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The Hanging Garden

  • 19971997
  • RR
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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The Hanging Garden (1997)
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William, a once obese and depressed adolescent, is able to move past his teenage years when he moves to the city and comes out as being gay. When he returns home though, he can't cope with h... Read allWilliam, a once obese and depressed adolescent, is able to move past his teenage years when he moves to the city and comes out as being gay. When he returns home though, he can't cope with his memories.William, a once obese and depressed adolescent, is able to move past his teenage years when he moves to the city and comes out as being gay. When he returns home though, he can't cope with his memories.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Thom Fitzgerald
  • Writer
    • Thom Fitzgerald
  • Stars
    • Chris Leavins
    • Kerry Fox
    • Ian Parsons
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  • Director
    • Thom Fitzgerald
  • Writer
    • Thom Fitzgerald
  • Stars
    • Chris Leavins
    • Kerry Fox
    • Ian Parsons
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    • 29User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 21 wins & 14 nominations

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    The Hanging Garden
    Trailer 0:31
    The Hanging Garden

    Photos18

    Kerry Fox and Joel Keller in The Hanging Garden (1997)
    Chris Leavins and Peter MacNeill in The Hanging Garden (1997)
    Kerry Fox in The Hanging Garden (1997)
    The Hanging Garden (1997)
    Joel Keller and Troy Veinotte in The Hanging Garden (1997)
    The Hanging Garden (1997)
    Christine Dunsworth, Chris Leavins, Ashley MacIsaac, and Seana McKenna in The Hanging Garden (1997)
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    Chris Leavins
    Chris Leavins
    • Sweet Williamas Sweet William
    Kerry Fox
    Kerry Fox
    • Rosemaryas Rosemary
    Ian Parsons
    • Little Sweet Williamas Little Sweet William
    Peter MacNeill
    Peter MacNeill
    • Whiskey Macas Whiskey Mac
    Troy Veinotte
    • Teen Sweet Williamas Teen Sweet William
    Mark Austin
    • Preacheras Preacher
    Joel Keller
    Joel Keller
    • Fletcheras Fletcher
    • (as Joel S. Keller)
    Heather Rankin
    • Black-Eyed Susanas Black-Eyed Susan
    Christine Dunsworth
    • Violetas Violet
    Seana McKenna
    • Irisas Iris
    Joan Orenstein
    • Graceas Grace
    Ashley MacIsaac
    Ashley MacIsaac
    • Basilas Basil
    Jocelyn Cunningham
    • Laurelas Laurel
    Jim Faraday
    • Mr. MacDougalas Mr. MacDougal
    Sarah Polley
    Sarah Polley
    • Teen Rosemaryas Teen Rosemary
    Renee Penney
    • Grace the Nunas Grace the Nun
    Martha Irving
    Martha Irving
    • Dusty Milleras Dusty Miller
    Annabelle Dexter
    Annabelle Dexter
    • Budas Bud
    • (as Annabelle Raine Dexter)
    • Director
      • Thom Fitzgerald
    • Writer
      • Thom Fitzgerald
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    • Trivia
      The film won the People's Choice Award for Best Film and the jury award for Best Canadian Feature at TIFF.
    • Quotes

      Grace the Nun: Father, can you come and bless this Virgin

      [statue]

      Grace the Nun: for the lady, please?

      Iris: No no, that's not necessary, please don't bother him ...

      Grace the Nun: That's what he's here for, it's included! Father, are you ready to bless the Virgin or what?

      [The priest comes up to the store counter and picks up the Virgin statuette.]

      Grace the Nun: Oh hang on now, she hasn't got the receipt. How many times do I tell you, don't bless the Virgin until you get the receipt!

    • Connections
      Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Fiddle Medley: Bridal Chorus from 'Lohengrin' / Hamish the Carpenter / John of Badenyon / Glencoe March / Father John Angus Rankin Strathspey / Put Me in the Box / The Castle Hornpipe / John Morrison / There Came a Young Man / The Hills of Glenorchy
      Written by Richard Wagner/ traditional / traditional / Dan R. MacDonald / Donald Angus Beaton / traditional / traditional / traditional / traditional

      Performed by Ashley MacIsaac

      Courtesy of A&M Records

      A division of Polygram Group Canada

    User reviews29

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    9/10
    Hanging Garden is a small, intensely felt film abo...
    Hanging Garden is a small, intensely felt film about a family in tatters and a son whose own problems are eclipsed until he does something he can't take back. Given the film's major conceit is a breach in family fabric that can't be woven back in, magic realism is an applicable term--but only so if shot through the caustic self-wounding humour of the Maritimes, where I lived for six years. If this seems dour, then consider the take-off marriage sequence that opens the film: drunkeness, homoeroticism, Celtic music madness and four-dozen f-words. This film is a gorgeous if painful tribute to growing up in a remove that already seems past its age, in an ocean playground whose garden has gone to seed. This film was ranked, and fairly, as the best Canadian film of 1997 by the Jay Stone of the Globe & Mail (Canada's national newspaper), and if that makes Americans laugh, then consider this is a ranking ahead of Sweet Hereafter, which only made it to the Best Director Oscar Nomination and Cannes Recognition for Atom Egoyan and was also Roger Ebert's #2 film of the year. Adulations all around are deserving for this home-grown production. The film only suffers from inexperience with some actors and having to come up with a conclusion for a tale that can't logically have one. And the parents are excellent in it too, especially the mum. At the singular, crucial sequence of the film all the elements of the film - colour, symbolism, lamentation and ladyslipperknots - fuse in breathtaking splendor, and I mean so in the inhaled gasp that graces the east coast 'yes '. It still stuns me in memoriam. Four Stars * * * *
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    • Aug 7, 1998

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    • Release date
      • November 7, 1997 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • MGM
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Den hängande trädgården
    • Filming locations
      • Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Alliance Communications Corporation
      • Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)
      • Channel Four Films
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    • Budget
      • CA$1,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $24,909
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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