22 — Friday, May 14, 1999 — North Shore News Rupert's Land in running for Leos Katharine Hamer Contributing Writer WITH five Genie nominations already under its belt, the locally- made Rupert’s Land looks set to sweep this year’s Leo Awards — B.C.’s fledgling celebration of its own film industry talent. The film has been nominated for 10 Leos including Best Picture, Best Directov, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor. “Frankly [didn’t think we'd get the number of nominations we did,” says Cadence Entertainment producer Bill Thumm, “but I was pleasantly surprised.” This week’s TV highlights > FA. Cup Final — Saturday on Sportsnet > Tavernier’s Coup de Torchon — Wednesday > Makhmalbaf's Gabbeh — Friday on BRAVO FRIDAY BVALK SHOW Politically Incorrect with host Bill Maher (VIV & ABC Channels 9 & 31 12:05 a.m.) Afghan Whigs singer Greg Dulli is scheduled for the panel with Jennifer ‘Tilley and Rabbi Steven Leder. Dulli can’t talk about what he ate for breakfast without somebody taking a swing at him so full marks to whoever booked him. SATURDAY MUSIC Callus 59 concert; Callas at Covent Garden (BRAVO, Channel 28, 5:30 p.m.) Two concert perfor- mances by opera diva Maria Callas air. BSPORES FA Cup Final (Sportsnet, Channel 22, 7:30 p.m.) Newcastle United vs. Manchester United. B MOVIE *&&#* Dead Reckoning (1947) (Family Channel 44, 9:30 p.m.) War veteran Humphrey Bogart looks for the killer of his buddy. Lizabeth Scott gets in the way. Classic film noir directed by John Cromwell. SUNDAY DOCUMENTARY COMEDY The Awful Truth (BRAVO Channel 28, 5:30 pn.) Debut of new 14-week series frond maverick filmmaker Michael Moore. - B DOCUMENTARY Crime and Punisinnent: Stovies of Srebrenica (CBC Newsworld, Channel 23, 7 p.m., repeats at 10 p.m.) Passionate Eye series recounts the 1995 massacre in the Bosnian village. MONDAY @ MOVIE *%% 55 Days at Peking (1963) (BRAVO Channel 28, 16 p.m.) Timely broadcast of a rarely shown Nicholas Ray film. Chinese resentment against foreigners boils over in the Boxer Revolt in turn-of-the-century Beijing. TUESDAY B MOVIE #x%e% Z(French/Algerian 1969) (BRAVO Channel 28, 5:30 p.m.) Political thriller about the assassina- tion of a leader directed by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand and frene Papas. The film tells the story of ovo half brothers reunited for the first time since childhood en the eve of their father’s funeral in Prince Rupert. The pair are polar opposites -— Rupert (Samuel West) is a posh London, U.K. lawyer; his broth- er Dale (lan Fracey) an out of work tish- erman. It’s a character-driven road movie full of mayhem, family feuding, and brotherly bonding. Along the way, Rupert learns the truth about his father and Dale copes with an estranged pregnant girlfriend and his eccentric mother. The brothers also tangle with their father’s best friend Bloat (played by Cheer? George Wendt), a bush-dwelling “wild fisherman-in-exile” who feeds the strait-laced Rupert magic mushroom tea. Rupert’s Land was shot across the Lower Mainland, with locations that included Burnaby, Vancouver, Horseshoe Bay, the Seymour Demonstration Forest, and Squamish. The local weather wreaked some havoc on set — director Jonarhan Tammuz says he nearly had “a triple heart attack” when a boating scene had to be cut short because of high winds. “We did- n’t know if we could get the boat for another day, and George had te go back to L.A. — it was a producer’s nightmare!” he says, But they triumphed over the cle- NEWS phote Mike Wakefield CADENCE Entertainment team: Bill Thum and Scott Kennedy pleasantly surprised at number of nominations for Rupert’s Land. @ MUSIC The New Music (MuchMusic, Channel 39, 6 p.m., repeats 9 p.m.) The rise of hip hop. WEDNESDAY @ MOVIE *wkek* Coup de Torchon (France 1981) (BRAVO Channel 28, 11:45 p.m.) Director Bernard Tavernier adapts Jim Thompson material on southern racism to colonial French West Africa in 1938. Philippe Noiret stars with Isabelle Huppert and Stéphane Audran. FRIDAY MOVIE *x#%&* Gabbeh (Iran 1996) (BRAVO Channel 28, 6:30 p.m.) Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s mystical vision of nomadic life in southeastern Iran moves effortlessly between documentary and fable. Shaghayeh Djodat stars. nizable characters, not cardboard cut-outs. They're dealing with a dysfunctional fami- ly, and we've all had a brush with that! It’s a dramatic issue told with humour.” Tammuz, who trained in psychology prior to becoming a filmmaker, says he’s “fascinated by what makes people tick — by the i intricate interplay ot human rela- tions.” This is the director’s first Canadian film. He arrived in Vancouver four and a half years ago from London, U.K. and was won over by the “black humour” of screenwriter Graeme Manson’s story idea at a Christmas party. Manson, a native of West Vancouver, was inspired by summers spent working in ments eventually, and “even though film- ing in the rain was uncomfortable, it gave it that B.C. feel.” The filmmakers say it’s the universality of the story that has captured audiences. “Road movies have a long-standing appeal,” says Thumm. “The relationship between the brothers is engaging; it’s interesting. Although the B.C, landscape made it a good- looking project, whether the fact it was filmed in B.C. will mean anything to someone in Kapuskasing or Des Moines is highly questionable. We could have filmed this in Chile and had the same story.” Tammuz says the film “reeks of humanity — It’s about the human condi- tion, and there are real characters; recog: BYALK SHOW Late Night with Conan O’Brier: (NBC Channels 32 12:35 a.m.) Helen Hunt, Keri Russell and Built To Spill are guests. See Wendt Page 30 — John Goodman B.C. film industry roaring with pride at first Leo Awards NICK Orchard... a Leo for Best Director. Layne Christensen News Reporter layne@nsnews.com THE first annual Leo Awards Saturday will recognize the province’s film and television community for excellence in programming, performance and craft. The awards will be presented ata gala event May 35 at Hotel Vancouver. Among the 21] individual and group nominations are several North Shore nominees. ‘These include: @ Roy Hayter, tor Best Short Drama, Best Director and Best Screenwriter (short drama), Grave Decisions, @ Ogden Gavanski of North Van's Milestone Productions, for Best Dramatic Television Series, Nothing Too Good For A Cowboy, B Sarah Chalke, for Best Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Television Series, Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy, @ Bill Thumm and Scott Kennedy of North Van’s Cadence Entertainment, for Best Picture, Rupert's Land, & Jonathan Tammuz, for Best Director, Rupert's Land, and @ Graeme Manson, = for Screenwriter, Rupert’s Land. Several awards for program and craft were presented at a pre-award ceremony May 8. Best North Shore winners include: @ Jennifer Mather, with Russ Froese, for Best News Anchor of a Local Television News Package, Global News at Six, @ Nick Orchard, for Best Director of an Informational Television Series, and Lisa Kolisnyk, for Best Overall Sound, Cosmic Highway H, episode “Zero Hour,” © Paul Sharpe, Leigh Wilkes and Ray Collins, for Best Overall Sound for a Short Drama, Grave Decisions, @ Steve Geaghan, for Best Production Design for a Dramatic Television Series, The Outer Limits episode “Human Operators”; @ David Frazee, for Best Cinematography for a Dramatic Yelevision Series, Da Vinei’s Inquest, Y Ask about special BCAA Cruisé prices in Canadian dollars. Free upgrades! * BCAA Member Prices! RNR episode “The Bridge”; @ Graeme Coleman, two Best Musical Score awards, for a Dramatic Television Series, Nightnian, episode “Dust,” and for a Short Drama, Revisited, ® Brian Devie, for Best Production Design for aPicture, Rupert’s Land. The £999 Leo Awards are open to afl B.C.-based individuals who have perma- nent residence status or have maintained a residence in the province for the past year, and production companies that are B.C. controlled. Organizers received more than 400 entries for awards in 52 categories, which were reviewed by 70 jurors. The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television coordinated the peer adjudi- cation process.