Live Bait (film) explained

Live Bait
Director:Bruce Sweeney
Producer:Bruce Sweeney
Starring:Tom Scholte
Kevin McNulty
Babz Chula
David Lovgren
Music:Don MacDonald
Cinematography:David Pelletier
Editing:Ross Weber
Studio:Cypher Productions
Runtime:84 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Live Bait is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 1995. The directorial debut of Bruce Sweeney, the film won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival.[1]

The film stars Tom Scholte as Trevor McIntosh, a 23-year-old man attempting to lose his virginity during the summer after his college graduation, while the relationship of his parents (Babz Chula and Kevin McNulty) is simultaneously faltering.

The film was written as Sweeney's graduate thesis for his MFA in Film Studies at the University of British Columbia.[2]

Notes and References

  1. "Live Bait snags Canadian award". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 1995.
  2. http://news.ubc.ca/1996/11/14/archive-ubcreports-1996-96nov14-sweeney/ "Graduate hooked on reel life"