At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story is a 1998 Canadian television film about the life of Canadian right to die advocate Sue Rodriguez.
At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story | |
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Directed by | Sheldon Larry |
Written by | Linda Svendsen |
Produced by | Laszlo Barna |
Starring | Wendy Crewson Carl Marotte |
Cinematography | Albert J. Dunk |
Edited by | Stephen Lawrence |
Music by | Mychael Danna Andrew Lockington |
Production company | Atlantic Mediaworks |
Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis Communications |
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Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The film was written by Linda Svendsen based on the book by Lisa Hobbs Birnie and directed by Sheldon Larry.
Cast
edit- Wendy Crewson as Sue Rodriguez
- Carl Marotte as David Rodriguez
- Patrick Galligan as Svend Robinson
- Walter Learning as Justice Allen Melvin
- Al Waxman as John Hofsess
- Miko Hughes as Jesse Rodriguez
- Fiona Reid as Sandra Burtch
Politician Svend Robinson was portrayed by a different actor, but also had his own cameo role in the film as the third reporter at Sue Rodriguez's first press conference.
Awards
edit- In 1999 Wendy Crewson won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the Gemini Awards
- In 1999 Linda Svendsen won the WGC Award from the Writers Guild of Canada
References
editExternal links
edit- At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story at IMDb
- At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story at AllMovie