All the Wrong Reasons (film)

All the Wrong Reasons
Directed by Gia Milani
Produced by Phyllis Laing
Gia Milani
Tony Whalen
Written by Gia Milani
Starring Karine Vanasse
Cory Monteith
Kevin Zegers
Emily Hampshire
Music by Ari Posner
Cinematography Stéphanie Weber Biron
Edited by Thorben Bieger
Production
company
Strong Arm Pictures
Buffalo Gal Pictures
Shore Road Pictures
Distributed by Pacific Northwest Pictures
Release dates
  • 8 September 2013 (TIFF)

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Running time
 119 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

All the Wrong Reasons is a 2013 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Gia Milani. It stars Karine Vanasse, Cory Monteith, Kevin Zegers and Emily Hampshire and was one of Monteith's final feature film roles along with McCanick - both films were released at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival a few weeks after his death.

Plot

The film is set in the Fairfax Department store, a big-box outlet in which Kate Ascher (Vanasse) works as a security guard while her husband James (Monteith) is the store's manager. Kate is unable to touch other people - including her husband - or even have them near her due to the traumatic stress of seeing her sister commit suicide. After James tries unsuccessfully to bring Kate out of her isolation, he pursues intimacy from one of the store's cashiers, Nicole (Hampshire).

Simon Brunson (Zegers) joins the store staff. He faces his own stresses after being injured in his former job as a firefighter. His efforts to deal with his situation inspires Kate to lash out against her cheating husband, ruin his career and cost Nicole custody of her daughter, which allows Kate to begin her recovery of a normal life with Simon.

Cast

Production

Shooting was conducted in Halifax during mid-2012 and concluded on 15 August 2012.[2] The film was produced by Shore Road Pictures (Gia Milani & Tony Whalen) and Buffalo Gal Pictures (Phyllis Laing).[3]

Funding for the film was provided by Telefilm Canada, the Province of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia Tax Credits, the province of Manitoba, Pacific Northwest Pictures and Myriad Pictures.[4][5] It is slated to air on The Movie Network and Movie Central in 2014.[2] Pacific Northwest Pictures is the Canadian distributor while international sales is handled by Myriad Pictures.[6][7]

Awards and nominations

The film won the Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[8]

The film won the Viewer's Choice Award at the Silver Wave Film Festival [9]

Denis Theriault was nominated by ACTRA Maritimes for Outstanding Male Performance Feature Film, Movie of the Week, Television, or web-series for his role as Radley Weil in All the Wrong Reasons.[10]

The screenplay won the Slamdance Film Festival’s 2009 Script Accessible Award as part of that festival's Feature Screenplay Competition.[11]

Festivals

2013 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Ontario, 8 September 2013.[12]

Atlantic Film Festival, CBC/Telefilm Atlantic Gala Film, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 13 September 2013.[13]

Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, Sudbury, Ontario, 22 September 2013.[14]

Vancouver International Film Festival, Canadian Images Opening Gala Film, Vancouver, British Columbia, 27 September 2013.[15]

Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montreal, Quebec, 22 October 2013.[16]

St. John's International Women's Film Festival, St. John's, Newfoundland, 25 October 2013.[17]

Silver Wave Film Festival, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 7 November 2013.[18]

Windsor International Film Festival, Windsor, Ontario, 9 November 2013.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "All the Wrong Reasons". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cooke, Stephen (11 August 2012). "Halifax offers all the right reasons". The Chronicle Herald (Halifax). Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Ng See Quan, Danielle (30 July 2012). "All the Wrong Reasons in production in Halifax". Playback. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (9 August 2012). "Cory Monteith living out the dream in Canadian film role". Playback. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Telefilm Canada supports the production of six English-language feature-film projects for a total investment of $6.4 million". Telefilm Canada. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (9 August 2012). "'Glee's' Cory Monteith on Real-Life Role in Canadian Indie Film". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (30 July 2012). "Glee's Cory Monteith and Kevin Zegers in Canadian indie 'All the Wrong Reasons'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Toronto: Cory Monteith's 'All the Wrong Reasons' Wins Discovery Award". Hollywood Reporter. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "The 2013 Silver Wave Film Festival Viewers Choice Award Winner is..Gia Milani and Tony Whalen's Feature Film All the Wrong Reasons!". Silver Wave Film Festival Facebook Page. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "ACTRA Maritimes Announces Nominees". ACTRA Maritimes Website. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Shore Road runs to Park City". Playback. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "allthewrongreasons". TIFF Website. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "allthewrongreasons giamilani atlantic2013". AFF Website. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Cinefest: Glee star 'the glue'". Sudbury Star. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "f8854-all-the-wrong-reasons". VIFF Website. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "longs-metrages 8687". FNC Website. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "all-the-wrong-reasons". SJIWFF Website. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  18. ↑ "page_id=285#1". SWFF Website. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  19. ↑ "schedule". WIFF Website. Retrieved 5 November 2013.

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