One Week (2008/I)

Director:

Michael McGowan

Writer:

Michael McGowan (written by)

Release Date:

6 March 2009 (Canada)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

What would you do?

Plot:

Chronicles the motorcycle trip of Ben Tyler as he rides from Toronto to Tofino, British Columbia. Ben stops at landmarks that are both iconic and idiosyncratic on his quest to find meaning in his life.

Plot Keywords:

Motorcycle | Landmark | Anger | Skunk | Cancer

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Joshua Jackson	...	Ben Tyler
Peter Spence	...	Doctor
Marc Strange	...	Art Carey
Gage Munroe	...	Young Ben
Richard Waugh	...	Baseball Coach
Deirdre Kirby	...	Mrs. Bell
Liane Balaban	...	Samantha Pierce
Fiona Reid	...	Mary Tyler
Chuck Shamata	...	Gerald Tyler
Caroline Cave	...	Nancy Tyler
Jodi Brooks	...	Nurse Forrester
Chris Benson	...	Mayor
David Reale	...	Pete
Kyle Fairlie	...	Oscar
Colin Fox	...	Father O'Neill
Jim Codrington	...	Pharmacist
Gord Downie	...	Biker (as Gordon Downie)
Gabriel Hogan	...	Dereck Vincent
Jane Spidell	...	Fran
Fergus Barnes	...	Fran's Lover
Chad Nobert	...	Badlands Tour Guide (as Chad Norbert)
Joel Plaskett	...	Busker
Emm Gryner	...	Tracey
Chief Leonard George	...	First Nations' Singer (as Leonard George)
Michaela Mann	...	Waitress
Ryan Reid	...	Max
Ulla Friis	...	Steffi
Campbell Scott	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ryan Allen	...	Orderly (uncredited)
Jim Annan	...	John (uncredited)
Grace Lynn Kung	...	(uncredited)
Borje Salming	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marco Soriano	...	Concierge (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael McGowan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael McGowan		written by

Produced by
Michael Chechik	....	co-producer
Avi Federgreen	....	co-producer
Avi Federgreen	....	line producer
Richard Hanet	....	executive producer
Joshua Jackson	....	executive producer
Michael McGowan	....	producer
Nick de Pencier	....	producer (as Nicholas de Pencier)
Jane Tattersall	....	producer
Nadia Tavazzani	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Andrew Lockington

Cinematography by
Arthur E. Cooper		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Roderick Deogrades

Casting by
John Buchan

Production Design by
Malcolm Byard

Set Decoration by
Romke DeVos		(as Romke De Vos)

Costume Design by
Julie O'Brien

Makeup Department
Marika Latorcai	....	key makeup artist (as Marika Williams)
Josie Stewart	....	key hairdresser

Production Management
Avi Federgreen	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fergus Barnes	....	first assistant director

Art Department
J.R. Grassby	....	property master (as JR Grassby)
Marilyn Hassen	....	second assistant art director
Warren Keillor	....	props builder
Shelagh McNulty	....	illustrations

Sound Department
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Steph Carrier	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Stephan Carrier)
Kathy Choi	....	dialogue editor
Jenna Dalla Riva	....	foley recording assistant
Roderick Deogrades	....	adr editor
Alfie DiPucchio	....	adr recordist
Tom Gehring	....	adr assistant
Ryan Gilbert	....	adr assistant
Brooke Graeff	....	foley assistant
David K. Grant	....	sound recordist
Francis Heaney	....	boom operator
Bill Higley	....	adr recordist
Martin Gwynn Jones	....	dialogue editor
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Mandy Ley	....	sound re-recording assistant
Kirk Lynds	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Medeiros	....	sound effects editor
David Meredith	....	sound assistant
Michael Miller	....	adr recordist
Joe Morrow	....	sound re-recording assistant
Lou Solakofski	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Paul Talbot	....	adr assistant
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Jörg Klaussner	....	dubbing mixer (uncredited)
Kevin Swartz	....	trailer sound designer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Connie Persichini	....	visual effects producer (as Connie Persechini)
Ralph Schmidt	....	visual effects compositor
Jason Giberson	....	film recording (uncredited)

Stunts
Shawn C. Orr	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Muhamed Celik	....	generator operator
Joe DaSilva	....	first camera assistant
Jerry Fil	....	best boy
Jeremy Jemec	....	gaffer
Michael Kearns	....	best boy
Greg Machula	....	best boy
Rudolf Mammitzsch	....	second camera assistant (as Rudolph Mammitzsch)
Chris Morsby	....	key grip (as Christopher Morsby)
Jerry Romanko	....	best boy grip
Peter Stranks	....	still photographer
David K. Grant	....	cameraman: epk (uncredited)

Casting Department
Sarah Cassidy	....	casting assistant
Donna Dupere	....	background casting
Jason Knight	....	casting associate
Jennifer Page	....	casting: Vancouver

Editorial Department
Derek Bonin	....	on-line editor
Louis Casado	....	color timer
Patrick Duchesne	....	digital intermediate project supervisor
Josh Fines	....	dailies assistant
Jim Fleming	....	digital intermediate colorist
Jeremy Kay	....	digital intermediate project coordinator
Brian Lovery	....	colourist: dailies
David McGroarty	....	first assistant picture editor
Eric Myles	....	digital film supervisor
Eric Myles	....	on-line editor
Andrew Pascoe	....	digital film technician
Brian Reid	....	manager of digital imaging
Rob Gyorgy	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Jody Colero	....	music supervisor: Little Joe Music Supervision
Roderick Deogrades	....	music editor
Marco DiFelice	....	music supervisor: Little Joe Music Supervision (as Marco Difelice)
Lights	....	musicians: vocals
Andrew Lockington	....	score producer
Dennis Patterson	....	engineer
Matt Robertson	....	synth programming
Ron Searles	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Mark Carlos	....	transport coordinator (as Marc Carlos)
Julie Crawford	....	transport captain
Rick Harrett	....	motorcycle techniucian: Norton whisperer
Ed Horton	....	driver
Marco Rojas	....	driver

Other crew
Kaitlyn Barnes	....	horse wrangler
Grace Carnale-Davis	....	sales executive: Technicolor Creative Services
Ester Cecereu	....	craft service assistant
Anne Chiu	....	publicity assistant
Dove Cresswell	....	dog wrangler
David Flaherty	....	location manager
Scott Harper	....	locations: West Coast
Jessica MacLean	....	horse wrangler
Lenore Nemani	....	location scout
Marguerite Pigott	....	story editor
Katharine Jane Reid	....	script supervisor (as Katharine Reid)
Hanna Tower	....	production coordinator
Brian Turley	....	production accountant
Daniella Vicuna	....	craft service
Woody Whelan	....	production office assistant
Kim Yu	....	unit publicist
Julie Chang	....	business and legal affairs (uncredited)
Justyna Ogorkis	....	business affairs (uncredited)
Thomas Mark Walden	....	business and legal affairs (uncredited)

Thanks
Gary Bettman	....	special thanks
Bob Gainey	....	special thanks
Scott Harper	....	special thanks
Susan Maggi	....	special thanks
Mark Messier	....	special thanks
Rino Pace	....	special thanks
Denis Potvin	....	special thanks
Borje Salming	....	special thanks (as Börje Salming)
Jenna Seguin	....	special thanks
Carrie Paupst Shaughnessy	....	special thanks
Darryl Sittler	....	special thanks
Lou Solakofski	....	special thanks
Evan Solomon	....	special thanks
Peter Sussman	....	special thanks
Brian Trottier	....	special thanks
Steve Yzerman	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Mongrel Media (presents) (produced in association with)
• Mulmur Feed Company (producer) (as Mulmur Feed Co.)
• Téléfilm Canada (produced with the participation of) (as Telefilm Canada)
• Harold Greenberg Fund, The (produced with the participation of) (as Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund Le Fonds Harold Greenberg)
• Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) (produced with the participation of) (as Ontario - Ontario Media Development Corporation/Société de développement de l'industrie des médias de l'Ontario)
• Movie Network, The (TMN) (produced in association with) (as M The Movie Network.ca An Astral Media Network)
• Movie Central Network (produced in association with) (as Movie Central A Corus Entertainment Company)
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (produced in association with)
• Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) (produced in association with) (as The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit - Canada)
• Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, The (produced in association with) (as Ontario - Ontario Media Development Corporation Film and Television Tax Credits)
• Mulmur's One Week

Distributors

• IFC Films (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Cinemax (2010) (Hungary) (TV)
• Mediasoft Films (2009) (South Korea) (all media)

Other Companies

• Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)  acknowledgment (as ACTRA)
• Audio Vision  descriptive video (as Audio Vision Canada)
• Aver Media  production finance
• Behind The Scenes Services  consultant: tax credits
• Buyout Footage  archival and stock footage
• CBC Studios, Toronto  score recorded at
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television Archives  archival and stock footage (as The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Archives)
• Capers  catering
• Eastside Communications  publicity: Germany
• Ellchris Studio  score recorded at
• Entertainment Partners Canada  payroll services (as EP Canada)
• FootageBank HD  archival and stock footage
• Footsteps Post-Production Sound  foley recorded at
• Gotfootage.com  archival and stock footage: additional footage by
• Hardy Jones Productions  archival and stock footage
• Highway Cycle  special thanks (as Highway Cycle, Flamborough, ON)
• Howard Schwartz Recording  ADR facility: NY
• Jones Brown Insurance  insurance brokers (as Jones Brown)
• Kodak Canada  film stock
• Lewis Birnberg Hannet  legal counsel
• Little Joe Music Supervision  music supervisors
• NHL Productions  archival and stock footage: NHL footage courtesy of
• National Hockey League  courtesy of: The Stanley Cup appears
• National Hockey League  special thanks
• Norton Motorsports  used with permission of: "NORTON" and "COMMANDO" are registered trademarks
• POP Sound  ADR facility: Santa Monica, CA (as Pop Sound)
• PS Production Services  production equipment provided by
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Rights Company, The  script clearance
• Tattersall Sound  picture editing (as Tattersall Sound & Picture)
• Tattersall Sound  post production sound by (as Tattersall Sound & Picture)
• Technicolor Creative Services  ADR facility: Toronto
• Technicolor Creative Services  closed captioning (as Technicolor Creative Services - Toronto)
• Technicolor Creative Services  post production by (as Technicolor Creative Services - Toronto)
• Thought Equity  archival and stock footage
• Union of B.C. Performers  acknowledgment (as UBCP)
• iStockphoto  archival and stock footage (as iStockphoto.com/Denis Ananiadis, Kevin Osgood, Gord Home, Serega, Peter Austin, Andrew Penner, Baturro, Walt Kippenhuck)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Canada:94 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Banff, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Mongrel Media

Trivia:

The Stanley Cup is adorned with small plaques of the players and staff of each championship team. The plaque Ben kisses is that of the 1966-67 Toronto Maple Leafs, which is referenced earlier in the film as a the beginning of a notorious championship dry spell for Maple Leaf hockey fans.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The World's Largest Hockey Stick is shown somewhere in the Prairies, when in fact it resides in Duncan, BC on Vancouver Island.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator:What would you do if you knew you only had one day, or one week, or one month to live?
Doctor:I'm afraid it's not great news. We've picked up cancerous cells in your blood, your liver, and your lymph nodes. We need to get you into treatment right away.
Ben Tyler:How bad is it?
Doctor:It's stage four.
Ben Tyler:How many stages are there?
Doctor:Four.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Hour: Episode #7.24" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Weighty Ghost

Pure Canadian Gem

In my opinion, One Week is one of the best Canadian films to date. I enjoyed it even more than Men with Brooms (which is saying a lot).

I loved taking the journey with Ben. The narrator adds a bit more depth to the plot, as we find how Ben touches various lives along the way. The beautiful scenery (which as a Canadian I take for granted) is visually stunning.

Ben's story in itself is both sad and heart-warming. For those weary of a sad ending, don't be - You will leave the theatre happy and inspired.

I will gladly recommend this movie to all my fellow Canucks and anyone else in the world.