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SJIWFF27 Presents: ExxonMobil Opening Night Gala
October 19, 2016
October 19th, 7-9pm – SCOTIABANK THEATRE AT THE AVALON MALL –
The River of My Dreams: A Portrait of Gordon Pinsent
DIRECTOR: Brigitte Berman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dan Peel
PRODUCERS: Victor Solnicki, Brigitte Berman, Daniel Pellerin
RUNTIME: 104min
COUNTRY: Canada
SYNOPSIS: Oscar-winning filmmaker Brigitte Berman turns her talents to one of our most beloved local heroes, the world’s most charming rowdy man. It takes at least a full-blown feature to capture the life and time of such a performer, and The River of My Dreams delivers. Berman managed to draw from Gordon Pinsent a most intimate portrait of what makes him tick. Growing up in Grand Falls didn’t exactly present a life of promise and fame, but the young Gordon had big ambitions and untapped talent, and, unlike so many who dream, he found a way out. Call it fate or design, Pinsent ended up living the dream over seven decades of performing. Whether stage or screen, Pinsent always gave his all, building a rich legacy with which many of us are so familiar, including but not limited to Quentin Durgens, M.P., The Rowdyman, of course, John and the Missus, and notably the films The Shipping News, Away from Her, and The Grand Seduction. There’s a lot revealed in this documentary, for all the world’s stage and some, like this still mischievous octogenarian, know how to own it.