Drying Up the Streets
| Drying Up the Streets | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robin Spry |
| Written by | Anne Cameron |
| Produced by | Ralph L. Thomas |
| Starring | Don Francks Len Cariou Sarah Torgov August Schellenberg Laurie Brown Frank Moore Warren Davis |
| Cinematography | Kenneth Gregg |
| Edited by | Myrtle Virgo |
| Music by | Patrick Russell |
| Distributed by | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
Release dates | Festival: September 1978, Montréal World Film Festival; CBC-TV: February 28, 1979 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $300,000 (estimated) |
Drying Up the Streets is a 1978 Canadian feature from Robin Spry produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Synopsis
This film was originally planned as a one-hour drama for the CBC’s For the Record series but was expanded into a feature while it was being shot cinéma vérité-style on the streets of Toronto in 1977. It concerns the search for a runaway (Laurie Brown) by her father (Don Francks), an aging hippy who is coerced to do so by a member of the RCMP drug squad (Len Cariou). Exploring the darker side of the ‘flower power’ generation, Drying Up the Streets mixes documentary realism with stylized set pieces. [1][2]
It’s one of director Robin Spry’s finest films; however, it never received theatrical distribution and was eventually aired on the CBC in 1979 to good notices. [3][4]
References
- ^ Morris, Peter (1984). The Film Companion. Toronto: Irwin Publishing. pp. 90–91. ISBN 0 7725 1505 0.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Clandfield, David (1987). Canadian Film. Toronto: Oxford University Press. p. 95. ISBN 0 19 540581 1.
- ^ Adilman, Sid (March 7, 1979). "Drying Up the Streets (review)". Variety: 74.
- ^ Isaac, Doug (September 1978). "Drying Up the Streets (review)". Cinema Canada (49): 69–72.