Poor Boy's Game

Poor Boy's Game

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  • Genre(s): Drama
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Clément Virgo
  • Cast(s): Rossif Sutherland, Danny Glover, Flex Alexander, Greg Bryk, Laura Regan See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 44min
  • Music: Byron Wong
  • Award(s): VFCC 2008 (Won)
    DGC Team 2007 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: "Wuthering Heights", 180
  • Story:
    Donnie Rose went to prison for beating a young man so brutally it left him handicapped for life. Nine years later, Donnie is out. He's a different man with only one place to go: back home to the same violent and racist neighborhood that created him. At the other end of town, the black community still wants revenge. The instrument of justice will be Ossie Paris, a devastatingly talented boxer who challenges Donnie to a match; a match Donnie's family and peers won't let him refuse. George Carvery has waited nine years to avenge his son's fate at the hands of Donnie. When finally they meet face to face, however, both realize they share a similar desire to overcome the past.
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STORY

Story
Donnie Rose went to prison for beating a young man so brutally it left him handicapped for life. Nine years later, Donnie is out. He's a different man with only one place to go: back home to the same violent and racist neighborhood that created him. At the other end of town, the black community still wants revenge. The instrument of justice will be Ossie Paris, a devastatingly talented boxer who challenges Donnie to a match; a match Donnie's family and peers won't let him refuse. George Carvery has waited nine years to avenge his son's fate at the hands of Donnie. When finally they meet face to face, however, both realize they share a similar desire to overcome the past.

AWARDS

Won
VFCC Award

Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film | 2008 | Greg

Craft Award

Art Direction | 2007 | William

Atlantic Canadian Award

Best Atlantic Feature Film or Video | 2007 | Clément

Nominations
DGC Team Award

Feature Film | 2007

WGC Award

Feature Film | 2008 | Chaz

VFCC Award

Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film | 2008 | Danny

Genie Award

Best Achievement in Music Original Song | 2008 | Byron

Best Achievement in Editing | 2008 | Susan

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 2008 | Danny

DGC Craft Award

Direction Feature Film | 2007 | Clément

Production Design Feature Film | 2007 | William

Sound Editing Feature Film | 2007 | David

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Donnie (Rossif Sutherland) and George (Danny Glover) both fall onto their beds and begin to cry, only to be comforted by their love interests at different parts of the film. Both behave this way after an encounter with Charlie (K.C. Collins).

Rossif Sutherland's first lead role.

Opened in Halifax, which is where the movie is set, on November 9, 2007.

Popular Dialogues

"Ossie Paris: Boxing ain't no game. So you play football, you play tennis. You don't play boxing."

"Donnie Rose: [George is staring at him, with a gun in his pocket] Why don't you just do what you came here to do and leave?"

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Outcome
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