Rowing Through

Rowing Through
Directed byMasato Harada
Written byWill Aitken
Masato Harada
Based onThe Amateurs by David Halberstam
Produced byClaude Gagnon
Yuri Yoshimura-Gagnon
StarringColin Ferguson
Leslie Hope
Peter Murnik
James Hyndman
CinematographySylvain Brault
Edited byJean-Guy Montpetit
Music byMasahiro Kawasaki
Release date
  • September 7, 1996 (1996-09-07)
Running time
116 minutes
CountriesCanada
Japan
LanguageEnglish

Rowing Through is a Canadian-Japanese co-produced drama film, directed by Masato Harada and released in 1996.[1] Based on David Halberstam's book The Amateurs, the film centres on American sculler Tiff Wood as he tries to qualify for the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]

The film stars Colin Ferguson as Wood, Leslie Hope as Kate Bordeleau, Peter Murnik as John Biglow and James Hyndman as Polar Bear Nelson, as well as Helen Shaver, Kenneth Welsh, Christopher Heyerdahl, Kris Holden-Ried and Ellen David.

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 17th Genie Awards in 1996, for Best Supporting Actor (Hyndman) and Best Cinematography (Sylvain Brault).[3]

  1. ^ "Tiff's life makes bad movie". The Globe and Mail, October 11, 1996.
  2. ^ "Rowing movie sunk by bad script, acting". Toronto Star, October 11, 1996.
  3. ^ "Over-the-edge Canadian films poised for Genie nod". Canadian Press, November 24, 1996.