Live Bait | |
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Directed by | Bruce Sweeney |
Written by | Bruce Sweeney |
Produced by | Bruce Sweeney |
Starring |
Tom Scholte Kevin McNulty Babz Chula David Lovgren |
Cinematography | David Pelletier |
Edited by | Ross Weber |
Music by | Don MacDonald |
Production company | Cypher Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Live Bait is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 1995. The directorial debut of Bruce Sweeney, the film won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival. [1]
The film stars Tom Scholte as Trevor McIntosh, a 23-year-old man attempting to lose his virginity during the summer after his college graduation, while the relationship of his parents ( Babz Chula and Kevin McNulty) is simultaneously faltering.
The film was written as Sweeney's graduate thesis for his MFA in Film Studies at the University of British Columbia. [2]