The Dead Sleep Easy Explained

The Dead Sleep Easy
Director:	Lee Demarbre
Producer:	Robert Menzies
Music:	Michael Dubué
Distributor:	Odessa Filmworks Zed Filmworks
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Budget:	CAD 250,000^[1]

The Dead Sleep Easy is a 2007 Canadian drama film, a co-production of Odessa Filmworks and Zed Filmworks produced on location in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Its tagline is "When you're this far south, sometimes it's better to be dead than alive."

Plot

The story concerns a one-time Mexican wrestler known only as The Champ (Ian Hodgkinson) who becomes employed by a Mexican organised crime gang after he kills an opponent whose uncle is a mob leader. After witnessing a massacre of illegally smuggled migrants into the United States, The Champ decides to seek redress for this crime.

Distribution and release

The film has had numerous special screenings:

• 22 September 2007: Calgary, Calgary International Film Festival^[2]
• 8 February 2008: Victoria (British Columbia) Film Festival^[3]
• 15 February 2008: Toronto^[4]
• 22 February 2008: Ottawa
• 13 March 2008: Montreal^[5]
• 15 March 2008: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Backseat Film Festival^[6]
• 20 March 2008: Dawson City, Yukon, International Short Film Festival^[7]
• 27 March 28 March 2008: Hollywood, California, Ricardo Montalbán Theatre^[8]

The film was given a DVD release on 5 March 2009 through Anchor Bay Canada.

References

1. News: Pulp fiction . 14 February 2008 . T.S. . Warren . . 16 February 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080302092323/http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/film/film.aspx?iIDArticle=14010 . 2 March 2008 . dmy-all .
2. http://www.calgaryfilm.com/schedule.php?fd=981 Calgary International Film Festival: The Dead Sleep Easy
3. http://victoria.bside.com/2008/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=45190994 Victoria Film Festival 2008: The Dead Sleep Easy
4. http://zedfilmworks.com/tdse_toronto/ Zed Filmworks: Toronto showing
5. http://www.odessafilmworks.com/news/index.html Odessa Filmworks news
6. https://archive.today/20120524142936/http://backseat.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=50828844 Backseat Film Festival: The Dead Sleep Easy
7. Web site: Dawson City International Short Film Festival: The Dead Sleep Easy . 15 March 2008 . 6 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100806015149/http://www.dawsonfilmfest.com/demarbre.html . dead .
8. Web site: Ricardo Montalban Theatre: The Dead Sleep Easy . 15 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080326172407/http://www.ricardomontalbantheatre.org/dead.html . 26 March 2008 . dead .

Bibliography

• Sidel" official Ana Sidel site
• The Dead Sleep Easy official site
• Zed Filmworks: The Dead Sleep Easy profile
  • News: Vampiro shoots up the screen in The Dead Sleep Easy . usurped . https://archive.today/20120630091938/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Movies/2008/02/14/4846683.html . 30 June 2012 . 14 February 2008 . 16 February 2008 . . Greg . Oliver .
• News: Pretty good, as bad movies go . Stephen . Cole . . 15 February 2008 . 16 February 2008 .
• News: Wrestling with change . Laura . Stone . . 15 February 2008 . 16 February 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104034937/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=c9323258-a49c-4231-8e1a-0e42481e5f72 . 4 November 2012 . dmy-all .
• Rue Morgue Radio: Lee Demarbre interview regarding The Dead Sleep Easy 8 February 2008
• News: Dead reckoning . . 18 February 2008 . 13 February 2008 . Jason . Anderson . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081122053450/http://www.eyeweekly.com/film/feature/article/17978 . 22 November 2008 . dmy-all .
• News: If it wasn't for NAFTA, would we even have Mexican-Canadian wrestling cinema? . . 18 February 2008 . 15 February 2008 . Chris . Knight.
• Interview with director Lee DeMarbre