Rick Boland
Biography: Rick Boland was a Canadian actor and writer.
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Deathday: January 31, 2024
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Heritage Minutes: Marconi
1993-04-30
Heritage Minutes: Marconi
Overview: Inventor Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signals in Newfoundland and is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-30
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Diverted
2009-03-08
Diverted
Overview: On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers for 4 days until American airspace reopened.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-08
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Finding Mary March
1988-08-31
Finding Mary March
Overview: This film discusses the search for the last remains of Demasduit (Mary March), one of the last of the Indigenous Beothuk people, set in the Red Indian Lake area of Central Newfoundland. A young girl, Bernadette Buchans, believes that she is related to Mary March. Throughout the whole film, Bernadette and her father Ted are searching for the grave of her mother. An archaeologist/ photographer, Nancy George, accompanies them and she also believes that she has family connections to the Beothuks.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-31
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Behind the Wall
2008-08-30
Behind the Wall
Overview: In this chilling, atmospheric thriller, Katelyn (Lindy Booth) seeks answers about the brutal murder that claimed her mother's life 20 years ago in the lighthouse where they lived, a crime for which her grief-and-guilt-crazed father has long held the blame. When developers descend on the abandoned lighthouse and begin to vanish mysteriously, Katelyn comes face-to-face with the evil haunts the family's former abode.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-30
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The Divine Ryans
1999-01-01
The Divine Ryans
Overview: When Draper Doyle’s father drops dead two days after his birthday, Draper realises that he his memories of visiting his father two days previously have vanished. With the help of Uncle Reg, he attempts to piece his memory back together.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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The Bread Maker
2003-09-10
The Bread Maker
Overview: Honey Reddigan is a celebrity at the Sweet Bea baking factory. She has just published her first romance novel, Carmen the Bee Keeper's Lover. Carmen, Honey's fictional heroine, is everything Honey ain't. In walks Edmund Goobie—a charming, commitment-phobic local TV personality. They begin a hot affair that quickly approaches relationship status. But happily-ever-after is not in the cards for this quirky couple. The affair comes to an end when they purchase a bread maker together and realize that they want different things. The monumental fight over the appliance forces Honey to change her life.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-10
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Extraordinary Visitor
1998-09-02
Extraordinary Visitor
Overview: As the new millennium approaches, God considers pulling the plug on the planet unless St. John the Baptist finds a reason to spare humanity. John travels to the Newfoundland city that bears his name where he becomes entangled in the lives of talk-show host Marietta, her husband Rick. (Toronto International Film Festival)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-02
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The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
1986-01-02
The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood
Overview: Faustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and seceding from Canada. In the real world, Faustus' boss Eddie Peddle plans to indoctrinate the citizenry of Newfoundland with a cult-like geometric theory known as Total Education, but Peddle may be foiled by the revelation of a secret from his past career.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-02
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Touch
2016-06-18
Touch
Overview: When a single mom, facing eviction, is offered a night’s work, she unsuccessfully seeks a babysitter for her two small children. Desperate, she reaches out to the last person she wants to ask for a favour.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-18
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C Sharp and D Suspended
2018-08-17
C Sharp and D Suspended
Overview: Margaret is a grandmother serving out a sentence in a minimum security prison. Daniel, her grandson, is a gifted classical guitar student who loves his nan very much. They've always had a deep connection, rooted in music. The day before his graduation, Margaret gets authorization to attend Daniel's concert ceremony. During the next 24 hours, they play music together, discuss the nature of family, and freedom, and get reacquainted after a long time apart. On the day of the ceremony, Daniel reveals a hidden intention - to help Margaret regain her freedom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-17
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