The Englishman's Boy
 Trade Paperback Edition | |
| Author | Guy Vanderhaeghe |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Language, arts |
| Genre | historical fiction |
| Publisher | McClelland & Stewart |
Publication date | 14 September 1996 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Hardcover and Paperback |
| Pages | 333 |
| ISBN | 0-7710-8693-8 |
| OCLC | 35941592 |
The Englishman's Boy is a novel by Guy Vanderhaeghe, published in 1996 by McClelland and Stewart, which won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction in 1996 and was nominated for the Giller Prize. It deals with the events of the Cypress Hills Massacre (1873) as told 50 years later to a young screenwriter in Hollywood by the last living survivor.
Television film
| The Englishman's Boy | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Guy Vanderhaeghe |
| Screenplay by | Guy Vanderhaeghe |
| Directed by | John N. Smith |
| Starring | Bob Hoskins Nicholas Campbell Michael Therriault R. H. Thomson Michael Eisner Katharine Isabelle |
| Theme music composer | Rob Bryanton Todd Bryanton |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kevin DeWalt |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Production company | Minds Eye Entertainment |
| Budget | $11.7 million |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC |
| Release | 2 March – 9 March 2008 |
On 2 March 2008, The Englishman's Boy premiered as a made-for-television film on CBC with a budget of $11.7 million.[1] The film won six Gemini Awards: Best Dramatic Mini-Series; John N. Smith as director; Nicholas Campbell as leading actor; Katharine Isabelle as supporting actress; Carmen Kotyk, for casting; and Beverley Wowchuk for costumes.[2][3]
In November 2017 the TV film was released on the Canada Media Fund Encore+ YouTube channel.
Notes
- ^ Richard Wood. "Mini-series recreates massacre", The Beaver, February/March 2007, Vol. 87, issue 1, p. 11
- ^ http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini23/press/GM23Nov28winners.pdf Archived 27 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini23/press/GM23Oct22winners.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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