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Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

  • Mini serie TV
  • 2006
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
8,0/10
219
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Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story: A Decent Thing
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA mini-series based on the work of Canadian political icon Tommy Douglas.A mini-series based on the work of Canadian political icon Tommy Douglas.A mini-series based on the work of Canadian political icon Tommy Douglas.

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    • Kristin Booth
    • Tatiana Maslany
    • Ian Tracey
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    8,0/10
    219
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    • Star
      • Kristin Booth
      • Tatiana Maslany
      • Ian Tracey
    • 10Recensioni degli utenti
  • Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro
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      • 2 vittorie e 10 candidature totali

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    Kristin Booth
    Kristin Booth
    • Irma Douglas
    • 2006
    Tatiana Maslany
    Tatiana Maslany
    • Tommy's Doctor's Receptionist
    • 2006
    Ian Tracey
    Ian Tracey
    • Charlie Lawson
    • 2006
    Brian Markinson
    Brian Markinson
    • Jimmie Gardiner
    • 2006
    Andrea Menard
    Andrea Menard
    • Lead Reporter
    • 2006
    Paul Gross
    Paul Gross
    • John Diefenbaker
    • 2006
    Nicholas Campbell
    Nicholas Campbell
    • 2006
    R.H. Thomson
    R.H. Thomson
    • Dr. Moulds
    • 2006
    Don McKellar
    Don McKellar
    • Clarence Fines
    • 2006
    Amy Matysio
    Amy Matysio
    • BienFait Woman
    • 2006
    Trenna Keating
    Trenna Keating
    • KOD Lady #2
    • 2006
    Robert Moloney
    Robert Moloney
    • Woodrow Lloyd
    • 2006
    Michael Therriault
    Michael Therriault
    • Tommy Douglas
    • 2006
    Matthew Walker
    Matthew Walker
    • Banker McCarthy
    • 2006
    Aidan Devine
    Aidan Devine
    • MJ Coldwell
    • 2006
    Mike O'Brien
    • Deacon Marks
    • 2006
    Cavan Cunningham
    Cavan Cunningham
    • 50th Anniversery Announcer
    • 2006
    Henry Woolf
    Henry Woolf
    • Jack Corman
    • 2006
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    10ram-30

    A legend as big as the prairie skies.

    One might expect a mini series over 3 hours about the father of Medicare would be full of fillers but they would be mistaken. The life of T.C. Douglas goes by very quickly in this movie yet manages to cover much of his major accomplishments, personal highlights, and famous speeches. Tommy Douglas was first and foremost a great orator. His experience as a Baptist pastor honed his public speaking skills and also his moral commitment to his promises. "PRAIRIE GIANT" shows the extent of his persecution both religious ("The trouble with you Baptists is they don't hold you under the water long enough") and political (his C.C.F. party is referred to as Communists and the Red Menace). His accomplishments can best be viewed on related web pages and publications. The biopic wisely focuses on his personal life which in large part shaped his social attitudes. The music and cinematography are a big part of this film but Canadian films about the Depression and mid 20th Century have always been of high quality. The acting is also as good as anticipated. Many famous faces have yet to be posted on the IMDb list. For example, Nicholas Campbell (the star reporter on Ron Howard's Cinderella MAN for those of you who haven't seen DAVINCI'S INQUEST)plays Liberal E.J.Young, CODCO's Andy Jones plays P.M. MacKenzie King, and Aidan Devine (Gordie Howe on NET WORTH) plays M.J. Colewell. Of course, it would not seem like a Canadian biopic without R.H.Thompson who's been in docu-dramas about other Canadian heroes like Ken Taylor, Terry Fox, Ted Lindsay, Frederick Banting, and Pierre Trudeau. The producers really pulled out all the stops to make a movie that will live as long as the memory of T.C. Douglas lives on.
    9dm88

    A Very Good Film about a Great Canadian

    "Prairie Giant" is a very good film about the great Canadian social democrat Tommy Douglas, the creator of the first Medicare system in North America, along with the first provincial government leader to sign into law a bill of rights and to legally guarantee collective bargaining in all sectors of the economy. Douglas was a witty and clever speaker, and Theriault does a good job at conveying his oratorical skills. The usual minuscule CBC budgets aren't noticeable here. A few of the minor actors don't seem terribly well cast: Paul Gross as Diefenbaker, Andy Jones as Mackenzie King, though they give it the old college try. Yet Don McKellar is good as Saskatchewan's finance minister, as is Kristin Booth as Irma Douglas, Tommy's wife. Douglas' final speech to the 50th Anniversary meeting of the CCF about the greed of private enterprise still rings true today in our globalized, McDonaldized, corporatized world.

    It would have been nice to see the political struggles of the late 1960s and 1970s, which were skipped over the film, but these were sacrificed to show the struggle over Medicare in detail. You might have thought this would be a somewhat dull three hours... yet it could easily have filled five hours and kept my attention. We need more films like this from the CBC.
    9cvm-2

    Who would have thought this would be so good?

    The film is shamelessly emotional and still pulls it off, because the material is strong. By no means perfect. It sneaks up on you and is, at times, a full-on, hanky-worthy tear jerker. My most cynical friends reluctantly admitted they cried their eyes out. How often do you get to say that about a 4-hour CBC biopic? Far beyond the film, Tommy's worth a ten on his own merits. (So I can only give it a nine.) He is unquestionably a hero of the left, but he is also a hero for anyone who believes in balanced budgets and debt reduction.

    Scratch that. Debt elimination.

    He's a hero for anyone who thinks politicians should campaign on what they intend to do, and then do what they campaigned on. He's a hero for anyone who thinks government ought to be transparent and accountable. He actually managed to deliver ambitious yet ruthlessly efficient government service. Sometimes government is the problem. Not this time. This time government was transformative.

    Like John Diefenbaker and John A. MacDonald, he is a man who changed his country beyond any reasonable expectation.

    How the hell do you turn that into a series of compelling scenes with even remotely engaging characters? Good luck.

    And yet the movie is so much better than you think it is. Especially the second part, which by all rights should flounder and die like a baby seal in a Greenpeace ad. But it creeps up on you until it absolutely soars. Look at the person beside you. One of you is probably going to cry.

    Politics? Emotional? Inspiring? This Baptist preacher from the 30's is, in the end, shockingly relevant? Who woulda thunk? Not that I would pretend to be objective.
    8LeRoyMarko

    The CBC needs to do more of these

    Very interesting movie in 2-parts about Tommy Douglas. He's the father of medicare in Canada, but so much more. This mini-series (4 hours total) tells the story of a great Canadian. In fact, he was voted the greatest Canadian by the citizens of this country a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, his work and accomplishments are not well enough known by ordinary Canadians. That's why this mini-series is so important. It helps that Michael Therriault is doing a terrific job as T.C. Douglas. It helps also that the supporting cast is great. And the use of archives adds on to the story. Too bad though that the mini-series focuses almost entirely on the creation of medicare. A longer series was perhaps needed.

    Seen at home, in Toronto, on March 12th and 13th, 2006.

    81/100 (***)
    8earthinspace

    Excellent Movie and Pretty good documentary

    The comments by people who "hated" this movie were very good comments. There are a few parts of the film which are crafted more for the enjoyment factor than the education factor. In doing so, the filmmakers sacrificed maybe one tenth of this film's historical value. I also agree with the people who loved this movie because it was so well produced and acted. All in all, this is a good film for anyone who cares about good government, family values, whether liberal or conservative. It provides a sound basis for further research if you are at all interested in the history of good government in the 20th Century. Speaking of "liberal," in the movie it is a puzzle why "liberal" seems to mean one thing in Canada and something else in the United States. Ah, well.

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      The wolf from Paul Gross's series Due South, Diefenbaker, was named after John G. Diefenbaker, who was Canada's 13th Prime Minister, which is the role played here by Gross.
    • Blooper
      In Tommy Douglas's first election campaign in the 1930s, he is shown using his famous Mouseland speech. In reality, that speech was first given in 1961.
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      Tommy Douglas: My friends, watch out for the little fellow with an idea.

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      Referenced in Corner Gas: Bend It Like Brent (2008)

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    • Data di uscita
      • 12 marzo 2006 (Canada)
    • Paese di origine
      • Canada
    • Siti ufficiali
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    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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      • Povestea lui Tommy Douglas
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Claybanks, Saskatchewan, Canada
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Minds Eye Entertainment
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