Niagara Motel

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Niagara Motel
Directed by	Gary Yates
Produced by	Phyllis Laing Michael Prupas Bernard Zukerman
Written by	Dani Romain George F. Walker
Starring	Caroline Dhavernas Craig Ferguson Anna Friel
Music by	Guy Fletcher The Lyric Quartet
Cinematography	Ian Wilson
Editing by	Simon Cozens
Distributed by	Mongrel Media (Canada) Soda Pictures (United Kingdom)
Release date(s)	March 24, 2006
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$8,000,000
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Niagara Motel is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Gary Yates. The film earned numerous nominations, including a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for Caroline Dhavernas.

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Niagara Motel features its namesake and the ongoings amongst the inhabitants of the motel located in Niagara Falls. The characters include a knockout waitress being recruited to star in low budget porn videos, a young couple with a criminal past struggling to recover their child from social services, and a middle class husband and wife in a marriage that is disintegrating in near record time all lead by a drunken motel manager (Ferguson). Based on George F. Walker's six play series Suburban Motel.

Actress Caroline Dhavernas previously played the lead role in the television series Wonderfalls created by Bryan Fuller and also set in Niagara Falls. Actress Anna Friel went on to star in the television series Pushing Daisies also created by Bryan Fuller.