The Smokestack Wager

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The Smokestack Wager is a Dogme 95 film shot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 2004. Staring a group of unknown actors, including Jonathan Wilson, Melanie Dahling, Matt Donahue, Kate Schellenberg, John Perrin IV and Levon Cheater. The film follows a day in the life of a man named Bob Favor, sent to Canada in search of a young girl who may or may not want to be found. As the film unfolds, the audience witnesses the fragmenting psyche of a man who chose a very bad day to quit smoking. The director, Tony Hinds is quoted as saying that he had his tongue firmly in his cheek when he decided to make his film a Dogme 95 film. "Even the founding fathers of Dogme 95, don't take the rules very seriously anymore." Producer: Kyle Milroy. Writer/ Director: Tony Hinds. (Running Time 40 minutes)