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User Rating:
8.6/10   2,130 votes
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Director:
Kurt Kuenne
Writer:
Kurt Kuenne (writer)
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Genre:
Documentary | Crime more
Plot:
A filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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Kurt Kuenne, Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father
 (From Filmmaker Magazine_Director Interviews. 12 November 2008, 6:10 AM, PST)
User Comments:
Inspiration through loss. more (25 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Kurt Kuenne ... Himself (voice)
Dr. Andrew Bagby ... Himself (archive footage)
David Bagby ... Himself - Father
Kathleen Bagby ... Herself - Mother
Dr. Shirley Turner ... Herself - Ex-Girlfriend (archive footage)
Zachary Andrew Turner ... Himself - Son (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dr. Heather Arnold ... Herself - Former Fiance
Jon Atkinson ... Himself - Friend
Bob Bagby ... Himself - Uncle (archive footage)
Earlene Bagby ... Herself - Bob's Widow
Linda Bagby ... Herself - Aunt
Pat Bagby ... Himself - Uncle
Jason Baldwin ... Himself - Highschool Friend
Derek Barnard ... Himself - Uncle
John Barnard ... Himself - Cousin
Paul Barnard ... Himself - John's Brother
Pete Barnard ... Himself - Cousin
Ruth Barnard ... Herself - Aunt
Robin Bates ... Herself - Friend
Dr. John Bertolino ... Himself - Residency Director
Dr. David Billings ... Himself - Classmate
Dr. Lori Billings ... Herself - Classmate
Helen Bloomfield ... Herself - Godmother
Dr. Ian Bowmer ... Himself - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jacqueline Brazil ... Herself - Lawyer
Elizabeth Day ... Herself - St. John's Regional Director of Child, Youth & Family Services (archive footage)
Danette Dooley ... Herself - Friend
Dr. John Doucet ... Himself - Shirley's Psychiatrist (archive footage)
Mary Dray ... Herself - Student Affairs - Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr. Ken Eckhert ... Himself - Classmate
Karl Fischer ... Himself - Friend
Marci Fischer ... Herself - Friend
Olivier Galgani ... Himself - Friend
Derek Green ... Himself - Judge, Chief Justice (archive footage)
Vera Griffin ... Herself - Student Affairs - Memorial University of Newfoundland
Himanshu ... Himself - College Roomate
James ... Himself - College Roomate
Mack Janke ... Himself - Friend
Chris Koehler ... Himself - Friend
Dr. Greg Little ... Himself - Colleague
Dr. Tony Locke ... Himself - Classmate
Dr. Jennifer Lombard ... Herself - Classmate
Dr. Mark Lombard ... Himself - Classmate
Dr. Janice Manthorne ... Herself - Classmate
Dr. Scott McClellan ... Himself - Professor
Pete McNab ... Himself - Friend
Jan Mills ... Herself - Friend
Dr. Anthony Monteverdi ... Himself - Classmate
Darlene Nelville ... Herself - Child & Youth Advocate (archive footage)
Matt Oetinger ... Himself - Friend
Randy Piercy ... Himself - Shirley's Lawyer (archive footage)
Michelle Pualuan ... Herself - Friend
Dr. Suzanne Putnam ... Herself - Colleague
Rhonda Ridenhour ... Herself - Bob's Daughter
Dr. Andrew Rossiter ... Himself - Classmate
Dr. Jennifer Shaulis ... Herself - Colleague
T.J. Shears ... Himself - Shirley's Son (archive footage)
Bob Sheraga ... Himself - Friend
Sue Sheraga ... Herself - Friend
Dr. Clark Simpson ... Himself - Colleague
Dr. Rick Singleton ... Himself - Grief Counselor
Gerald Smith ... Himself - Provincial Minister of Health (archive footage)
Chris Snow ... Himself - Minister - St. Michael's Parish
Carol Stein ... Herself - Friend
Dr. Leslie Thomas ... Herself - Classmate
Dr. Sherri-Lynn Tucker ... Herself - Classmate
Kristian Vallèe ... Himself - College Roommate
Gail Welsh ... Herself - Judge (archive footage)
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Runtime:
USA:95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA more
Company:
MSNBC Films more

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Quotes:
Kathleen Bagby: And the policeman who found him said that, um, he had wrapped him in a blanket rather than a plastic bag and, uh, he and another officer carried him gently back. And he made very sure that he kept the body very far away from the wicked woman who had murdered him. more
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23 out of 26 people found the following comment useful.
Inspiration through loss., 26 August 2008
10/10
Author: shannon-136 from North Hollywood, CA

It started out as a remembrance for a son about his father and it became so much more.

I saw this film Sunday and it still resides in my heart and haunts me. This is the first documentary I have ever seen that has drawn me in completely, and made me feel as though I am part of the story and a friend to the victim. It was a roller-coaster of emotions and there were quite a few teary-eyed people by the end. I feel I had to give it a proper review, but like many have stated, it's hard to do so without ruining the effect the filmmaker intends. This story pulls you along and unfolds as it does for our narrator, the filmmaker, Kurt Kunne. His story is personal because he grew up with the central figure, Dr. Andrew Bagby.

Andrew's parents, David and Kate, whom I had a chance to meet with after the screening, are lovely people, and I instantly saw why they foster so much love and support throughout the film: They are genuinely kind people who give off a wonderful parental-vibe. They show so much love and hope in the face of almost insurmountable evil. You hold onto their love and hope through the last few minutes, and eventually you find what the narrator finds: inspiration.

The editing and the directing reveal a truly gifted filmmaker, Mr. Kunne, a superb storyteller, bounces back and forth between past and present events. He reveals what happens at several key points which leads us an ending you should rather just see than have me explain.

From what I've read there were several richly deserved standing ovations as the film ventured into the festival circuit. If you have a chance to see, "Dear Zachary," this film will be playing until Thursday of this week at the arc-light cinemas in Hollywood. The filmmaker, Kurt, said the film will be making a return to Hollywood in early November and shall be coming to New York City in late October, MSNBC will be premiering the film December 7th and the DVD shall go on sale some time in mid-FEBRUARY.

I suggest everyone pays their money to see this film for the sake of advocacy groups and to support bail reform in Canada. Although the legal system in Canada is put on trial in this documentary, it reveals a real problem with our own justice system here in the United States, and how some criminals are given preferential treatment over victims and their families' rights.

I cannot tell you how much this film has affected me. How truly inspirational I find David Bagby and Kate Bagby to be…

Please support Academy caliber documentaries, with a strong sense of heart, and a great message of hope. This is a wonderful, albeit tragic and yet inspiring film.

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