The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar

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  • Genre(s):Drama
  • Release year: 1969
  • Running time: 50 min
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar is a 1968 Canadian dramatic film directed by Peter Pearson and written by Joan Finnigan. The 49-minute drama stars Chris Wiggins and Kate Reid, along with Margot Kidder in her first feature role.read more

The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar is a 1968 Canadian dramatic film directed by Peter Pearson and written by Joan Finnigan. The 49-minute drama stars Chris Wiggins and Kate Reid, along with Margot Kidder in her first feature role. Set in a logging community in the Ottawa Valley, the film focuses on a man who chooses the free but uncertain life of a bush worker, even though it means hardships for his family. Produced by John Kemeny for the National Film Board of Canada, the film won eight awards at the Canadian Film Awards, including Film of the Year. Produced for the NFB's Challenge for Change program, the film had initially been "pushed aside and ignored by CBC TV," according to Canadian film scholar Gerald Pratley, who called it: "A brilliant example of what our filmmakers could do if they had the opportunities and the material to replace the run-of-the-mill American films that dominate our theatres and television – the kind of inexpensive creativity private broadcasters continue to say they cannot afford."

Original Release

03/01/1969

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Cast

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Directors

Peter Pearson

Writers

Joan Finnigan

Cast

Producers

Editors

Michael McKennirey

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