Pale Saints (film) explained

Pale Saints
Director:Joel Wyner
Producer:Ilana Frank
Starring:Sean Patrick Flanery
Michael Riley
Saul Rubinek
Rachael Crawford
Music:Ian Thomas
Cinematography:Barry Stone
Editing:Nick Rotundo
Studio:Frequency Films
Telefilm Canada
Distributor:New Films International
Norstar Entertainment
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:Canada
United States
Language:English

Pale Saints is a 1997 American-Canadian crime film, written and directed by Joel Wyner.[1] The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery as Louis and Michael Riley as Dody, small-time thugs trying to gain acceptance with an organized crime group by driving to Toronto for a crime job that goes catastrophically wrong.[2]

The film's cast also includes Saul Rubinek, Rachael Crawford, Maury Chaykin, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Blicker, Julian Richings, Hardee T. Lineham and Patrick Gallagher.

The film received five Genie Award nominations at the 19th Genie Awards, for Best Director (Wyner), Best Supporting Actor (2: Riley, Rubinek), Best Supporting Actress (Crawford) and Best Costume Design (Tamara Winston).[3]

Notes and References

  1. "Pale Saints". Toronto Star, October 9, 1998.
  2. "Anatomy of a movie". Toronto Star, October 6, 1996.
  3. "Two films lead Genie pack with 12 nominations each [Last Night and Such a Long Journey]". Canadian Press, December 7, 1998.