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Canvas (DVD)

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.


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

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.


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.

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. On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 69 out of 100, based on 9 reviews.

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.

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.


Condition

New

Age Group

Adult

Rating MPA

Not Rated

Format

DVD

Amazon ASIN

B004984C3U

UPC / EAN

025195029391

Year

2006

ReleaseDate

2008-12-12

RuntimeMins

101

RuntimeStr

1h 41min

Awards

Awards, 9 wins & 1 nomination

Directors

Joseph Greco

Writers

Joseph Greco

Stars

Griffin Miner, Marcia Gay Harden, Devon Gearhart

Produced by

Natalie Arango, Bruce Beresford, Lucy Engibarian-Hammel, Bill Erfurth, Adam Hammel, George Hickenlooper, Sharon Lane, Eddie Mordujovich, Caroline O'Brien, Joe Pantoliano, Alan H. Rolnick

Music by

Joel Goodman

Cinematography by

Rob Sweeney

Film Editing by

Nina Kawasaki

Casting By

Ed Arenas

Production Design by

William A. Cimino

Art Direction by

Caleb Mikler

Set Decoration by

Elaine Kooser

Costume Design by

Nancy Jarzynko

Makeup Department

Karina Del Bel, Megan Graham, Nirvana Lisman, Sarah Morrison, Jenna Tibbetts

Production Management

Brian Moon, Michael Trainotti

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Karen Callahan, John Elmore, Adam Hammel, Brian Moon

Art Department

Rafalel Abilla, Carolina Amenta, Paul Armbruster, Eduardo J. Belaval, Susann Belaval, A.J. Blandford, Michael Castro, Aileen Desposito, Shane Donahue, Joshua Faust, Mariana Fernandez Freire, Candi Guterres, Rebecca T. Haze, Beau Heggen, Kurt Meisenbach, Don Ramensnyder, Ron Stone, Victoria Villegas

Sound Department

Hugo Cardenas, Robert Carr, Michael Colomby, Cynthia DeLaney Gorman, Rob Freeman, Tiffany S. Griffith, Barry Keys, Michael Lyle, Michael 'Mac' McNamee, Matthew J. Mondrick, Robb Navrides, Alex Parker, Paul Stevenson

Special Effects by

Richard Lee Jones

Visual Effects by

Tony Brown, Tony Cacciarelli, Matthew Colchamiro, Chuck Filliettaz, Allen Rundle

Stunts

Robert Weir

Camera and Electrical Department

Ricardo Barredo, Mike Clayton, Hernan Erazo, Jennifer Galipault, Albert Gelabert, Christos Georgakopoulos, Mike L. Germaine, Shai Goldenberg, Paul Greco, Reynaldo Guimet, J.T. Gurzi, Edward A. Gutentag, Chris Hill, Steve Hurson, Camilo Jarquin, Edward Jensen, Jeff Jones, Juan Linares, Skip McCraw, Julio Mora, Caleb Nelson, Barry Renfro, Boris Francois Ruiz, Carla Sosa, Willem Van Vark, Frankie Zamora

Casting Department

Shae Jacobson

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Joanna Bronson, Diana Castro, Audrey de Vallois, Diana Jimenez, Michelle Dianne Mehn, Yaneya Rovira

Editorial Department

David Bernstein, Patrick Callahan, Liza Cardinale, Dave Chang, Scott Fox, Maria Guevarra, Tyler Leshney, Michael Levy

Location Management

Cassandra B. Laymon, Sheila Monahan, Dimitrios Rongakis

Music Department

David Bramfitt, Robb Navrides, Paul Rolnick, Deborah Vukovitz

Script and Continuity Department

Laura Pinto

Transportation Department

Howard Beck, Oscar Carles, Michael Carter, Thomas W.M. Lloyd Jr., Javier Sánchez, Carlos Vega

Additional Crew

Aitch Alberto, Jeremy Barber, Howard Beck, Enrique Benavides, Cynthia Benitez, Toby Burge, Byron Canady, Ericka Coello, Matthew Cohen, Melanie Crim, Eric C. Crum, Frank Debasa, Justin Dec, Jack Downs, Michael V. Finuccio, Jeanne-Marie Fisichella, Maehi Gonzales, Maria Alessandra Gonzalez, Will Herbert, Marsha Lynn Jacobson, Brett Jordan, James Joyner, Jorge Kreimer, Robert E. Linkin, Lucretia Louis, Sean Lunski, Diane Madio, Garrett Miner, Francesca Nannetti, Roberto Penalver, Beth Perez-Aquiar, Jasmine Ross, Marianne Ruane, Brittney Sheffield, Ryan Shipman, Nikki Stanzione, Missy Stehlin, Kelly Theis, Trenton Tombs, Matthias Van Assche, Jason Van Brusselen, Denis Warburton, Sonny Waterhouse, Diana Williams, Cassandra Windels, Robert C. Yu

Thanks

Russell LaFreniere

Genres

Drama

Companies

LMG Pictures, Canvas Pictures, Rebellion Pictures

Countries

USA

Languages

English

ContentRating

PG-13

ImDbRating

6.5

ImDb Rating Votes

1053

Metacritic Rating

67

Short Description

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.

Box Office Budget

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$13,100

Box Office Gross USA

$35,630

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$41,010

Keywords

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