- Whole New Thing
Infobox Film
name = Whole New Thing
caption =
director =Amnon Buchbinder
executive producer =Camelia Frieberg
writer =Daniel MacIvor &Amnon Buchbinder
starring =Aaron Webber Daniel MacIvor Robert Joy Rebecca Jenkins Callum Keith Rennie Kathryn MacLellan
music = Score:David Buchbinder
Non-Original:The Hidden Cameras
cinematography =Christopher Ball
editing =Angela Baker
production_company =Acuity Pictures Production Palpable Productions
distributor =THINKfilm
released =
runtime = 92 min.
country =Canada
awards =Genie Award Nominee for: Robert Joy forBest Actor in a Supporting Role
Visual Effects
Sound
Sound Effects Editing
language = English
budget = $750,000 CDN or $637,836 USD
imdb_id = 0461613"Whole New Thing" is a 2005 Canadian dramatic film which was directed by
Amnon Buchbinder . The script is co-written byAmnon Buchbinder andDaniel MacIvor . Filmed entirely on location inMahone Bay and Halifax,Nova Scotia , during winter and over the course of 15 days, the film is an unconventional coming-of-age narrative of a 13 year old boy, Emerson Thorsen (played byAaron Webber ). Emerson lives in an isolated straw-bale house with his counter-cultural parents, Rog (Robert Joy ) and Kaya (Rebecca Jenkins ). However, when Kaya decides that homeschooling provides too little structure for Emerson, she enrolls him at the local middle-school under the tuition of 43 year old Don Grant (Daniel MacIvor ). Emerson, despite displaying a developed intellectual approach to sexuality, discovers the problems that come with developing a crush, and the taboo of this crush being his teacher.The film soundtrack is scored by
David Buchbinder and contains songs byThe Hidden Cameras .The film is distributed by
THINKFilm and co-funded by the NSFDC.External links
*imdb title|id=0461613|name=Whole New Thing
* [http://www.wholenewthing.com/ Official Film Website]
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