Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion

Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
168 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Bruce Pittman

Written By:
Keith Ross Leckie

Actors:
Paul Doucet ..... Captain Le Medec (2 episodes, 2003)
Gordon Michael Woolvett ..... Sergeant Sam Barlow (2 episodes, 2003)
Clare Stone ..... Constance 'Connie' Collins (2 episodes, 2003)
Max Morrow ..... Courtney 'Court' Collins (2 episodes, 2003)
Lynne Griffin ..... Millicent Collins (2 episodes, 2003)
Richard Donat ..... Patrick Collins (2 episodes, 2003)
Leon Pownall ..... Commander Frederick Wyatt (2 episodes, 2003)
Brian Downey ..... Capt. Horatio Brannen (2 episodes, 2003)
John Dunsworth ..... Naval Officer McNabb (2 episodes, 2003)
Graham Harley ..... Mr. Cleese (2 episodes, 2003)
Jeremy Akerman ..... Rev. George Adams (2 episodes, 2003)
Adrien Dixon ..... Walter Brannen (2 episodes, 2003)
Pete Postlethwaite ..... Charles Burchell (2 episodes, 2003)
Morrissey Dun ..... Dr. Sherman (2 episodes, 2003)
Graham Greene ..... Elijah Cobb (2 episodes, 2003)
Jackie Torrens ..... Isabel 'Izzy' (2 episodes, 2003)
Christopher Shore ..... Gunter (2 episodes, 2003)
Alec McClure ..... Jamie Larkin (2 episodes, 2003)
Lee J. Campbell ..... Mayor Colwell (2 episodes, 2003)
Joan Orenstein ..... Older Constance 'Connie' Collins (2 episodes, 2003)
Dennis Envoldsen ..... Vince Coleman (2 episodes, 2003)
Nigel Bennett ..... Captain From (2 episodes, 2003)
Glenn Lefchak ..... Reporter (2 episodes, 2003)
Bill Forbes ..... First Mate Mont Blanc (2 episodes, 2003)
Bradley Bailey ..... Ned the paperboy (2 episodes, 2003)
Rowe David McClelland ..... Shipping Manager (2 episodes, 2003)
John Walf ..... British Naval Officer (2 episodes, 2003)
Brian Heighton ..... Canadian Surgeon (2 episodes, 2003)
Mary-Colin Chisholm ..... Mrs. Mackay (2 episodes, 2003)
Andrew MacVicar ..... RCMP #1 (2 episodes, 2003)
John Fulton ..... Councillor #1 (2 episodes, 2003)
Mitchell Landzaat ..... Mont Blanc Helmsman (2 episodes, 2003)
Stephen Coats ..... Jury Foreman (2 episodes, 2003)
Geoff McLean ..... Imo Pilot (2 episodes, 2003)
Stan Carew ..... Imo Helmsman (2 episodes, 2003)
Patrick Christopher ..... Le Medec's Defense Lawyer (2 episodes, 2003)
Mark Graham ..... Wyatt's Defense Lawyer (2 episodes, 2003)
Mary Ellen MacLean ..... Teacher (2 episodes, 2003)
Jacqueline Donovan ..... Young Mother at Dartmouth Cabin (2 episodes, 2003)
Linda Busby ..... Mrs. McGill (Laundry Lady) (2 episodes, 2003)
Angus Duncan ..... Representative #1 (2 episodes, 2003)
Kevin Deagle ..... Representative #2 (2 episodes, 2003)
Hillary Ashley ..... Frozen Girl (2 episodes, 2003)
Kiersten Tough ..... Nurse (Face Slap) (2 episodes, 2003)
Vincent Walsh ..... Captain Charlie Collins (2 episodes, 2003)
Shauna MacDonald ..... Dr. Barbara Paxton (2 episodes, 2003)
Geoff McBride ..... Doctor #3 (Chebucto) (2 episodes, 2003)
Zachary Bennett ..... Ernest 'Ernst' Masterson (2 episodes, 2003)
Tamara Hope ..... Beatrix Collins (2 episodes, 2003)
John Dartt ..... Crowd Member #1 (2 episodes, 2003)

Synopsis:

Shattered City, an epic two-part mini-series, dramatizes a compelling piece of Canadian history. It is the story of how a tragic incident at the height of the First World War became a living metaphor for the worldwide conflict, and how Halifax arose from the ashes after severe destruction and devastation. In the early hours of December 6, 1917, the Mont Blanc, a French-owned freighter loaded to the gunnel's with thousands of tons of TNT, collided with a Belgian relief ship and exploded in the Halifax Harbour. The explosion was so vast that it killed more than 2,000 people, injured 9,000 more and completely flattened two square kilometers of northern Halifax. The series settles mostly on one family, the Collins, who's eldest son Charlie, a captain in the Royal Canadian Army, who tries to find the rest of his family including his fatally injured father, as well as his mother, and other siblings among the rubble, and later finds himself as a lawyer defending the Mont Blanc's captain, Le Medec, and the harbor helmsman, Fracis Mackay, in court on the tragic explosion by the vindictive authorities looking for a scapegoat in the tragedy.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 17 May, 2022.