The Saddest Music in the World (2004)

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R | 1 hr 39 mins | Comedy, Musical, Period | Released: 4/30/2004 |Box Office Total: $0.6M

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It's 1933 in Winnipeg and the Great Depression is in full bloom. Beer Baroness Lady Port-Huntly announces a global competition to determine the saddest music in the world, and musicians from across the globe pour into town to vie for the whopping $25,000 prize. Sobbing Mexican Mariachis, dour Scottish Bagpipers, woeful West African drummers and numerous other grief-stricken ensembles give it their all. Down-on-his-luck Broadway producer Chester Kent and his amnesiac girlfriend Narcissa return home to his native Winnipeg as the United States entry in the contest. He soon finds himself embroiled in a family reunion as treacherous and twisted as the competition itself. Ultimately, a cataclysmic fire and the machinations of fate sort matters out for the sad characters and the denizens of the saddest city on earth.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
4/30/2004

Director	Credit
Guy Maddin	Director
Cast	Credit
Isabella Rossellini	Lady Port-Huntly
Mark McKinney	Chester Kent
Maria De Medeiros	Narcissa
David Fox	Fyodor
Ross McMillan	Roderick/Gravillo
Louis Negin	Blind Seer
Darcy Fehr	Teddy
Claude Dorge	Duncan
Talia Pura	Mary
Jeff Sutton	Young Chester
Graham Valentine	Young Roderick
Maggie Nagle	Chester's Mother
Victor Cowie	Man in Bar
Jessica Burleson	Lady's Secretary
Wayne Nicklas	Boardmember
Nancy Drake	American Mother
David Gillies	American Father
Daphne Korol	Widow
Adriana O'Neil	Agnes
Jeff Skinner	Reverend
Craig Aftanas	Old Sleepwalker
Miles Boiselle	Guard
Brock MacGregor	Roderick's Son
Daniel Hawkins	Amputee Double
Production Credits	Credit
Larry Weinstein	Associate Producer
Niv Fichman	Producer
Phyllis Laing	Co-Producer
Atom Egoyan	Executive Producer
Sheena MacDonald	Co-Producer
Daniel Iron	Executive Producer
Barbara Willis Sweete	Associate Producer
Jody Shapiro	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Buffalo Gal Pictures	Production Company
Ego Film Arts	Production Company
Rhombus International	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
MGM/UA Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Soda Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
TVA International Distribution	Theatrical Distributor Theatrical Distributor (Canada)
IFC Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Writer	Credit
Guy Maddin	Screenplay
Kazuo Ishiguro	Source Material
George Toles	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Colette Desjardins	Production Accountant
Jo Ann Oldcorn	Accountant - FTM Accounting Intern
Lisa Craik	Assistant Accountant - Accounting Assistant
Eileen Gano	Assistant Accountant - Accounting Assistant
Linda Pope	Accountant - Bookkeeper
Art Department	Credit
William Baker	Painter - Paint Foreman
Remi Verfaille	Dresser
Janna Pakhomova	Production Designer
Gordon Peterson	Assistant Art Director
Lindsey Bart	Greensman - Daily Greens
Aaron Anderson	Set Dresser
Stephen Arndt	Set Decorator
Lloyd Brandson	Scenic Artist
Shawna Conner	Art Department - Art Department Trainee
Catherine Green	Illustrator - Daily Draftsperson
Rejean Labrie	Art Director
Matthew Davies	Production Designer
Lawrence Van Went	Scenic Artist
Jason Gibbs	Set Dresser
Matthew Holm	Dresser - On Set Dresser
Charles Gustafson	Painter - Scenic Painter
Andrea Von Wichert	Painter - Scenic Painter
Simon Hughes	Painter - Scenic Painter
Lawrence Zglobicki	Painter - Daily Painter
Casting	Credit
John Buchan	Casting
Kari Reiger	Extras Casting
Jim Heber	Casting (Winnipeg)
Craft Services	Credit
Brent Prockert	Catering - Chef
Denys Curle	Craft Service
Kelly Ditz	Craft Service
Rick Kuchar	Catering - Sous Chef
Lyn E A Marlowe	Craft Service - Daily Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Jason Heke	Camera Trainee
Peter Korsitke	Color Timer - Film Timer
Mike Thibodeau	Video - Video Correction
Mike Thibodeau	Dailies
Gisele Gordon	Photography - Rearscreen Photography
Guy Maddin	Camera
Luc Montpellier	Director of Photography
Len Peterson	Assistant Camera
Diyah Pera	Photography - Stills Photographer
John Furniotis	Video - Video to Film Transfer
J J Casey Harrison	Camera Trainee - Daily Camera Trainee
Shauna Townley	Assistant Camera
Brian Karn	Dailies
Jody Shapiro	Camera
Dominique Balcaen	Camera
Peter Rohde	Photography - Stills Photographer
Mark McKinney	Camera
Ruben Guzman	Photography - Super 8 Photography
Ross McMillan	Camera
Richard O'Brien-Moran	Camera
Mike Peleshok	Camera
Len Peterson	Camera
Larry Spittle	Camera
Shauna Townley	Camera
Jason Fox	Camera
Legal	Credit
Brenda Blake	Legal Services - Legal Affairs
Music	Credit
Rebecca Pellett	Music Arranger - Music Preparation
Rebecca Pellett	Music Editor - Editing
Rebecca Pellett	Music - Vocals
Gary Gray	Score Mixing
Gary Gray	Score Recording
Jerome Kern	Song
Brenda Blake	Music Supervisor
Mini Mariachis	Song Performer
Erin Hershberg	Music Coordinator
Xiao Nan Wang	Song Performer
Maria De Medeiros	Music - Vocals
Craig Mann	Music Editor - Source Music Editor
Oscar Hammerstein II	Song
Rebecca Pellett	Score Recording - Score Recorder
Christopher Dedrick	Music - Vocals
Jimmy Kennedy	Song
Flamenco Ensemble	Song Performer
Finjan	Song Performer
William Grosz	Song
Sandy Dedrick	Music - Vocals
Yuval Fichman	Song Performer
Al Jolson	Song
Diane Forsyth	Music - Vocals
John Chalmers	Music - Vocals
Emile Bisseck	Song Performer
Buddy G DeSylva	Song
Joseph Meyer	Song
binasio wani	Song Performer
Ian Chalmers	Music - Vocals
Matthew Chalmers	Music - Vocals
Marol Jal	Song Performer
Chester Kent Melting Pot Orche	Song Performer
Paul Ohashi	Music - Vocals
Terry Stevens	Music - Vocals
The Winnipeg Heather-Belle Ladies Pipe Band	Song Performer
Ross McLean	Music - Vocals
Mark McKinney	Music - Vocals
David Fox	Music - Vocals
Robert Stewart	Music - Music Recording (Winnipeg)
Don Benedictson	Music - Music Recording (Winnipeg)
Production Management	Credit
Richard O'Brien-Moran	Assistant Director
Bernard Narvey	Location Manager
Matt Cahill	Post-Production Supervisor - Postproduction Supervisor
Anastasia Geras	Production Manager
Colleen Wowchuk	Assistant Production Coordinator
Sarah Jane Cundell	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Cliff Sumter	Assistant Location Manager
Alanna Mills	Script Supervisor
Kimberly Mikoluff	Production Coordinator
Danielle Dumesnil	Assistant Director
Lorne J Allen	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Mike Peleshok	Assistant Director
Miye Bromberg	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Shane Clements	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Martin Ellis	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Melanie Dawn Fuerst	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
L Christian Goulet	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Vince Krochak	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Antony Papetti	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Blair Scott	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Dean Batiuk	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Jason L Campbell	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
chris hawkins	Location Assistant - Location Production Assistant
Publicity	Credit
Leslie Stafford	Publicity - Publicist
Caelum Vatnsdal	Publicity - Publicity Notes
Kerry Fraser	Publicity
Sound	Credit
Ronayne Higginson	ADR Editor
Ronayne Higginson	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Dave Yonson	ADR - ADR Recordist
Mark Shnuriwsky	Sound Effects Editor
Lou Solakofski	Rerecording Mixer
Russ Dyck	Sound
Sid Lieberman	Foley Artist
Kirk Lynds	Foley Recordist
Stan Mak	Boom Operator
David McCallum	Supervising Sound Editor
David Rose	Sound Designer
Darcy Kite	ADR - ADR Recordist
Alan Tang	Sound Effects Editor
John MacDonald	Foley Artist
Lou Solakofski	Sound
Martin Lee	Rerecording Mixer
Steve Kostick	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Eliot Crackower	Rerecording Mixer
Matthew Friesen	Sound - FTM Sound Intern
Don Baker	Sound - Playback Operator
Visual Effects	Credit
Sean Scoffield	Titles - Title Designer
Greg Gardner	Graphics
Mark Gebel	Special Effects
Don Greenberg	Special Effects Assistant - Assistant Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Ediena Hawkes	Hair Assistant - Assistant Hair
Carolyn Bradshaw	Costumer - Truck Costumer
Meg McMillan	Costumes
Doug Morrow	Makeup
Jennifer Machnee	Makeup Assistant - Assitant Makeup
Paula Dunfield	Costume Supervisor
Catharina Saites	Wardrobe - Dailies
Barry Olafson	Hair
Sian Morris Ross	Assistant Costume Designer
brenda magalas	Makeup Assistant - FTM Makeup Intern
Beverly A Hamilton	Wardrobe - Dailies
Alison Bile	Costumes - FTM Costume Intern
Frances Hans	Wardrobe - Dailies
Amanda Kuryk	Wardrobe - Dailies
Nadine Falk	Wardrobe - Dailies
Dallas Hollett	Wardrobe - Dailies
Karen Kristalovich	Wardrobe - Dailies
Jennie O'Keefe	Wardrobe - Dailies
Sandra Soke	Wardrobe - Dailies

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