The Lucky Star (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Lucky Star


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director = Max Fischer
producer = André Fleury (executive producer)
Pieter Kroonenburg (associate producer)
Claude Léger (producer)
writer = Max Fischer
Jack Rosenthal
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starring = Brett Marx
Rod Steiger
Louise Fletcher
music = Art Phillips
cinematography = Frank Tidy
editing = Yves Langlois
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released = August 22, 1980 (Montreal Film Festival) CAN
May 28, 1982 USA
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country = CAN
language = English
budget = $ 3,700,000 (estimated)
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amg_id = 1:100662
imdb_id = 081083"The Lucky Star" is a 1980 Canadian drama film.

Plot

* A young Jewish boy (Marx) who escapes from the traumas of war-torn Holland by living in a fantasy world of American westerns - where good triumphs over evil and the outcast becomes a hero.

Recognition

* 1981
** Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Jean-Guy Montpetit - Won
** Genie Award for Best Music Score - Art Phillips - Won
** Genie Award for Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium - Max Fischer - Won
** Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Michel Descombes,Patrick Rousseau - Nominated
** Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - André Fleury,Claude Léger - Nominated
** Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor - Brett Marx - Nominated
** Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor - Rod Steiger - Nominated