| Paperback Hero (Last of the Big Guns) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Pearson |
| Produced by | John F. Bassett James Margellos |
| Written by | Barry Pearson Les Rose |
| Starring | Keir Dullea Elizabeth Ashley John Beck George R. Robertson |
| Music by | Ron Collier |
| Cinematography | Donald Wilder |
| Edited by | Kirk Jones |
Production company | Agincourt International |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | C$500,000 |
| Box office | $700,000 (Canada)[1] |
Paperback Hero is a 1973 Canadian film, directed by Peter Pearson, which starred Keir Dullea and Elizabeth Ashley. It is set in Saskatchewan and portrays the life of a big-fish minor-league hockey player in a little-pond town. The movie was filmed in Delisle, Saskatchewan.
It was originally titled Last of the Big Guns, but was renamed to reflect the lyrics of Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind", which was featured on the soundtrack.
It won the Canadian Film Awards in 1973 for Film Editing, Overall Sound, and Cinematography.[2]
It was selected in 2006 for the Toronto International Film Festival's Canadian Open Vault program, which preserves examples of notable Canadian cinema.[3]
References
- ^ "Canadian Films Grosses". Variety. November 24, 1976. p. 32.
- ^ ACCT - Canadian Awards History Search, retrieved 2007-05-27
- ^ Canadian Open Vault - FilmCircuit.ca, archived from the original on 2011-03-08, retrieved 2010-02-27
External links
- Paperback Hero at IMDb