A Cape Breton Ghost Story
- A Cape Breton Ghost Story
"A Cape Breton Ghost Story" is a stop motion animated tv special produced in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was the 2004 recipient of the Bridge Award [cite web|url = http://www.film.ns.ca/ReelNews/july2004.pdf|title = Reel News|publisher = Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation] , co-sponsored by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation. A Cape Breton Ghost Story was written, directed, and designed by Tom Ryan, and produced by Ryan, Chris Fost, and Sean Doyle for "Lookout! Films." Katrina Walsh served as mentor and executive producer.
The film is narrated by Pierre the Puffin, a cranky, eye-patch wearing Acadian puffin, who lives with Angus and Betty MacGillicutty, a married couple who live on the isolated coast of Cape Breton Island during the 1930s. Angus fishes, with Pierre as his first mate, and together, Betty and Angus are responsible for a kerosene powered lighthouse. On the night in question, Angus is planning to head out to sea to pull up his lobster traps in case of a storm, but Betty, worried about the weather reports of the ominous weather, begs him to stay put. Angus and Pierre leave, despite her warnings.
Out in the forest behind their house, a lonely, cold little Ghost is drifting around, looking for somewhere warm and inviting to live. He chances upon Betty and Angus' house, and when he realizes that the lighthouse has run out of fuel, he takes it upon himself to warn Betty, not an easy task, as he soon finds out. Ultimately, with a little help from the ghost, Betty re-lights the lighthouse and saves Angus and Pierre, and the ghost comes to stay with the grateful family.
External links
* [http://www.acapebretonghoststory.com/ A Cape Breton Ghost Story official website]
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