Dirty (1998 film)

Dirty
Directed byBruce Sweeney
Written byBruce Sweeney
Produced byBruce Sweeney
John Dippong
Linda Hay
StarringBabz Chula
Tom Scholte
Benjamin Ratner
Nancy Sivak
CinematographyDavid Pelletier
Edited byRoss Weber
Music byDon MacDonald
Production
company
Dirty Productions
Release date
  • January 19, 1998 (1998-01-19) (Sundance)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Dirty is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Bruce Sweeney and released in 1998.[1] The film stars Babz Chula as Angie, a woman who deals marijuana out of her home in the Vancouver neighbourhood of Kitsilano, and Tom Scholte as David, a young university student with whom she has a sexual relationship.[2]

The cast also includes Benjamin Ratner as Tony, David's roommate who has just moved to the city from Port Alberni and is feeling lonely and isolated as he tries to establish himself, and Nancy Sivak as Nancy, a depressed shopaholic woman who lives in Angie's basement apartment, as well as Vincent Gale, Frida Betrani, Abby J. Arnold, Rondel Reynoldson, Brendan Beiser, John Henry Canavan, Rob Carpenter, Fulvio Cecere, Marya Delver, Kathleen Duborg, Marcy Goldberg, George Gordon, Rebecca Harker and Micki Maunsell in supporting roles.

The film premiered on January 14, 1998, at the Sundance Film Festival.[3] It had its Canadian premiere at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival on September 14.[4]

  1. ^ Emanuel Levy, "Dirty". Variety, February 22, 1998.
  2. ^ "Dirty". Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ Glen Schaefer, "Dirty Sundancing down in Utah: Vancouver crew busy promoting film at festival". The Province, January 21, 1998.
  4. ^ Ray Conlogue, "Film festival's Canadian lineup offers eclectic range of talents". The Globe and Mail, July 29, 1998.