Live Bait (film) - Misplaced Pages

1995 Canadian film

Live Bait
Directed by	Bruce Sweeney
Written by	Bruce Sweeney
Produced by	Bruce Sweeney
Starring	Tom Scholte Kevin McNulty Babz Chula David Lovgren
Cinematography	David Pelletier
Edited by	Ross Weber
Music by	Don MacDonald
Production company	Cypher Productions
Release date	September 9, 1995 (1995-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Live Bait is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 1995. The directorial debut of Bruce Sweeney, the film won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival.

The film stars Tom Scholte as Trevor McIntosh, a 23-year-old man attempting to lose his virginity during the summer after his college graduation, while the relationship of his parents (Babz Chula and Kevin McNulty) is simultaneously faltering.

The film was written as Sweeney's graduate thesis for his MFA in Film Studies at the University of British Columbia.

References

"Live Bait snags Canadian award". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 1995.
"Graduate hooked on reel life". University of British Columbia, November 14, 1996.

External links

Live Bait at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Bruce Sweeney
Live Bait (1995) Dirty (1998) Last Wedding (2001) American Venus (2007) Excited (2009) Crimes of Mike Recket (2012) The Dick Knost Show (2013) Kingsway (2018) She Talks to Strangers (2023)

v t e Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film
A Woman in Transit (1984) Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (1985) The Decline of the American Empire (1986) Family Viewing (1987) The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) Roadkill (1989) H (1990) The Adjuster (1991) Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (1992) Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993) Exotica (1994) Live Bait (1995) Long Day's Journey into Night (1996) The Hanging Garden / The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Nô (1998) The Five Senses (1999) waydowntown (2000) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) Spider (2002) The Barbarian Invasions (2003) It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) Manufactured Landscapes (2006) My Winnipeg (2007) Lost Song (2008) Cairo Time (2009) Incendies (2010) Monsieur Lazhar (2011) Laurence Anyways (2012) When Jews Were Funny (2013) Felix and Meira (2014) Closet Monster (2015) Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (2016) Ravenous (2017) The Fireflies Are Gone (2018) Antigone (2019) Inconvenient Indian (2020) Ste. Anne (2021) To Kill a Tiger (2022) Solo (2023) Shepherds (2024)

Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film

A Woman in Transit (1984)
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (1985)
The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
Family Viewing (1987)
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
Roadkill (1989)
H (1990)
The Adjuster (1991)
Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (1992)
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
Exotica (1994)
Live Bait (1995)
Long Day's Journey into Night (1996)
The Hanging Garden / The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Nô (1998)
The Five Senses (1999)
waydowntown (2000)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
Spider (2002)
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Manufactured Landscapes (2006)
My Winnipeg (2007)
Lost Song (2008)
Cairo Time (2009)
Incendies (2010)
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Laurence Anyways (2012)
When Jews Were Funny (2013)
Felix and Meira (2014)
Closet Monster (2015)
Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (2016)
Ravenous (2017)
The Fireflies Are Gone (2018)
Antigone (2019)
Inconvenient Indian (2020)
Ste. Anne (2021)
To Kill a Tiger (2022)
Solo (2023)
Shepherds (2024)

This article about a 1990s comedy-drama film is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

This article related to a Canadian film of the 1990s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: