Canvas (film)

Infobox Film
name = Canvas


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director = Joseph Greco
producer = LMG Pictures
Canvas Pictures
Rebellion Pictures
writer = Joseph Greco
narrator =
starring = Joe Pantoliano
Marcia Gay Harden
Devon Gearhart
Sophia Bairley
Marcus Johns
Antony Del Rio
music = Joel Goodman
cinematography = Rob Sweeney
editing = Nina Kawasaki
distributor = Screen Media Films
released = October 2006
runtime = 101 min.
country = USA
language = English
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website = http://www.canvasthefilm.com/
amg_id = 1:382442
imdb_id = 0780492Infobox movie certificates
United_States = PG-13

"Canvas" is a 2006 drama film written and directed by Joseph Greco about a Florida family dealing with a mother who has schizophrenia. The film premiered October 2006 at the Hamptons International Film Festival in New York.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780492/releaseinfo Retrieved 2007-10-13]

Cast

*Joe Pantoliano as John Marino
*Marcia Gay Harden as Mary Marino
*Devon Gearhart as Chris Marino
*Sophia Bairley as Dawn
*Marcus Johns as Sam
*Antony Del Rio as Gregg

Production

"Canvas" was filmed in Hollywood, Florida. Director Joseph Greco wrote that during the third week of shooting, on October 24, 2005, Hurricane Wilma "hammered us" and almost shut down the production of the film. In a statement on the official website, Greco also wrote he was one of James Cameron's three assistants during the production of the film "Titanic" and when "Canvas" was finished, James Cameron signed Greco's application to join the Directors Guild of America. [ [http://www.canvasthefilm.com/ Official site > THE FILM > DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT] (specifically [http://www.canvasthefilm.com/about.swf about.swf] ) Retrieved 2007-10-13]

Release

The film premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2006 and was shown later that year at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival on November 12, 2006. It premiered in Germany on February 10, 2007 at the European Film Market and premiered in France on May 21, 2007 at the Cannes Film Market. "Canvas" has also been shown at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, the Sedona International Film Festival, the Nantucket Film Festival, and the Sarasota Film Festival.http://www.canvasthefilm.com/ Retrieved 2007-10-13]

The film opened in limited release in the United States on October 12, 2007.

Critical reception

As of October 13, 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 15 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008744-canvas/ |title=Canvas - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2007-10-13 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 69 out of 100, based on 9 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/canvas |title=Canvas (2007): Reviews |accessdate=2007-10-13 |publisher=Metacritic]

Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film 3 stars and wrote "The portrayal of schizophrenia in the film has been praised by mental health experts as unusually accurate and sympathetic" and also said "Writer-director Joseph Greco says the film, his first feature, was influenced by his own childhood with a schizophrenic mother." [cite web|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071011/REVIEWS/710110301/1023 |title=:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Canvas (xhtml) |accessdate=2007-10-13 |author=Roger Ebert |date=2007-10-12 |publisher="Chicago Sun-Times"]

Awards

At the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, the film won the Audience Award and Joe Pantoliano won the Best Dramatic Performance Award. At the Sedona International Film Festival, the film won the Best Feature Film Award and Joe Pantoliano won the Outstanding Acting Award. The film also won Audience Awards at the Nantucket Film Festival and the Sarasota Film Festival.

References

External links

* [http://www.canvasthefilm.com/ Official site]
*imdb title|id=0780492|title=Canvas
*rotten-tomatoes|id=10008744-canvas|title=Canvas
*metacritic film|id=canvas|title=Canvas
*amg movie|id=1:382442|title=Canvas