jean beaudry - La Gang Des Hors La Loi

ROCK DEMERS
With the collaboration of
TALE FOR ALL # 24
Presents
JEAN BEAUDRY
A film by
A film by Jean Beaudry
A New Brunswick / Quebec co-production
Produced by Rock Demers, François Savoie, Chantal Lafleur and Clarence LeBlanc
90 minutes
HD – DCP
Image Format: 1:85
Sound Format: 5.1
2014
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A NEW BRUNSWICK/QUÉBEC co-production Produced by ROCK DEMERS FRANÇOIS SAVOIE CHANTAL LAFLEUR CLARENCE LEBLANC
KASPER GUY THAUVETTE CHARLES GILLESPIE LAMBERT LEGENDRE ANYJEANNE SAVARIA SAMUEL DESCÔTEAUX MAXIME TREMBLAY UAPESHKUSS THERNISH VALÉRIE BLAIS MARIE-JO THÉRIO DONAT LACROIX VINCENT BOLDUC
RAYMOND CLOUTIER ANDRÉ MELANÇON GILDOR ROY and guest appearance by DEREK AUCOIN
Script LANCE WOOLAVER ANDRÉ MELANÇON with the collaboration of JEAN BEAUDRY Direction of Photography PHILIPPE LAVALETTE Art Direction RAYMOND DUPUIS Costumes FRANÇOIS BARBEAU Sound GEORGES HANNAN PAUL GOGUEN PATRICE PLANTE Editing HÉLÈNE GIRARD
Production Manager SYLVIE DE GRANDPRÉ Original Music MARC BEAULIEU
Production PRODUCTIONS LA FÊTE (GANG) INC. and 511426 N.B. INC. Distribution FILMS 2.0 INC. and K-FILMS AMÉRIQUE (VF in Canada theaters)
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Synopsis
Nicolas, a bright, curious boy of twelve, lives in a village by the sea.
His father, who was a fisherman like his grandfather, died in a fishing accident
two years earlier, and Nicolas, along with his older sister, is being raised by
his widowed mother.
Nicolas loves baseball. Every day during vacation he and his friends meet
at the town’s old baseball field to play their favourite game... Until one
infamous day at the start of summer when
Nicolas discovers that the gates to the field
have been locked and that old boards and
assorted junk are strewn across what used
to be the baseball diamond. It seems the
town council has decided to use the grounds
as a dump. The kids are outraged. They decide to
contest this decision, to defend their territory.
They designate Nicolas as their leader and they become
"outlaws". Other youngsters (boys and girls, French and Englishspeaking, Amerindians, Asians, Blacks, Whites, etc.) gradually sign on to the
struggle. Nicolas will quickly learn the hard lessons that being a leader entails.
And to deal with his grandfather, Jeremy. The old man was on board the
trawler with Nicolas’ dad during the fateful storm and he never recovered.
He sank into depression and alcohol.
But now, watching his grandson, he remembers his own days playing
baseball. Slowly, he gets involved, he takes sides. The side of the village kids
in their delightful, often uproarious struggle to preserve their playground
and freedom... and to learn about life in the process.
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Cast
Nicolas
Jeremy
Tiger
Shogun
Keiko
Raoul
Charley
Pic-Pic
Simon
The Mayoress
George
Cecile
The Mother
Ingrid
Horace
Gustav
Berenice
Theo
Gaston
Donat St-Clair
League Director
Cleo
With the special participation of
André Kasper
Guy Thauvette
Charles Gillespie
Lambert Legendre
Anyjeanne Savaria
Samuel Descôteaux
Maxime Tremblay
Uapeshkuss Thernish
Olivier Bourque
Valérie Blais
Vincent Bolduc
Frédérique Cyr-Deschênes
Marie-Jo Thério
Sara Hanscom
Sullivan Ouedraogo
Nicolas Black
Widline Champoux
Raymond Cloutier
André Melançon
Donat Lacroix
Gildor Roy
Rose Plante
DEREK AUCOIN
Crew
Producers
Associate Producer
Director
Screenwriters
1st Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Costumes Designer
Sound
Original Score
Editor
Post-Production Director
Sound Designer
Sound Editors
Mix
Production Manager
Still Photographer
Unit Manager
Key Make-Up Artist
Key Hairdresser
Chief Lighting Technician
Key Grip
Rock Demers, François Savoie, Chantal Lafleur and
Clarence LeBlanc
Chris Goguen
Jean Beaudry
Lance Woolaver and André Melançon with the collaboration of
Jean Beaudry
Pierre Plante
Philippe Lavalette
Raymond Dupuis
François Barbeau
Georges Hannan, Paul Goguen and Patrice Plante
Marc Beaulieu
Hélène Girard
Pierre Thériault
Chris Goguen
Paul Goguen and Yves Clément
Paul Goguen
Sylvie de Grandpré
Jean Demers
Martin Couture
Renée Beaulieu and Charline Babineau
Linda Flynn
Clermont Lapointe
Simon Doucet
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Director’s
note
Director’s
biography
Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec
in 1947, Jean Beaudry was
an actor and a theatre
director before getting his
first screen directing credit,
together with Fr ançois
Bouvier, in 1984. The film
was Jacques et Novembre.
Beaudry played the title role
and edited the film as well. It
was an auspicious debut,
winning prizes at home and
abroad.
Beaudr y’s second film,
Unfaithful Mornings (1989),
also co-directed with
Bouvier, earned similar
plaudits.
Directing the 24 “Tale for All”, (my third after The Case of the Witch Who
Wasn’t, 1990, and The Clean Machine, 1992) was going to be quite an
adventure.
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This time, with a dozen young actors ages 6 to 14, most getting their first
experience on the camera, half from the Montreal region and the rest from
New Brunswick where we were on location, I knew that filming would
not be easy. But what happened was something of a small miracle. After a
first day of work, I could feel that the kids had already formed a group... a
“gang”. And it proved contagious for the whole crew. Actors are sponges
of emotion, especially novices. I believe that everything that happens off
camera ends up on the screen. The work was intense, sometimes difficult,
sometimes great fun. And I will always remember the scene between
Nicolas and his grandfather when I was moved to tears. I said to myself, this
is why I do this job ... to bring this emotion to the screen.
– Jean Beaudry
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Beaudry followed with two
films in the “Tales for All”
collection, The Case of the
Witch Who Wasn’t, 1990, and
The Clean Machine, 1992.
Three years later he directed his fifth feature, The Cry of the Night.
In 2011, his novel, L’amer Atlantique, was published by Éditions Triptyque.
The Outlaw League is his 3rd “Tale for All”.
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Productions
La Fête &
Connections
Productions
What we see in THE OUTLAW LEAGUE is first and foremost a great film.
Not a “children’s film”, “a film for adults” or a “genre film”. It is simply a FILM...:
a film for viewers of all ages and all backgrounds.
A film that tells a universal story of courage and conviction, of friendship
and of relation between generations and cultures. A film that is at once
thoroughly serious but full of humour, a film that crosses ethnic and
geographical boundaries as well as those of time. A film that is sure to
please moviegoers of all ages.
The talents and experience of the entire cast and crew and the strength
and originality of its subject lead us to believe that THE OUTLAW LEAGUE
will carry on the TALES FOR ALL tradition of popular movies.
We are sure that the film will be very well received by domestic medias
and audiences and we know that it will represent us with pride abroad as
of June 2014. It has already been invited to compete at the Zlin Film Festival
(Czech Republic, June 2014), at the Giffoni Film Festival (Italy) in July 2014,
at the Matatena Film Festival (Mexico) in August 2014, at the Rimouski Film
Festival (Quebec) and at the LUCAS Film Festival (Frankfurt, Germany) in
September 2014, at the Brussels Film Festival (Belgian) in October 2014, at
ALEKINO Film Festival (Poznan, Poland) in November 2014 ...
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Nicolas
André Kasper
Nicolas, 12, the story’s hero, is a sensitive boy who loves baseball; it reminds
him of his missing father. Good-natured but determined, he becomes the
leader of his “gang”. With their help and by rallying the town to their cause,
he defies the mayoress and manages to rescue the local baseball field from
its fate as a garbage dump.
Jeremy
Guy Thauvette
Jeremy, a fisherman in his late sixties, is Nicolas’ grandfather, devastated by
the accidental drowning of his son, Nicolas’ dad. But he loves his grandson
and does not hesitate to stand behind the boy in the struggle to save the
baseball field.The support is reciprocal; Nicolas’ example inspires Jeremy to
climb out of his alcoholic funk.
Tiger
Charles Gillespie
Tiger, 13. A tough kid, hair slicked, stylish
and cool. His name is Ricky but he insists
on Tiger. Older and bigger than Nicolas, he
is a strong second mate.
The mother
Marie-Jo Thério
The mother, in her early forties, is
Nicolas’ mother. A fisherman’s widow, she
has stopped mourning her husband and
resumed her life with strength and
courage. She lives alone with Nicolas
and her 17-year-old daughter, Cecile.
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Shogun
Keiko
Raoul
Simon
Berenice
Theo
Lambert Legendre
Anyjeanne Savaria
Samuel Descôteaux
Olivier Bourque
Widline Champoux
Raymond Cloutier
Charley
Pic-Pic
Ingrid
The Mayoress
Valérie Blais
George
Vincent Bolduc
League director
Gaston
Donat St-Clair
Maxime Tremblay
Uapeshkuss Thernish
Sara Hanscom
Horace
Cecile
Gustav
Sullivan Ouedraogo
Frédérique Cyr-Deschênes
Nicolas Black
André Melançon
Donat Lacroix
Gildor Roy
Cleo
Rose Plante