Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion
2002Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion is a two-part miniseries produced in 2003 by CBC Television. It presents a fictionalized version of the Halifax Explosion, a 1917 catastrophe that destroyed much of the Canadian city of Halifax. It was directed by Bruce Pittman and written by Keith Ross Leckie. The Film Stars Vincent Walsh, Tamara Hope, Clare Stone, Zachary Bennett, Shauna MacDonald and Ted Dykstra.
The series was expensive by Canadian television standards with a budget of $10.4 million. It was heavily promoted by the CBC and paired with a number of non-fiction documentaries. The broadcast drew a sizable Canadian audience of 1.5 million viewers. It drew some praise for the adept use of special effects to show the destruction of the explosion. However the miniseries was poorly received critically. One critic at the Globe and Mail described it as "execrably written and acted"[1] while another strained to find positive elements, "At times, there is a plodding workmanlike quality to Shattered City."[2] The miniseries won some technical awards at the Canadian television Gemini Awards in 2004 (photography, special effects, costume and sound) but was passed over for any direction or writing awards and won only a single supporting acting award for Ted Dykstra.[3]
Serious concerns were raised over the depiction of history in the miniseries. Descendants of explosion victims[4] and professional historians[5] objected to the historical distortions and numerous liberties with historical truth. Significant deviations include:[6]
Kinostart: | 2002 | ||||||
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Genre: | disaster tv genre | ||||||
Herstellungsland: | Kanada | ||||||
Originalsprache: | Englisch | ||||||
IMDB: | 342 | ||||||
Verleih: | CBC/Radio-Canada |
Regie: | Bruce Pittman | |
Kamera: | René Ōhashi | |
Musik: | The Free Design | |
Produzent: | Heather Haldane |
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2004 | ACTRA Awards ACTRA Maritimes Award Outstanding Performance - Male | Gewinner |
2004 | Directors Guild of Canada DGC Craft Award Outstanding Achievement in Production Design - Television Movie or Mini-Series | Gewinner |
2004 | Directors Guild of Canada DGC Craft Award Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Television Movie or Mini-Series | Gewinner |
2004 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Gewinner |
2004 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series | Gewinner |
2004 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Costume Design | Gewinner |
2004 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Sound in a Dramatic Program | Gewinner |
2004 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Visual Effects | Gewinner |
2004 | Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards CSC Award Best Cinematography in TV Drama | Nominiert |
2004 | Directors Guild of Canada DGC Team Award Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Movie or Mini-Series | Nominiert |
2004 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Nominiert |
2004 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Nominiert |
2004 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Achievement in Make-Up | Nominiert |
2004 | Gemini Awards Gemini Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series | Nominiert |