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Best Canadian Film | 1998 | Camelia
Top Ten Films of the Year | 1998
Best Actor | 1998 | Ian
Best Picture | 1998
Best Canadian Film | 1998
Best Performance Male | 1998 | Ian
Best Director | 1998 | Atom
1998 | Atom
Best Canadian Film or Video over Minutes For | 1997
Best Canadian Film or Video over 60 Minutes | 1997 | Thom
Best Supporting Actress | 1997 | Sarah
1997 | Atom
1997 | Atom
1997 | Atom
Grand Jury Prize | 1997 | Atom
Best Film | 1997 | Atom
Best Motion Picture | 1997 | Camelia
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | 1997 | Ian
Best Achievement in Direction | 1997 | Atom
Best Achievement in Cinematography | 1997 | Paul
Best Music Score | 1997 | Mychael
Best Overall Sound | 1997
Best Sound Editing | 1997 | David Drainie
Best Actor | 1997 | Ian
1997 | Atom
For | 1997
Best Film | 1997 | Atom
Competition | 1997 | Atom
Best Foreign Film Mejor Pelcula Extranjera | 1999 | Atom
Best Cinematography | 2000 | Paul
Best Foreign Film | 1998 | Atom
Best Director | 1998 | Atom
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | 1998 | Atom
Best Foreign Film | 1999
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2018 | Atom
Best Foreign Film | 1999
Best Supporting Actress | 1998 | Sarah
Best Actor | 1998 | Ian
Best Picture | 1998
Best Director | 1998 | Atom
Most Promising Actress | 1998 | Sarah
Best Screenplay | 1998 | Atom
Best Original Score | 1998 | Mychael
Best Picture | 1998
Best Film | 1998
Best Actor | 1998 | Ian
Best Supporting Actress | 1998 | Sarah
Best Director | 1998 | Atom
Best Screenplay | 1998 | Atom
Best Picture | 1998 | Camelia
Best Actor | 1998 | Ian
Best Drama Picture | 1998 | Camelia
Best Drama Actor | 1998 | Ian
Best Director | 1998 | Atom
Best Screenplay Adapted | 1998 | Atom
Best Performance Female | 1998 | Sarah
Honorable Mentions | 1997
Best Film | 1997 | Atom
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | 1997 | Gabrielle
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | 1997 | Bruce
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 1997 | Tom
Best Screenplay | 1997 | Atom
Best Achievement in Film Editing | 1997 | Susan
Best Achievement in Art DirectionProduction Design | 1997 | Patricia
Best Achievement in Costume Design | 1997 | Beth
Best Original Song | 1997 | Sarah
Best Screenplay Adapted | 1997 | Atom
Budget 5,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 7,951,247 USD
As indicated on writer and director Atom Egoyan's commentary track on the DVD, many people ask about the odd mask worn by the notetaker during the deposition scene. This is a stenographer's mask, an item which is used in real life by a stenographer to record his or her own voice during the deposition.
Author Russell Banks went on record saying that he thought this movie was an improvement over his novel.
Was inspired by the 1989 school bus crash in Alton, Texas.
Nicole (Sarah Polley) was an aspiring singer before the accident, and is seen on stage at various points in the movie performing The Tragically Hip's "Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)" and Jane Siberry's "One More Colour". The Tragically Hip's original version of "Courage" also appears in this movie. It was Polley's idea to re-work "Courage" for the closing credits, a version she personally sang.
Atom Egoyan was inspired to do this movie by a novel his wife Arsinée Khanjian gave him as a Christmas gift.
"Mitchell Stephens: I woke to the sound of Zoe's breathing. It was laboured. I looked over and noticed she was sweating and all swollen. I grabbed her, rushed to the kitchen, and splashed water on her face. Alison: What happened? Mitchell Stephens: I didn't know. I was in a panic. I guessed she'd been bitten by an insect, but there was no doctor. The nearest hospital was forty miles away, and Zoe was continuing to swell. Klara took her in her arms and tried to breast-feed her, while I dialed the hospital. I finally got a doctor on the line. He sounded young, but cool. He was confident, but there was a nervousness. He had been an intern. This was the first time he ever had to deal with anything like this. He wanted to seem like he knew what he was doing, but he was just as scared as I was.He surmised that there was a nest of baby black widow spiders in the mattress. He told me they had to be babies, or else with Zoe's weight she'd be dead. He told me I had to rush her to the hospital. He was alone. There was no ambulance available. 'Now you listen', he said, 'There's a good chance you can get her to me before her throat closes, but the important thing is to keep her calm.' He asked if there was one of us she was more relaxed with than the other. I said, 'Yes, with me.' Which was true enough, especially at that moment. Klara was wild-eyed with fear, and her fear was contagious. I was a better actor than she was, that's all. Zoe loved us equally then. Just like she hates us both equally now. The doctor told me that I should hold her in my lap, and let Klara drive to the hospital. He asked me to bring a small, sharp knife. It had to be clean. There was no time to sterilize properly. He explained how to perform an emergency tracheotomy. How to cut into my daughter's throat and windpipe without causing her to bleed to death. He told me there'd be a lot of blood. I said I didn't think I could do it. 'If her throat closes up and stops her breathing, you'll have to, Mr. Stephens. You'll have a minute and a half, two minutes maybe, and she'll probably be you can keep her calm and relaxed, if you don't let her little heart beat too fast and spread the poison around, then you might just make it over here first. You get going now', and he hung up. It was an unforgettable drive. I was divided into two people. One part of me was Daddy, singing a lullaby to his little girl. The other part was a surgeon, ready to cut into her throat. I waited for the second that Zoe's breath stopped to make that incision. Alison: What happened? Mitchell Stephens: Oh, nothing. We made it to the hospital. I didn't have to go as far as I was prepared to. But I was prepared to go all the way."
"Mitchell Stephens: You'd make a good poker player, kid."
