Hello destroyer director kevan funk wanted to make. The keeper dennis hopper crime thriller free full movie. At this point, hello destroyer goes from being a sports drama complete with locker room hazing and onice excitement and turns into a quiet study of the real life impacts of violence, that stands in stark contrast to the raucous celebration of hockey fighting that is goon and its sequel set to open next week. The big short 6 jared vennetts pitch to front point partners jenga blocks scene duration. Kidmans breakthrough role was as a married woman trapped on a yacht with a murderer in the 1989 thriller dead calm. Turn key films instagram turn key films facebook turn.
Writerdirector funks first feature after a series of solid shorts including 20s destroyer, which contained the seeds of this film is a strong debut, if a little heavyhanded. With nicole kidman, toby kebbell, tatiana maslany, sebastian stan. Screening at the seattle international film festival 2017. Timely, uncompromising, and devastating, hello destroyer raises deeply troubling questions about how we teach boys to become adults, particularly within the context of our national obsession. Tyson burr jared abrahamson, tiff rising star 2016 plays for the minor league prince george warriors. Hello destroyer skates past competition at 2017 leo awards. Hello destroyer is the debut feature from canadian filmmaker kevan funk and cinematographer benjamin loeb, having its world premiere at tiff 16. It went on to receive four canadian screen award nominations in 2017 including best motion picture and best actor for jared abrahamson.
Hello destroyer 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Kevan funks startling debut feature, hello destroyer, is an elegant film about the inelegant realities of being a hockey enforcer and literally fighting ones way to the big leagues. After the 2016 edition of the csas was dominated by oscar darlings room and brooklyn. Kevan funk discusses his latest film hello destroyer as well as the culture of violence in hockey and how it affects the young men who play it. Canadian director kevan funks first feature hello destroyer is a moody look at the side of sport nobody likes to talk about. Ahead of the release of jay baruchels goon hockeycomedy sequel comes a very different kind of canadian movie featuring the puck world. There is a moment early on in the film when the protagonist, tyson, speaks of. Blowtorch official trailer 1 2017 jared abrahamson movie duration. A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
Kevin matthewss rating of the film hello destroyer. Hello destroyer film hello destroyer 10 september 2016. A young hockey player deals with the consequences of hockey violence after he critically injures another player during a game. Despite his mild manner off the ice, tyson is conditioned by his coaches and contemporaries to become the teams enforcer charged with protecting the more. Hockey film hello destroyer is strong if heavyhanded. Kevan funks debut feature hello destroyer is a brilliant, cleareyed, and crushing critique of institutionalized violence, the social construct that is masculinity, and the commodification of. The canadian screen awards go homegrownheavy in 2017. A new recruit on the minor league prince george warriors, tyson burr, is an enforcer whose primary tasks are digging the puck out of corners and. The problem with kevan funks hello destroyer isnt its scope. Every shot of the actor is from the side, you never see him face forward.
Hello destroyer pulls no punches in dissecting the ruthless nature of a win at all cost sport, the pressure of deadend careers in small town canada, and the harsh barriers in an old school family that struggles with communication. Youre supposed to care about the main character, but you really dont. With sara canning, ian tracey, jared abrahamson, darren mann. Canadian director kevan funks first feature hello destroyer is a moody look at the side of. Of his 12th studio album and its enigmatic title, destroyers dan bejar offers the following. Young glen ford is hardly recognizable but does a great job with his role. At this point, hello destroyer goes from being a sports drama complete with locker room hazing and onice excitement and turns into a quiet study of the real life impacts of violence, that stands in stark contrast to the raucous celebration of hockey fighting that is. Hello destroyer is an essential piece of contemporary canadian cinema. Clearly, he wanted to mold us into the best players we can be but at the same time, if we messed up, were losing a game, or lost a game, we were hit with intense screaming. Its hard to care about someone when they never show the actors face. Hello destroyer is constructed sturdily enough to stand up to any forthcoming scrutiny, and maybe also built to last in a way that most feature debuts simply are not. Its ensemble cast includes fionn whitehead, tom glynncarney, jack lowden, harry styles, aneurin barnard, james darcy, barry keoghan, kenneth branagh, cillian murphy, mark rylance, and tom hardy.
Four years later, she starred in the television miniseries vietnam, for which she received the aacta award for best lead actress in a television drama. We are thrilled to be partnering with the vancouver international film festival and telefilm canada to screen four outstanding productions, october 27, november 9 and 16, 2017 and january 18, 2018. Free film screenings north of 49 movies on campus sfu. Brad wheeler published march 10, 2017 updated april 14, 2017. Recounting the decline of a prince george junior hockey player who. Desperate to find a means of reconciliation and a sense of identity, his personal journey ends up. The film is about a great many aspects of contemporary society and earned its place as a selection for canadas top ten at tiff and a theatrical release at the tiff bell lightbox this weekend. Kevan funks hello destroyer is a hockey movie where the drama is not in the game, but in how its violence has consequences. Jared abrahamson fear of the walking dead plays a painfully shy but ruggedly capable enforcer on a minorleague hockey team who discovers the cutthroat nat. Runnerup, rbc emerging filmmaker competition 20 toronto international film festival best short film 20 film dawson city international short film festival. January 10, 2016 hello destroyer, kevan funks feature debut, has been named best canadian film by the vancouver film critics circle. A young hockey player deals with the consequences of hockey.
Hello destroyer explores the thin line between hockey menace and. A young junior hockey players life is shattered by an ingame act of violence. Iron man 3 director shane black takes the helm for this sony pictures entertainment production based on the popular series of pulp novels originally penned by warran murphy and richard sapir. Hello destroyer 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Kevin matthews written and directed by kevan funk, this tale of an ice hockey player hung out to dry after a major incident on the ice is more akin to the films we have seen before that show vietnam veterans returning to hostile welcomes. It had its world premiere in the discovery section at the 2016 toronto international film. With sara canning, ian tracey, jared abrahamson, paul mcgillion. A vulnerable story thats not your typical hockey film. It was a most enjoyable film and it brought back a lot memories. There are some traditions that should be abandoned the film has yet to get an official release date. North of 49 movies on campus is a series of canadian films screenings on campuses across the country with support from telefilm canada and local festivals. The 2017 canadian screen awards are going to look more, well, canadian this year. Hello destroyer 2016 a junior hockey players life is shattered by an ingame act of violence. Hello destroyer is a hockey movie where the drama is not in the game, but in how its violence has consequences that ripple off the ice.
Kevan funk discusses his latest film hello destroyer as well as the culture of violence in hockey and how it affects the young men who. Stay tuned with us for more details about the movie hello destroyer. Our coach was simultaneously a kind man and a complete monster. Ive only bought it to complete my arnie collection to be honest.
Dunkirk is a 2017 war film written, directed, and produced by christopher nolan that depicts the dunkirk evacuation of world war ii. Howie mandel hosts the 2017 canadian screen awards, to be broadcast live from torontos sony centre for the performing arts on sunday, march 12. Hello destroyer is a 2016 canadian drama film directed by kevan funk. Hello destroyer features a central breakout performance from jared abrahamson tiff rising star 2016 as tyson burr a newcomer to the tightlyknit prince george warriors. It had its world premiere in the discovery section at the 2016 toronto international film festival the film stars jared abrahamson as an enforcer on a hockey team who faces difficult consequences when a hit on an opposing player during a game turns more violent than intended. Sometime last year, i discovered that the original name for the wild ones one of the great englishlanguage ballads of the last 100 years or so was ken.
Hockey film hello destroyer was the big winner at 2017 leo awards, which recognize excellence in b. I served on fetcher class destroyer uss eaton, dd510 and was so pleased to have been able to find this movie, filmed during wwii. Bermain poker online pada situs judi online yang resmi akan selalu menjadikan penjudi online merasa puas dalam memainkan permainan judi online yang dihadirkan dan cara mendaftar akun poker juga harus benar. In an instant his life is abruptly turned upside down. Hello destroyer, chips away at the myth of the hockey god to show us the mere mortal inside. Published on apr 18, 2017 a young hockey player deals with the consequences of hockey violence after he critically injures another player during a game.
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