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2004 Canadian film

Seven Times Lucky
Directed by	Gary Yates
Written by	Gary Yates
Starring	Kevin Pollak Liane Balaban Jonas Chernick Babz Chula
Cinematography	Steve Cosens
Distributed by	Alliance Atlantis
Release date	January 17, 2004 (2004-01-17) (Sundance)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Seven Times Lucky is a Canadian crime drama film, released in 2004. Directed by Gary Yates, the film stars Kevin Pollak as Harlan and Liane Balaban as Fiona, a con man and a young student who get involved in a criminal scam.

Plot

When a veteran grifter (Pollak) loses $10,000 of his boss's money at the track, his talented young protégé (Balaban) devises a risky scheme to make quick money. A low-budget film noir set in the underbelly of Winnipeg with plenty of twists and turns, 7 Times Lucky spins a fairly clichéd yarn with some sharp dialogue. The film's cast also includes Jonas Chernick, Babz Chula and Gordon Tootoosis.

Awards

The film garnered seven Genie Award nominations at the 26th Genie Awards, in the categories of Best Supporting Actress (Chula), Best Art Direction/Production Design (Deanna Rohde, Shawna Balas and Ricardo Alms), Overall Sound (Leon Johnson, Bruce Little and Howard Rissin), Sound Editing (Bruce Little and Russ Dyck) and Original Song ("When Wintertime", by Glenn Buhr and Margaret Sweatman). It won the award for Best Original Song.

It won the award for Best Western Canadian Film at the 2004 Vancouver International Film Festival.

References

"Smart, devious first feature hooks and keeps you". Montreal Gazette, September 3, 2004.
Guy Dixon, "Forget the awards. Watch the party". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2006.
"C.R.A.Z.Y. night at Genie Awards: Family epic captures 10 awards". Kingston Whig-Standard, March 14, 2006.
Ian Edwards, "Surging VIFF breaks $1M barrier". Playback, October 25, 2004.

External links

Seven Times Lucky at IMDb

v t e Vancouver International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film
On the Corner (2003) Seven Times Lucky (2004) Lucid (2005) Everything's Gone Green (2006) Normal (2007) Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) I Killed My Mother (2009) Incendies (2010) Nuit #1 (2011) Blackbird (2012) Rhymes for Young Ghouls and That Burning Feeling (2013) Violent (2014) Sleeping Giant (2015) Window Horses (2016) Black Cop (2017) Edge of the Knife (2018) One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019) Beans (2020) Without Havana (2021) Riceboy Sleeps (2022) Fitting In (2023) Universal Language (2024)

Vancouver International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film

On the Corner (2003)
Seven Times Lucky (2004)
Lucid (2005)
Everything's Gone Green (2006)
Normal (2007)
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
I Killed My Mother (2009)
Incendies (2010)
Nuit #1 (2011)
Blackbird (2012)
Rhymes for Young Ghouls and That Burning Feeling (2013)
Violent (2014)
Sleeping Giant (2015)
Window Horses (2016)
Black Cop (2017)
Edge of the Knife (2018)
One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk (2019)
Beans (2020)
Without Havana (2021)
Riceboy Sleeps (2022)
Fitting In (2023)
Universal Language (2024)

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