One Man (film)

One Man
Directed by	Robin Spry
Written by	Robin Spry Peter Pearson Peter Madden
Produced by	Tom Daly Michael J. F. Scott Vladimir Valenta James de Beaujeu Domville Roman Kroitor (exec.)
Starring	Len Cariou Jayne Eastwood Barry Morse Jean Lapointe Carole Lazare August Schellenberg Danny Freedman Jacques Godin Vlasta Vrána Sean Sullivan Gilles Renaud Peter MacNeill
Cinematography	Douglas Kiefer
Edited by	John Kramer Les Halman (sound) Ken Page (sound)
Music by	Ben Low
Distributed by	National Film Board
Release date	August 25, 1977 (1977-08-25) (Montreal)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$615,283

One Man is a Canadian drama film, released in 1977.^[1] Directed by Robin Spry, the film stars Len Cariou as Jason Brady, a television journalist in Montreal who is investigating a chemical leak from a local factory which has poisoned a number of children.^[2]

The film, made on a budget of $615,283 (equivalent to $2,876,814 in 2023).,^[3] had relatively limited theatrical distribution, screening only in Toronto and Ottawa before airing on CBC Television in 1979.^[4] It also had a brief theatrical run in New York City, following Cariou's Tony Award-winning performance in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.^[2]

Awards

• ACTRA Awards, Montreal: Film of the Year, 1978
• Film Festival Antwerpen, Antwerp: Second Best Film of the Festival, 1978^[5]
• Film Festival Antwerpen, Antwerp: Honorable Mention by the Press Jury, 1978
• 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Original Screenplay - Robin Spry, Peter Pearson & Peter Madden, 1977^[6]
• 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Actor - Len Cariou, 1977^[6]
• 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Supporting Actor - Jean Lapointe, 1977^[6]
• 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Supporting Actress - Carole Lazare, 1977^[6]
• 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Overall Sound - Claude Hazanavicius, 1977^[6]
• 28th Canadian Film Awards: Best Sound Editing - Les Halman and Ken Page, 1977^[6]

It was also nominated, but did not win, for Best Picture, Best Director (Spry), Best Actress (Eastwood) and Best Cinematography (Douglas Kiefer).^[7]

References

1. "One Man: fine performances amid a Kafkaesque plot". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 1977.
2. "Screen: Len Cariou Stars in ‘One Man’". The New York Times, July 27, 1979.
3. Evans 1991, p. 228.
4. "One Man is cheap sensationalism with a message". The Globe and Mail, August 18, 1979.
5. "One Man". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
6. "Ceremony dominated by two feature films: NFB Triumphs at Film Awards". The Globe and Mail, November 21, 1977.
7. "Who's up for what". The Globe and Mail, November 19, 1977.

Works cited

• Evans, Gary (1991). In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802027849.

External links

• Watch One Man on the NFB website
• One Man at IMDb