Gordon Pinsent Movies

Will Cole is a charismatic 35 year old paper mill laborer who seems to celebrate a life of bad choices. He lives and behaves as if he was still 18,...

This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood. The artist himself guides...

A woman struggles with her husband.

Video lottery addiction is a serious problem in Canada, but does the government's need for revenue mean the enormous social costs are being ignored?...

A young woman tracks down an elderly man in order to make amends for the tragedy that devastated his life.

A Christmas special about an elderly man looking back at life during the turn of the century in Ontario. His family help him to overcome his need for...

A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.

A small town journalist's fabricated stories attracts unwanted attention when one of them turns out to be true.

In a twist on the typical May-October romance, a widow somewhere in her 60s meets a naive country boy who has found his way to the city. He moves...

A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.

Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they think will get them serious recognition in the...

Based on fact, this is the story of a notorious Canadian bank-robbery gang.

In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland...

Nuts, Nothing and Nobody walk quietly through the forest, until Nothing falls in a hole.