Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Told from the perspective of a family who witnessed the historic tragedy firsthand, director bruce pittmans painstakingly detailed. In a world at war, one city became a symbol of courage, hope, an survival. The halifax explosion is the incredible true story of the mont blanc, a french freighter transporting explosive cargo that collided with a belgian relief ship in halifax, nova scotia in 1917.
Written and directed by billy ray, the film is based on a vanity fair article of the same name by h. Library and archives canada canadian feature film database lac. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing shattered 1991 near you. Shattered silence 2012 stream and watch online moviefone. But read the book about the halifax disaster, then watch this movie to see a. I had never even heard of the explosion at halifax harbor in 1917 until i watched this most engrossing film. The films title is an allusion to a line of alexander pope s poem epistle to dr arbuthnot. Desperate hours is a 2007 britishcanadian mystery thriller film directed by mike barker, coproduced and written by william morrissey, and starring pierce brosnan, gerard butler, and maria bello. Trying to learn about her sons past unveils secrets that can. A perfect familys dynamic is ruined by a kidnappers brutally efficient plot. The movie does not show the tsunami which followed directly after the. But as it goes along, shattered has a lot of momentum, mystery, and tension, and the solid cast keeps the emotions gritty and intense. Oct 26, 2003 a true story about the tragic explosion at halifax harbour, canada, in the early hours of december 6, 1917. It presents a fictionalized version of the halifax explosion, a 1917 catastrophe that destroyed much of the canadian city of halifax.
A woman who is married to the son of a powerful mayor in the south is tested as she finds out about her adopted sons mental illness. In the early hours of december 6, 1917, the mont blanc, a frenchowned freighter loaded to the gunnels with thousands of tons of tnt, collided with a belgian relief. Shattered is based on true events about family betrayal, love lost, and a dark destructive secret that swirls around a high powered political family in the deep south. The halifax explosion invents plot lines out of whole cloth according to the film, german spies were. The halifax explosion movie a true story about the tragic explosion at halifax harbour, canada, in the early hours of december 6, 1917. The halifax explosion tells the incredible true story of halifax, nova scotia, a city devastated by a massive explosion and its aftermatha historic tragedy that became a living metaphor for a worldwide conflict. I did like the movie but, i wouldnt say it was great.
It was directed by bruce pittman and written by keith ross leckie. Grain is a problem, as well as compression issues, and a general softness of color that may have been. Shattered is a 1991 american psychological thriller film starring tom berenger, greta scacchi, bob hoskins, joanne whalley and corbin bernsen. With their beautiful young daughter, sophie, they are living the american dream. The halifax explosion tv series 2003 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Shattered city 2 x 120 a miniseries of heroic proportions, shattered city. The halifax explosion 2003 clare stone in shattered city. The carol burnett show official recommended for you. Bissinger 4 and chronicles glass fall from grace when his stories were discovered to be fabricated. Neil and abby warner have the perfect life and a perfect marriage. When the speech is being given in boston, at the end of the movie, the city hall behind the big tree is actually the halifax city hall, not bostons. With ray wise, molly burnett, arianne zucker, jonathan camp. Shattered dvd marie b, 12212011 could have been longer, should have explained the rapture so that new believers could understand the message. Shattered butterfly on a wheel 2007 rotten tomatoes.
Perhaps it would shed more light on the state of mind of judith merrick, the character played by greta scacchi in the film, who commits a series of acts so implausible, and so bewildering, that i would do anything to eavesdrop on her stream of consciousness. Those who made the movie managed to weave the facts of the story into the lives of a host of interesting characters that were realistically portrayed by an outstanding cast of adult and child actors. The film stars vincent walsh, tamara hope, clare stone, zachary bennett, shauna macdonald and ted dykstra. But read the book about the halifax disaster, then watch this movie to see a good account of what it looked like. Having read a few non fiction books about the explosion one a dear. Shattered city is well worth watching and far superior to most of the. The halifax explosion explores the incredible true story of halifax, nova scotia, a city devastated by a massive explosion and its aftermath a historic tragedy that became a living metaphor for a worldwide conflict. Shattered city is a movie geared towards entertaining a canadian audience, because of this it lacks evidence of this moments significance in any events to come thereafter that owe their occurrence in full, or in part to the halifax explosion of 1917.
Oct 31, 2003 enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing shattered glass near you. Dec 22, 2009 when four lifelong friends decided to open the hottest new bar in town, they never thought the night of their lives would turn into their worst nightmare. The true story of the disastrous explosion that cost 2000 lives and injured 9000 when two ships collided at halifax harbour, canada in 1917. Shattered, a song by trading yesterday from more than this 2006 shattered turn the car around, a single by o. The halifax explosion pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released shattered city. A true story about the tragic explosion at halifax harbour, canada, in the early hours of december 6, 1917. With clare stone, max morrow, paul doucet, lynne griffin. This film is dedicated to the spirit and the memory of constance connie bond young august 9, 1911 february 22, 2003 see more. Featuring graham greene dances with wolves and pete postlethwaite in the name of the father, shattered city. Shattered city is well worth watching and far superior to most of the disaster fare available on amazon prime video. The halifax explosion is a twopart miniseries produced in 2003 by cbc television. The halifax explosion looked tight to me in certain spots, to the point where i wondered if it might have been shot widescreen or perhaps as an open matte, intended to be cropped. Cbc news interactives has recreated the city of halifax as it existed in 1917 to show how the halifax explosion unfolded and its effects on the people who lived there.
Courtney court collins 2 episodes, 2003 paul doucet. Hospital visit from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. The shattering in the dead of night, donovan liam mcmahon drives his girlfriend, lucy anna moore and four friends to a secret rendezvous in the woods. The true story of the disastrous explosion that cost 2,000 lives and injured 9,000 when two ships collided at halifax harbour, canada in 1917. Shattered is a taut little thriller that comes to a not entirely satisfying end.
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point in this thriller starring piece brosnan, gerard butler, and maria bello. Shattered city is a dramatized made for tv drama about the halifax explosion that occurred in 1917. I have not read the novel by richard neely that inspired shattered, but now, having seen the movie, i feel like i need to. The film uses a fictionalized aspect to tell this famous canadian tragedy, and in doing so, its. The halifax explosion is a twopart miniseries produced in 2003 by cbc. Shattered glass is a 2003 biographical drama film about journalist stephen glass and his scandal at the new republic. Kate stenson molly burnett dreams of an enviable life as the quintessential southern belle. Constance connie collins 2 episodes, 2003 max morrow. It presents a fictionalized version of the halifax explosion, a 1917 catastrophe that destroyed much of the city of halifax. Released 2012, shattered silence stars lizvassey, jennproske, ryankelley, kelligoss the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 45 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which.
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