Skip Tracer | |
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Directed by | Zale Dalen |
Written by | Zale Dalen |
Produced by | Laara Dalen |
Starring |
David Petersen John Lazarus |
Cinematography | Ron Orieux |
Edited by | Zale Dalen |
Music by | J. Douglas Dodd Linton S. Garner |
Production company | Highlight Communications |
Distributed by | International Film Distributors G.G. Communications |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $250,000 |
Skip Tracer, also known as Deadly Business, is a Canadian drama film, directed by Zale Dalen and released in 1977. [1]
The film stars David Petersen as John Collins, a repo man who begins to regret his career choice after being paired with Brent Solverman ( John Lazarus), a new trainee whose very different perspective on the job begins to trigger Collins' conscience. [1]
Skip Tracer was Dalen's feature-length directorial debut. The film was made for a budget of just $250,000 after Dalen and his wife Laara, acting as the film's producer, decided that they were dissatisfied with their jobs and wanted to work in film. [2]
The film was released on VHS under the name Deadly Business. [3] [4]
Petersen received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Actor, [5] and Dalen received the Wendy Michener Award for "most promising new talent", at the 28th Canadian Film Awards. [6] In 1978, Skip Tracer was screened at the Chicago International Film Festivall, [4] and would also become the first Canadian film ever selected for screening at the New York Film Festival. [2]
The film received generally mixed reviews, with Elliott Stein for Film Comment calling the film "more tedious than interestingly harrowing." [7]
It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema. [8]
The film has gained reputation as a cult classic, with many categorizing it as " Canuxploitation." [9]
In 2022, the film was remastered for the first time on Blu-Ray by Canadian independent distributor, Gold Ninja Video. [10]
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