	....	stunt coordinator
Plato Fountidakis	....	stunts

Music Department
Ron Korb	....	musician: flute

Production Companies

• Chum Television
• Danforth Studios
• Le Sabre
• SpaceWorks Studios

Distributors

• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

USA:48 min

Filming Locations:

Minto, New Brunswick, Canada

Company:

Chum Television

Soundtrack:

Rocket Baby

Nifty episode

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

While transporting wily con artist Etienne (an amusingly slimy and slippery portrayal by Phillipe Simon) to prison, the Tulip receives a distress call from Dr. Devon (a fine and affecting performance by Yves Beneyton). It turns out that Devon is being pursued by a band of Raiders after freeing his psychically gifted son Ryan (a credible turn by Matthew Crabbe) from an Orchard research facility. While this episode unfolds at a steady pace, builds a sizable amount of tension, and delivers some exciting action in the last third, it's still most notable for providing some additional background information on Dante (Michael Pare, good as ever); we learn that Dante was a corn farmer prior to becoming a bounty hunter and he primarily decided to become a bounty hunter in order to find his missing son Travis. Moreover, it's a lot of fun watching the shifty Etienne flirt with both Lucretia (sturdy work by Claudette Roche) and Percy (a nicely sparky Tanya Allen) as well as try to escape and elude capture. And this episode makes a valid point on how good intentions can beget severe and harmful consequences.