| Cold Comfort | |
| Director: | Vic Sarin |
| Based On: | Cold Comfort by Jim Garrard |
| Cinematography: | Vic Sarin |
| Editing: | Nick Rotundo |
| Runtime: | 111 min. |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
Cold Comfort is a Canadian psychological thriller film, released in 1989.[1] The film was written by Richard Beattie and Elliot L. Sims based on the play by Jim Garrard, and directed by Vic Sarin.[2]
The film premiered in August 1989 at the Montreal World Film Festival.[3]
Stephen Paul Gross is a salesman who gets drawn into a sexual psychodrama between Floyd (Maury Chaykin), a sociopathic truck driver, and his daughter Dolores (Margaret Langrick), when the three are caught together in a blizzard.
The film's cast also includes Jayne Eastwood, Ted Follows, Richard Fitch and Grant Roll.
The film was slated to be shot in Edmonton and Winnipeg, but had to be relocated to Ontario after production delays led the arrangements to fall through.[3] Cynthia Preston had also been originally cast in the role of Dolores, but had to drop out after suffering injuries in a car accident, and Langrick was cast to replace her.[3]
In 1990, Langrick reprised the role of Dolores in a Vancouver stage production of Garrard's original play.[4]
| Genie Awards | March 20, 1990 | Best Picture | Ray Sager, Ilana Frank | [5] | |
| Best Actor | Maury Chaykin | ||||
| Best Actress | Margaret Langrick | ||||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Elliot L. Sims, Richard Beattie | [6] | |||
| Best Original Score | Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna |