Agent of Influence (2002)
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- 1h 38min
- Crime, Drama
- Jun 2002 (Canada)
- TV Movie
- 3 wins & 6 nominations.
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Cast
Christopher Plummer | ... |
John Watkins
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Marina Orsini | ... |
Diane Fletcher
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Ted Whittall | ... |
Robert Madison
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Shaun Johnston | ... |
David Present
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Kurtis Sanheim | ... |
Sean Fitzpatrick
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Alain Goulem | ... |
Murray Fletcher
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Terry Lawrence | ... |
Chris Hayden
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Paul Coeur | ... |
Charles Adair
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Gregory Hlady | ... |
Gregory Aloysha
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Cas Anvar | ... |
Khamal Rashid
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Norman Edge | ... |
Fletcher Sr.
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Pierre Rivard | ... |
Mario Béliveau
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Al Holt | ... |
Charles Blackburn
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Doug MacLeod | ... |
James Jesus Angleton
(as Douglas MacLeod)
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John Dunn-Hill | ... |
Andrei Gromyko
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Noel Burton | ... |
Charles Bohen
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Mark Camacho | ... |
Steve Lamboise
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Lorne Brass | ... |
CIA Agent in France
(as Lorne Blass)
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Lori Ravensborg | ... |
Coroner's Assistant
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France Arbour | ... |
Gypsy Matriarch
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Ari Snyder | ... |
Old Gypsy Patriarch
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Adrian Burhop | ... |
Youngh Gypsy Man
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Bonfield Marcoux | ... |
Front Desk Clerk
(as Bondfield Marcoux)
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Serge Christiaenssens | ... |
Newspaper Man
(as Serge Christianenssens)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Michael Matthew Barker | ... |
RCMP Officer (uncredited)
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Yves Langlois | ... |
Drunk (uncredited)
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Directed by
Michel Poulette |
Written by
Ken Chubb | ... | (story editor) |
Ian Adams | ... | (written by) & |
Riley Adams | ... | (written by) (as John Riley Adams) |
Ian Adams | ... | (novel) |
Produced by
Francine Allaire | ... | producer |
Randy Bradshaw | ... | executive producer / producer |
Arnie Gelbart | ... | executive producer |
Doug MacLeod | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Jean-Marie Benoît |
Cinematography by
Allen Smith | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Denis Papillon |
Editorial Department
Christian Gravel | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
John Blackie |
Art Direction by
Jean Bécotte | ||
Bill Ives |
Set Decoration by
Janice Blackie-Goodine | ||
Josianne Noreau |
Costume Design by
Lizzie McGovern | ... | (as Elizabeth McGovern) |
Makeup Department
Gail Kennedy | ... | key makeup artist |
Marie Jose Lopez | ... | makeup artist (as Marie-Josée Lopez) |
Janet MacDonald | ... | key hair stylist |
Cynthia Patton | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Joanne Preece | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Jon C. White | ... | hair stylist |
Production Management
Lorenz Augustin | ... | production manager |
Didier Communaux | ... | unit manager |
Renaud Mathieu | ... | production manager |
Peter Measroch | ... | post-production supervisor |
Bill Mustos | ... | executive in charge of production: CTV |
Simon Paquin | ... | assistant unit manager |
Theresa Piercy | ... | post-production supervisor |
Karen Troubetzkoy | ... | executive in charge of production: CTV |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pierre Brassard | ... | second assistant director |
Susan Bristow | ... | third assistant director |
Ricky Friedman | ... | first assistant director |
Lisa Jemus | ... | trainee assistant director |
Emilie Malo | ... | third assistant director |
Pamela Wintringham | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
Alfred A. Arndt | ... | construction coordinator |
Rob Arndt | ... | construction foreman |
Sean Blackie | ... | assistant set decorator |
Fabrice Callegher | ... | assistant props |
Lyne Chénier | ... | assistant set decorator |
Laurie Dobbie | ... | assistant property master |
Joel French | ... | lead dresser |
Dean Goodine | ... | property master |
Amber Humphries | ... | set decoration buyer |
Duane E. Martin | ... | on-set dresser |
Bruce Shibley | ... | assistant art director |
David Trainor | ... | prop builder |
Jason Webster | ... | painter |
Ken Wills | ... | co-property master / on-set props |
Sound Department
Richard Betanzos | ... | re-recording mixer |
Scott Donald | ... | adr editor / supervising dialog editor |
David Gertsman | ... | sound effects editor |
Michael Gurman | ... | supervising sound editor |
Steven Gurman | ... | post sound consultant |
Stan Sakellaropoulos | ... | dialog editor |
George Tarrant | ... | sound mixer |
Dan Tauber | ... | boom operator |
Special Effects by
Jason Dolan | ... | special effects coordinator |
Rodney Dolan | ... | special effects technician |
Stunts
Tom Eirikson | ... | stunt coordinator |
Tony Palmer | ... | stunt double: Marina Orsini |
Darrell Wiebe | ... | stunt double: Norman Edge |
Camera and Electrical Department
John Adshead | ... | key grip |
Véronique Boncompagni | ... | still photographer |
Kirk Chiswell | ... | first assistant camera |
François Dupéré | ... | key grip |
Tim Dutchak | ... | lamp operator |
Bruno Ferland | ... | gaffer |
Donovan Fraser | ... | second assistant camera |
Dave Gordon | ... | camera trainee |
Henry Kitchen | ... | grip |
Mike Kolafa | ... | generator operator |
Chris Large | ... | still photographer |
Isabelle Lecompte | ... | second assistant camera |
Corey Lee | ... | best boy grip |
Robin Loewen | ... | gaffer |
Tim Milligan | ... | dolly grip |
Carey Toner | ... | a camera/steadicam operator |
Rick Youck | ... | best boy electric |
Casting Department
Marcy Dichter | ... | extras casting |
Susan Forrest | ... | casting |
Deb Green | ... | casting (as Deborah Green) |
Murielle Laferrière | ... | casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Devora Brown | ... | costume truck supervisor |
Jeffrey Fayle | ... | set costume supervisor |
Jill Fry | ... | extras costumer |
Margarita Manoukian | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Simonetta Mariano | ... | costume supervisor |
Nancy Prevost | ... | assistant costume designer |
Location Management
Robert Hilton | ... | location manager: Calgary |
Ed Huery | ... | location production assistant: Calgary |
Matt Palmer | ... | assistant location manager: Calgary |
Michelle Raymond | ... | assistant location manager |
Bernard Rodrigue | ... | location manager: Montréal |
Music Department
François Arbour | ... | score mixer |
Script and Continuity Department
Michele Patsula | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Ray Breckenridge | ... | transportation captain |
Harold Dubland | ... | driver |
Lawrence Gooch | ... | driver |
Dave McBean | ... | set driver |
Bruce Milward | ... | driver |
Luc Poirier | ... | picture vehicle coordinator |
Coleman Robinson | ... | transportation coordinator |
Dayle Simpson | ... | driver |
Kevin Simpson | ... | driver |
Hank Yates | ... | driver |
Additional Crew
Shareen Anderson | ... | language consultant (as Shareen der Parthogh) |
Pia Athayde | ... | production accountant |
Paul van den Boom | ... | personal assistant: Christopher Plummer |
Caroline Brault | ... | controller |
Sophie Daubisse | ... | production coordinator |
Puelo Deir | ... | chief publicist |
Maude-Isabelle Delagrave | ... | business affairs |
Claude Forest | ... | insurance broker |
Peter Gurr | ... | security coordinator |
Fran Humphreys | ... | unit publicist |
Shirley Irvine | ... | craft service |
Mindy Laxer | ... | assistant: Francine Allaire |
Jason Lee | ... | business affairs |
Brad Logel | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Therese Ludlow | ... | trainee production coordinator |
Steve Morris | ... | assistant: Randy Bradshaw |
Léa Méthé | ... | production secretary |
Elise Nadeau | ... | production assistant |
Serge Pominville | ... | production assistant |
Heather Roscorla | ... | assistant accountant |
Edith Schmitz | ... | production accountant |
Ghislaine Servant | ... | payroll |
Lisa Ungarian | ... | production coordinator |
Pete White | ... | horse wrangler |
Cindy Willick | ... | assistant to unit publicist |
Thanks
Ron Hay | ... | special thanks |
Virginia Rankin | ... | special thanks |
Paul Rayman | ... | special thanks |
Ted Riley | ... | special thanks |
Harry Rosen | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Agent Productions
- Alberta Filmworks
- Alliance Atlantis Communications (presents)
- CFCN Production Fund (with the financial participation of)
- CTV Television (produced with the financial participation of) (in association with)
- Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) (produced with the participation of)
- Canadian Television Fund (produced with the participation of)
- Cogeco Program Development Fund (produced with the participation of)
- Galafilm Productions
- Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit (produced with the participation of)
- The Alberta Film Development Program of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (produced with the assistance of)
- The CFRN-CTV Fund (produced with the support of)
Distributors
- Multicom Entertainment Group (2019) (World-wide)
- CTV Television Network (Canada)
- English Home Entertainment (2012) (United States) (DVD)
- Trinity Home Entertainment (2007) (United States)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Alberta Film Commission (special thanks)
- CBC TV News (archives)
- CTV Television (developed in association with)
- I.A.T.S.E. Local 212 (acknowledgement) (I.A.T.S.E. 212 - Calgary)
- Multimedia Risk Consultants and Insurance Brokers (insurance brokers)
- Multimediarisk.com (risk consulting and insurance services by)
- National Bank of Canada (interim financing by)
- Premium Sound (post-production sound services)
- S.T.C.V.Q. (acknowledgement) (STCVQ)
- Studio Post (post production services by)
- Telus Television Development Fund (developed with the assistance of)
- The Motion Picture Bond Company (completion guarantee by)
- Vision Globale (post production services by)
- William F. White International (camera & film equipment supplied by)
- Zénaïde Lussier (legal counsel)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
1964. It's the height of the Cold War. Beyond the extremes of the Americans and the Soviets on opposing sides, other nations, such as Canada, are caught somewhere in the middle of the war. James Watkins is the Canadian Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and is a personal friend of the Canadian Prime Minister, Nobel Laureate Lester B. Pearson, that friendship the only reason why Watkins took the job in which he would have no interest otherwise. The CIA believes Watkins is working for the Soviets, although they have no conclusive evidence, which they promise to the RCMP they are working on getting. While the Americans want Canadian action taken to neutralize Watkins with or without that evidence, certain factions within Canadian authority see things differently. Inspector David Present, Director of the RCMP's KGB desk, wants to see that evidence from the CIA before taking any action against Watkins, Present who brings in his own biases of the times not directly related to spying per se. His immediate supervisor, Director General Inspector Chris Hayden dangles a promotion in front of Inspector Diane Fletcher to bring in, arrest and convict Watkins before he gets away, she who believes that she will give Watkins a fair shake within the process despite having her own beliefs as to his guilt or innocence. And Diane's brother, Murray Fletcher with External Affairs, is within a group sympathetic and loyal to Pearson. Although they don't believe Watkins is who the CIA believes him to be, they also know that Watkins will be a liability to Pearson come the next election if he remains Ambassador under this cloud. As such, they'd like to see Watkins quietly slip into retirement off Canadian soil without the RCMP and CIA knowing what has happened until it's happened. What happens with Watkins may be irrespective of his true guilt or innocence in the matter as each faction works on its own agenda, with issues internal to the Fletcher family affecting the proceedings. Written by Huggo |
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