Published
Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, 2008.
UPC
054961804696, 054961828890, 054961883097, 054961941193
Notes
General Note
Special features [disc 1]: trailer (5 min.); bloopers [7 min.]; deleted & extended scenes (10 min.); production notes; filmographies; song lyrics.to "Cheer up Hamlet"; song lyrics.to "Call the understudy."
General Note
Special features [disc 3]: cast interview with Martha Burns and Stephen Ouimette (14 min.); deleted & extended scenes (16 min.); trailer (4 min.); production notes; filmographies.
General Note
Special features [disc 4]: cast interview with Michael Polley and Graham Harley (8 min.); bloopers [10 min.]; photo gallery; song lyrics.to "Mackers"; song lyrics.to "Call the understudy."
General Note
Special features [disc 5]: interview with Paul Gross (8 min.); trailer (5 min.); filmographies; deleted & extended scenes (20 min.); production notes.
General Note
Special features [disc 6]: interview with Susan Coyne (10 min.); bloopers [9 min.]; extended scenes of King Lear (11 min.); photo gallery; song lyrics.to "A walk in the rain", "I played the part" songs from the musical; song credits.
General Note
Special features (bonus disc): "A look behind the scenes" featurette (9 min.); interview with Martha Burns (9 min.); interview with Stephen Ouimette (10 min.); interview with Graham Harley (5 min.); "William Hutt on the set" short (3 min.); cast and crew on the set (6 min.); director on the set (30 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Score, Ron Sures ; editor, Christopher Donaldson ; director of photography, Rudolph Blahacek ; series created by Susan Coyne, Bob Martin, Mark McKinney ; based on a concept by Susan Coyne, Tecca Crosby ; songs by Greg Morrison, Lisa Lambert, Bob Martin.
Participants/Performers
Paul Gross, Stephen Ouimette, Martha Burns, Rachel McAdams, Luke Kirby, Jennifer Irwin, Susan Coyne, Sean Cullen, Graham Harley, Michael Polley, Sabrina Grdevich, Marcia Bennett, Matt FitzGerald, Catherine Fitch, Rothaford Gray, Don McKellar, Mark McKinney, Leon Pownall, Joanne Kelly, David Alpay, Geraint Wyn Davies, Jackie Burroughs, Peter Keleghan, Eric Peterson, Colm Feore, Sarah Polley, Aaron Abrams, Janet Bailey, Damien Atkins, Melanie Merkowsky, Chris Leavins, William Hutt, Jefferson Brown, Kenneth Welsh.
Description
Based in a fictional Canadian town where legendary theatrical madman Geoffrey Tennant returns to the New Burbage Theatre Festival, the site of his greatest triumph and most humiliating failure, to assume the Artistic Directorship after the sudden death of his mentor, Oliver Welles. When Geoffrey arrives he finds that Oliver is still there, in spirit anyway, and with his guidance (and often in spite of it) Geoffrey attempts to reconcile with his past while wrestling the Festival back from the marketing department. Despite a bitter leading lady, a clueless leading man, and a scheming General Manager, he manages to stage a remarkable production of Hamlet; the play that drove him mad.
Target Audience
Recommended for mature audiences; contains strong, coarse language and sexual situations.
System Details
DVD, widescreen format (16:9); Dolby digital stereo.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Awards
Gemini Awards, 2004: Best performance by an actor in a continuing leading dramatic role (Gross); Best performance by an actress in a featured supporting role in a dramatic series (McAdams).
Awards
Gemini Awards, 2006: Best dramatic series; Best direction in a dramatic series; Best performance by an actor in a continuing leading dramatic role (McKinney); Best performance by an actress in a continuing leading dramatic role (Burns); Best performance by an actress in a featured supporting role in a dramatic series (Coyne); Best writing in a dramatic series.