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Directed by | William D. MacGillivray |
Screenplay by | Michael Jones William D. MacGillivray Lionel Simmons |
Starring | Michael Jones |
Cinematography | Lionel Simmons |
Edited by | William MacGillivray Lionel Simmons |
Production company | Picture Plant |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Stations is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by William D. MacGillivray and released in 1983.[1] The film stars Michael Jones as Tom Murphy, a former Roman Catholic priest turned television journalist; after undergoing a crisis of faith when his deep questioning of his old friend Harry (Richard Boland) in an interview leads to Harry's suicide, he is assigned to undertake a train trip across Canada to interview various everyday people he meets at train stations across the country.[2]
Featuring a mix of professional and non-professional actors, the cast included Libby Davies, Patricia Kipping, Joel Sapp, Maisie Rillie, Beth McTavish, Claudette Sapp, Graham Hayward and Mary Walsh.
The film premiered at the 1983 Festival of Festivals, but was distributed primarily via pay TV rather than commercial theatrical distribution.[3] It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.[4]