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Robin Spry is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director Canadien born on 25 october 1939 at Toronto (Canada)

Robin Spry

Robin Spry
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Nationality Canada
Birth 25 october 1939 at Toronto (Canada)
Death 28 march 2005 (at 65 years) at Montreal (Canada)

Robin Spry (October 25, 1939 – March 28, 2005) was a Canadian filmmaker and television producer best known for his documentary films Action: The October Crisis of 1970 and Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis about Quebec's October Crisis.

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Ken Pogue
Ken Pogue
(4 films)
Mireille Deyglun
Mireille Deyglun
(3 films)
Allan F. Nicholls
Allan F. Nicholls
(1 films)
Michele Scarabelli
Michele Scarabelli
(3 films)
Vlasta Vrána
Vlasta Vrána
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robin Spry (12 films)

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Actor

Kings and Desperate Men
Kings and Desperate Men (1981)
, 1h58
Directed by Alexis Kanner
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Christmas films, Films about terrorism, Heist films
Actors Patrick McGoohan, Peter MacNeill, Alexis Kanner, Margaret Trudeau, Andrea Marcovicci, Robin Spry
Roles Harry Gibson
Rating51% 2.587472.587472.587472.587472.58747
On Christmas Eve, a radio talk show host, his wealthy wife, their mentally challenged son and a federal judge are taken hostage by a group of terrorists. The group demand a new trial on the air for a convicted comrade of theirs whom the group believes was wrongly convicted of manslaughter. The radio listeners are asked by the terrorists to act as the jury and to telephone in their verdicts to the radio station.
Québec: Duplessis and After ...
Québec: Duplessis and After ... (1972)

Directed by Denys Arcand
Genres Documentary
Themes Politique, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Documentary films about Quebec politics
Actors Robin Spry, Gisèle Trépanier, Denys Arcand
Roles Lecteur du Rapport Durham (1838)
Rating73% 3.6782653.6782653.6782653.6782653.678265
Avec des bouts de tournages actuels et des documents d’archive comme le Catéchisme des électeurs et le rapport Durham, Denys Arcand dissèque les espoirs associées aux élections québécoises de 1970. Il traite en parallèle cette campagne électorale et celle de Maurice Duplessis en 1936 pour questionner si la Révolution tranquille a tellement changé le Québec et si un leader politique nouveau peut advenir dans l’histoire nationale.

Director

Hitting Home
Hitting Home (1987)
, 1h42
Directed by Robin Spry
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Kerrie Keane, Sam Robards, Daniel Pilon, Saul Rubinek, Jenna Elfman, Lynne Griffin
Rating62% 3.1352753.1352753.1352753.1352753.135275
A Canadian mother and businesswoman Dinah Middleton (Keane) is devastated when her teenage son, Alex (Anderson), is killed by a hit-and-run driver. When the police fail to turn up any suspects, she turns private detective to track the killer down. She traces the murderer to New York, only to discover that the crime is not covered by the extradition treaty between Canada and the US. She becomes obsessed with bringing the criminal to justice.
Suzanne
Suzanne (1981)
, 1h35
Directed by Robin Spry
Genres Drama
Actors Jennifer Dale, Gabriel Arcand, Winston Rekert, Ken Pogue, Michelle Rossignol, Mireille Deyglun
Rating59% 2.995912.995912.995912.995912.99591
À Montréal dans les années 1950, une jeune femme hésite entre deux hommes de caractères différents.

Scriptwriter

Hitting Home
Hitting Home (1987)
, 1h42
Directed by Robin Spry
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Kerrie Keane, Sam Robards, Daniel Pilon, Saul Rubinek, Jenna Elfman, Lynne Griffin
Roles Story
Rating62% 3.1352753.1352753.1352753.1352753.135275
A Canadian mother and businesswoman Dinah Middleton (Keane) is devastated when her teenage son, Alex (Anderson), is killed by a hit-and-run driver. When the police fail to turn up any suspects, she turns private detective to track the killer down. She traces the murderer to New York, only to discover that the crime is not covered by the extradition treaty between Canada and the US. She becomes obsessed with bringing the criminal to justice.
Suzanne
Suzanne (1981)
, 1h35
Directed by Robin Spry
Genres Drama
Actors Jennifer Dale, Gabriel Arcand, Winston Rekert, Ken Pogue, Michelle Rossignol, Mireille Deyglun
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.995912.995912.995912.995912.99591
À Montréal dans les années 1950, une jeune femme hésite entre deux hommes de caractères différents.

Producer

Student Seduction
Student Seduction (2003)
, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Elizabeth Berkley, Corey Sevier, Rick Roberts, Sarah Allen, Sarah Smyth, Bronwen Mantel
Roles Producer
Rating49% 2.4610152.4610152.4610152.4610152.461015
Christie Dawson (Elizabeth Berkley) is a popular high school chemistry teacher who is dedicated to her students and very passionate about her work. So when one of her students, Josh Gaines (Corey Sevier) needs help to improve his grades, she is only too happy to help. The pair have a good time and even go out for a burger afterwards, much to the speculation of other students and some teachers.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima (1995)
, 3h10
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Hideo Sekigawa
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about nuclear technology, Documentary films about technology, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Eiji Okada, Kenneth Welsh, Ken Jenkins, Yumeji Tsukioka, Tatsuo Matsumura, Wesley Addy
Roles Producer
Rating77% 3.889213.889213.889213.889213.88921
The film opens in April 1945 with the death of Franklin Roosevelt and the succession of Harry Truman to the presidency. In Europe, the Germans are close to surrender, but in the Pacific the bloody battle for Okinawa is still underway and an invasion of the Japanese home islands is not foreseen until the autumn. American battle casualties have almost reached 900,000, with Japanese casualties at 1.1 million, and some 8 million Asian civilians have died in the war that began with Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931.
An Imaginary Tale
An Imaginary Tale (1991)
, 1h30
Directed by André Forcier
Origin Quebec
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Jean Lapointe, Louise Marleau, Marc Messier, Charlotte Laurier, Jean-François Pichette, Tony Nardi
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.221153.221153.221153.221153.22115
Toni (Nardi) is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up and paid by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic events of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations going on in this film at the same time. One of them involves Gaston (Lapointe), a somewhat world-weary jazz musician, and Florence (Marleau), a glamorous middle-aged woman who has been pining for him for years. Another involves to members of the musician's jazz trio. Yet another involves the play's Desdemona, Soledad (Laurier), the girlfriend of the man playing Othello, who can't keep his hands off his dresser. She is also Florence's niece.
Straight for the Heart
Straight for the Heart (1988)
, 1h32
Directed by Léa Pool
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Matthias Habich, Jean-François Pichette, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Michel Voïta, Kim Yaroshevskaya, Pierre Gobeil
Roles Producer
Rating68% 3.4211253.4211253.4211253.4211253.421125
Pierre (Habich) is a photojournalist from Montreal who's working on a reportage in Nicaragua. There he sees many people being executed and he takes photographs of them. Even of the death of a young child and of his mother crying.