Gordon Pinsent Movies

The coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is told. The son of the local pharmacist Gerald O'Connal,...

Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously...

A woman struggles with her husband.

Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they think will get them serious recognition in the...

Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.

Devil at Your Heels, traces the trials of stuntman Ken Carter who attempts a death-defying aerial jump in a car. Not content with a normal jump, Ken...

A young woman tracks down an elderly man in order to make amends for the tragedy that devastated his life.

Based on the true story of Philip Stockton, a 40 year old Englishman, who would have done almost anything to be the first man to sail around the...

A small town journalist's fabricated stories attracts unwanted attention when one of them turns out to be true.

A poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years...

Director Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the late 1940s to launch a storied, seven-decade career as...

In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland...

A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he...

A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.

This behind-the-scenes special features cast members musing over public television's beloved "The Red Green Show," the wacky sketch series revolving...

Through several interlocking stories, including the story of maritime commerce and the ships that move cargo through the inland waterway, Mysteries...

A portrait of Newfoundland that records a way of life that has all but disappeared.

A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.

In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend,...

Insecure thirteen year-old Esther Weary is on the brink of puberty and must come to terms with the realities of becoming a woman with her...