Why Rock the Boat?
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| Directed by | John Howe |
| Produced by | William Weintraub |
| Written by | William Weintraub |
| Starring | Stuart Gillard Tiiu Leek |
| Music by | John Howe |
| Cinematography | Savas Kalogeras |
| Edited by | Marie-Hélène Guillemin |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release dates
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1974 |
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Running time
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113 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $450,000 |
Why Rock the Boat? is a 1974 Canadian romantic comedy film directed by John Howe.[1] The film stars Stuart Gillard as Harry Barnes, a young journalist in Montreal who becomes romantically involved with Julia Martin (Tiiu Leek), a reporter for a competing newspaper who is organizing to unionize their industry.
The film's cast also includes Henry Beckman, Sean Sullivan, Cec Linder, Maurice Podbrey, Patricia Hamilton, Jean-Pierre Masson and Peter MacNeill.
The screenplay was written by journalist and humorist William Weintraub, as an adaptation of his own comic novel.[2] Notably, he dropped the novel's most famous scene, which took place in a nudist colony, due to concerns that the scene would cause problems for the film's content rating.[3]
The film received two Canadian Film Awards in 1975, for Best Actor (Gillard) and Best Supporting Actor (Beckman).[4] It was a nominee for Best Feature Film, but did not win.[5] It won the Bronze Hugo at the 1974 Chicago International Film Festival.
Production
The film had a budget of $450,000 (equivalent to $2,177,863 in 2021).[6]
References
- ↑ "Why Rock the Boat? has winning ways, even when it doesn't work". The Globe and Mail, October 12, 1974.
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- ↑ "A movie with a history of false starts, but a happy ending". The Globe and Mail, October 12, 1974.
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Works cited
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Why Rock the Boat? at IMDb
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