Shania: A Life in Eight Albums
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| Genre | biopic |
| Directed by | Jerry Ciccoritti |
| Starring | Meredith Henderson Shenae Grimes Megan Follows Eric Schweig Gordon Tootoosis |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English French[1] |
| Original channel | CBC |
| Release date | November 7, 2005 (TV) April 24, 2007 (DVD) |
| Running time | 90 minutes[2] |
Shania: A Life in Eight Albums is a Canadian television movie, which aired on CBC Television on 8pm on November 7, 2005.[3] It is a biopic of Canadian country star Shania Twain, that was originally scheduled to air in October,[4] but was delayed by the CBC labour dispute. The film was divided into eight chapters, each defined by its own colour code, style and symbolic album cover title.[5]
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[edit] Production and release
The role of Shania was shared between eight-year-old Reva Timbers, teen Shenae Grimes, and Meredith Henderson who plays Twain as an adult. They worked out shared mannerism to improve continuity and all did their own singing.[5] The film also stars Megan Follows and Eric Schweig as Twain's parents, and Gordon Tootoosis as her grandfather.[6]
The film was directed by Jerry Ciccoritti[5] and produced by Barna-Alper Productions.[2]
Filming started on September 20, 2004[7] and mainly occurred in Sudbury. Additional filming was done in Capreol Huntsville, Timmins and Toronto.[5] The film contained only brief footage of Timmins even though Twain grew up there. In 2004, Timmins mayor Vic Power publicly criticized the filmmakers in 2004 for not producing the film in Timmins calling it a "horrible miscarriage of justice".[8] Nevertheless, the director was successful in recruiting cousins of Twain as extras and more importantly he secure High Park house where Twain lived with John Kim Bell as a filming location. In a random case of good fortune, the current owner of the house provided the crew with a guitar Shania had left behind. Meredith Henderson played it in the film.[9]
The film was not authorized by Twain and made without her participation. The film ends with a disclaimer stating so.[10] Because of Twain's lack of participation, the producers were not allowed to use any of her songs, and thus relied on early bootlegs of Twain singing public domain songs.
The film was released on DVD on April 24, 2007.[1]
[edit] Cast
- Meredith Henderson ... Eilleen Shania Twain
- Shenae Grimes ... Eilleen 13-16 yrs.
- Reva Timbers ... Eilleen 8-11 yrs.
- Megan Follows ... Sharon Twain
- Eric Schweig ... Jerry Twain
- Lynne Cormack ... Mary Baily
- Darrell Dennis ... John Kim Bell
- Gordon Tootoosis ... Greey Twain
- Katie Boland ... Jill, 13-24 yrs.
- Caroline Sura ... Carrie Anne 10-13 yrs.
- Courtenay Betts ... Carrie Anne, 16-21 yrs.
- Adam Cabral ... Mark, 5-8 yrs.
- Devon Bostick ... Mark, 14 yrs.
- Aydan James Taylor ... Darryl, 5-7 yrs
- Chevez Ezaneh ... Darryl, 8-13 yrs.
- Tracey Toulouse ... Audrey
- Diego Klattenhoff ... Paul
- Christopher Ralph ... Mike
- Grant Aldridge ... David
- Michael Carabine ... Rick
- David Dymond ... Mike
[edit] Awards
The film was nominated for two Gemini Awards in 2006. Megan Follows was nominated in the category "Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series". The film was also nominated in the category "Best Sound in a Dramatic Program".[11] It also win the DGC Craft Award for "Outstanding Sound Editing - Television Movie/Mini-Series" that same year.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Shania: A Life in Eight Albums (2005) <DVD page>". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/392084/Shania-A-Life-in-Eight-Albums/dvd. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ a b "Shania: A Life in Eight Albums". Barna-Alper. http://www.bap.ca/drama_shania.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ van Wyk, Anika (2005-11-07). "Henderson steps into big boots". Calgary Sun (Alberta): pp. Entertainment; Country, 33. http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/11/06/1295563.html. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ Dixon, Guy (2005-08-31). "Lockout shuts out CBC's high-impact series". Globe and Mail: pp. Entertainment section front.
- ^ a b c d McKay, John (2005-11-07). "The Ballad of Shania; CBC Telepic Sings Praises of Twain's Life & Career". Winnipeg Sun (Manitoba): pp. Entertainment; 18.
- ^ "Shania: A Life in Eight Albums (2005)". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/392084/Shania-A-Life-in-Eight-Albums/overview. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ "IN BRIEF: From Sherlock's Shirley to Shania; more". CBC. 2004-09-08. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2004/09/08/quickhits040908.html. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
- ^ O'Reilly, Neal (2004-12-31). "Shania does us proud ... yet again". Timmins Daily Press: pp. Year in Review; A3.
- ^ Zekas, Rita (2005-11-04). "The Twains shall meet". Toronto Star: pp. Movies E07.
- ^ Harris, Bill (2005-11-07). "Biopic looks at Twain's early years". Toronto Sun. http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/11/06/1295562.html. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ Gemini Awards (2006-08-29). "The 21st Annual Gemini Awards Nominees are..." (PDF). Press release. http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini21/releases/GAGAllNominees.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ DGC Awards (2006-10-15). ""History of Violence" leads 2006 Directors Guild of Canada Awards" (PDF). Press release. http://www.dgc.ca/PHPUploads/DGC%20Press%20Release%20DGC%20Awards06%20Winners.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
[edit] External links
- http://www.shaniasplace.com/GreatestHits_Gallery/PicturesVidCaps/ScanPages/051107_CBC_ShaniaALifeInEightAlbums.htm
- Shania: A Life in Eight Albums at the Internet Movie Database
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