Uplifting Films (25)
Discusses family films and inspirational productions, as well as behind-the-scenes info (such as filming locations).
This on-set still shot captures the striking fashion difference between the costumed Michael Mahonen (Gus Pike) and this crew member.
Today’s behind-the-scenes photo features the young actors who played the King and Pettibone children during a break in filming at the Road to Avonlea set in Uxbridge, Ontario.
If you’re looking to take your kids to a movie, there’s been an abundance of family-friendly films that have premiered this summer. A list of the summer’s most appropriate 10 were recently listed by Hillary Bowler of Desert News. Here’s her list of options, followed by some suggestions from Sullivan Entertainment’s own movie library.
The actress who played Avonlea’s indomitable Rachel Lynde, Patricia Hamilton, can be seen in this on-set photo marching up the laneway into her next (probably confrontational) scene.
The cast of the King family take this spontaneous photo during a break in filming on the Avonlea set, just in front of Lawson’s Mercantile.
Before Sarah Polley became synonymous with The Story Girl in Kevin Sullivan’s Road to Avonlea series, she portrayed another one of L.M. Montgomery famous characters in Sullivan’s film adaptation of Jane of Lantern Hill. Polley won a Gemini Award for her performance as the young orphan girl, Josephine Turner, in this award-winning movie.
This stunning production still of Colleen Dewhurst was taken on the set of Lantern Hill. The legendary stage and screen actress played the role of Hepzibah in the 1990 film, which also starred Road to Avonlea’s Sarah Polley.
One of Sullivan Entertainment’s recent endeavors has been to digitally restore the footage of it award-winning series, Road to Avonlea, into a high definition, widescreen format. So far, four of the show’s seven seasons have been completely re-mastered to the quality that Kevin Sullivan originally intended for his series, when production first began in 1989.
The sci-fi thriller, Splice, starring Road to Avonlea alumnus Sarah Polley and Adrian Brody, takes the lead in the number of Directors Guild of Canada Award nominations. Along with a best directing nomination for Vincenzo Natali, the film also garnered a best film nomination, along with three craft nominations for production design, editing and sound editing.
Though farmers are usually considered the most down to earth people, they have been the subject of some very famous films. I recently stumbled across an article that celebrated National Farmer’s Market Week (Aug. 7 – 13), by highlighting five films about farming, including The Straight Story, starring Richard Farnsworth (Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables).
