Love and Human Remains
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| Love and Human Remains | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Denys Arcand |
| Produced by | Pierre Latour |
| Written by | Brad Fraser |
| Starring | Thomas Gibson Ruth Marshall Cameron Bancroft Mia Kirshner Joanne Vannicola Matthew Ferguson |
| Music by | John McCarthy |
| Cinematography | Paul Sarossy |
| Editing by | Alain Baril |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) |  July 22, 1994 March 2, 1995 June 23, 1995 December 22, 1999 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
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Love and Human Remains is a 1993 Canadian film directed by Denys Arcand and based on Brad Fraser's stage play Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love. Fraser also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation.
The film version follows the storyline of the original play fairly close; although, it might seem unclear to some viewers which city the film takes place in. While the film was shot on location in Montreal, Quebec, the original stage play and the screenplay are both set in Edmonton, Alberta. There are attempts made in the dialogue, props and background film footage to identify the city as Edmonton. As in David's remark, "Let's order a Rosebowl pizza and discuss your sexual crises,". In another scene, the TV newsreporter signs off from "CFR-" and gets cut off by the TV remote control before she could say "-N" the final call letter of Edmonton's CTV affiliate station. And Sal's remark "It's chicken night at Flash,"-- is an allusion to "Flashbacks", a long-gone Edmonton gay bar; there's also the repeated use of a "Sun" newspaper-- (ironically, no city is actually identified in the masthead of the prop paper,) and CBC-TV Canadian Football League footage of an Edmonton Eskimos game.
Fraser won a Genie Award for his adapted screenplay, while stars Mia Kirshner, Joanne Vannicola, and Matthew Ferguson received acting nominations.
It has not been released as a Region 1 DVD.
[edit] Cast
- Thomas Gibson as David
- Ruth Marshall as Candy
- Cameron Bancroft as Bernie
- Mia Kirshner as Benita
- Joanne Vannicola as Jerri
- Matthew Ferguson as Kane
