Monkey Warfare Explained

Monkey Warfare
Director:	Reginald Harkema
Producer:	Leonard Farlinger Jennifer Jonas Kris King
Starring:	Don McKellar Tracy Wright Nadia Litz
Cinematography:	Jonathon Cliff
Editing:	Kathy Winkauf
Runtime:	75 minutes
Country:	Canada
Language:	English

Monkey Warfare is a 2006 Canadian drama film written and directed by Reginald Harkema, starring Don McKellar, Tracy Wright, and Nadia Litz.^[1] The film received multiple awards at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2006,^[2] and received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Feature Film jury at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.

Cast

• Don McKellar as Dan
• Tracy Wright as Linda
• Nadia Litz as Susan
• Earl Pastko as Ted
• Rob Stefaniuk as real estate agent
• Brenda Robbins as figurine lady
• Marya Delver as bike girl
• Sarah Manninen as bike girl
• Rachel Wilson as bike girl
• Erin McMurtry as bike girl
• Marnie Robinson as bike girl
• Jayne Eastwood as garage sales lady
• Caroline Gillis as female cop
• Lee Rumohr and Melissa Veszi as young couple
• Isabel and Jason Knight as husband and wife

Soundtrack

1. "The Black Poodle" - performed by Comets on Fire
2. "Nuclear War" - written and performed by Sun Ra
3. "(Ballad of the) Hip Death Goddess" - written and performed by Ultimate Spinach
4. "The Old Revolution" - written and performed by Leonard Cohen
5. "What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes?" - performed by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
6. "Girls Like That" - performed by Weird War
7. "Saturday Afternoon" - performed by Outrageous Cherry
8. "Kill For Peace" and "Group Grope" - performed by The Fugs
9. "Protest Song '68" - performed by Refused
10. "Pow! to The People" - performed by The Make-Up
11. "I (fuck) Mountains" - performed by Pink Mountaintops

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 75% based on 8 critics, with an average rating of 6.6/10.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Monkey Warfare Review. Harvey. Dennis. November 20, 2006. Variety.
2. Web site: 7th Annual Award Winners. Castillo. Jorge Ignacio. Vancouver Film Critics Circle. January 9, 2007. August 24, 2021. WordPress.
3. Web site: Monkey Warfare. Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. August 24, 2021.