Item:

Title:
ERNIE GAME, THE
Title year:
1967
Also known as:
  • ERNIE
Original dialogue(s):
  • English
Version(s):
  • French sub-titles
Running time:
88 m 7 s
Description:
A mid-winter romantic feature filmed in Montréal, although the story could take place in any city where those young people live who have left their parents' homes but still have not made homes of their own. Ernie's alienation is far more extreme than most. For him life is a game, not because he chooses to make it so, but because he is unable to make anything more of it. But for those who befriend him and eventually turn him loose again, his game is not enough.

Director(s):
Credited as:
Donald Owen -
Screen Writer(s):
Credited as:
Donald Owen -
Source:
Credited as: Source material:
Bernard Cole Spencer - Original Stories
Actor(s):
Credited as: Character name:
Alexis Kanner - Ernie Turner
Judith Gault - Donna
Jackie Burroughs - Gail
Derek May - Ernie's accomplice
Anna Cameron - social worker
Leonard Cohen - singer
Louis Negin - Ernie's friend
Corinne Copnick - landlady
Rolland D'Amour Roland D'Amour neighbour
Producer(s):
Credited as:
Gordon Burwash -
Executive Producer(s):
Credited as:
Robert Allen -
Editor(s):
Credited as:
Roy Ayton -
Musician(s):
  • The Kensington Market
  • Leonard Cohen
Photography:
  • Jean-Claude Labrecque
Location sound mixer(s):
  • Roger Hart

Support:
35mm col
Aspect ratio:
1.75:1

Release:
TV (CBC) 1967/11/8
Toronto (Cinecity) 1968/10/17

Location(s):
  • Montréal (Qué.)
Laboratory:
  • National Film Board (Montréal)
Organization(s):
Distributor(s):
Canada Columbia Pictures
Quebec Columbia Pictures

CFFD Reference No.:
221
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