Ron Hynes
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Biography: Ron Hynes (December 7, 1950 – November 19, 2015) was a folk singer-songwriter from Newfoundland.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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Deathday: November 19, 2015
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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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The Man of a Thousand Songs
Overview: A feature length documentary about extraordinary Canadian singer songwriter, Ron Hynes... an insightful and entertaining exploration of the creative process, the genesis of song, the meaning of performance and the vulnerability of an artist compelled to bare his soul through his music. The film is comprised of Ron performing his music (distinct and live for the camera), interwoven with very intimate black box 'interviews' with Ron (shot tightly and directly addressed to the camera), in which he discusses the songs and the life that informed them: late nights, dark alleys, marriage, children, divorce, his near death and recovery from drug addiction... and punctuated with back stage moments, insight from the street, and Ron's nephew author Joel Thomas Hynes, taking the role of 'chorus of the people'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-02
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Violet
Overview: It seems like everyone in Violet’s family dies at age 55. Her mother did, her father did, and as this movie opens Violet, played by Mary Walsh, learns that her brother, Leonard has also died. He too was 55, an age she is now fast approaching herself. His death causes Violet to begin an existential tailspin as her family gathers round. They are Andrew Younghusband who plays her son Carlos, a gay professor of languages who has returned from Montreal. Actor and director Barry Newhook plays Rex who is a musician and daughter Ramona is played by Susan Kent. As the movie unfolds it turns out that Violet has a lot to live for, including a romance with farm manager Rusty played by Peter MacNeill.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-27
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Anchor Zone
Overview: A graduate of an elite training school is determined to discover the identity of her lost father. She begins a dangerous journey, meeting an array of characters as she discovers her past. Stars Henry Czerny, Michael Luke.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-24
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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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Secret Nation
Overview: A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland join Canada.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-02
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The Bingo Robbers
Overview: A woman (Lois Brown) who thinks money will solve her problems enlists the help of a homeless friend (Barry Newhook) to rob a bingo hall.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-02
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To Dublin with Love
Overview: Inspired by the late poet Al Pittman's 'March Hare' late winter music and literary celebrations, director Barbara Doran-along with a clutch of her close friends, associates and artistic collaborators from St. John's and the rest of the Rock-travel to Dublin to examine the close cultural relationships between Newfoundland and Ireland in this boisterous documentary film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-15
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Subway to Tickle Gut
Overview: One of three films in the “Hall Trilogy” with lots of local talent. Two women with roots in Newfoundland find themselves trapped together on a stalled subway train.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-20
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