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Jack is a canadien film of genre Drama with Rick Roberts

Jack (2013)

Jack
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Length 1h29
OriginCanada
Genres Drama,    Biography
Rating69% 3.4588053.4588053.4588053.4588053.458805

Jack is a Canadian television film, which debuted on CBC Television on March 10, 2013. A biopic of the late Jack Layton, the film stars Rick Roberts as Layton and Sook-Yin Lee as Olivia Chow. The film was originally announced in 2012 as Smilin' Jack: The Jack Layton Story.

The film's cast also includes Zachary Bennett as Brad Lavigne, Joel S. Keller as Karl Bélanger, Wendy Crewson as Anne McGrath and Judah Katz as Brian Topp, as well as Victoria Snow, Brittany Scobie, Conrad Sweatman, Erin Karpluk and Diana Ha.

The film was directed by Jeff Woolnough, and written by Shelley Eriksen and Andrew Wreggitt.

The film uses Parachute Club's 1983 hit single "Rise Up", a longtime unofficial New Democratic Party anthem, as its opening theme music.

Both Roberts and Lee garnered Canadian Screen Award nominations for their performances at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, Roberts as Best Lead Actor in a Television Film or Miniseries and Lee as Best Lead Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries. Both won their respective awards.



^ "After filming Jack, Sook-Yin Lee and Rick Roberts have no desire to enter politics". Canada.com, March 6, 2013.

^ "Jack Layton biopic isn’t about politics as much as it’s about telling a true story stranger than fiction". National Post, February 22, 2013.

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Le téléfilm relate la vie du politicien Jack Layton, chef du Nouveau Parti démocratique et de son succès lors de l'élection fédérale du lundi 2 mai 2011.

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