Thanks for putting this up! I remember when it was released, and got good acclaim from critics - but I never got around to seeing it. Some movie came up recently that jogged my memory about this forgotten gem - and here it is! Bud Cort is very good in this for sure! Good depiction of early prairie Canadian living.
Best scene: 1:30:25 Always like this movie My parents were educated in rural one-room schoolhouses and my mom also became a teacher in one, too. My dad was a big fan of another one of Max Braithwaite's novels: "The Night We Stole the Mounties Car"
Location of this true story was 12 miles south of Eyre, Saskatchewan a ghost town now. I grew up in the vicinity and heard stories of who some of the real characters were in the story.
Other films in which Bud Cort appeared were as the character Harold in the 1971 cult classic `Harold and Maude` and in the final flower children scene of the 1967 film `Sweet Charity` starring Shirley MacLaine.
My father was a student in a rural 1-room schoolhouse in central Saskatchewan. His eldest sister had 6-8 weeks of training in Toronto to become a teacher in the mid-1940s but luckily she was able to teach in the school closest to her home so she could live at home. The school was a couple miles from the house, quite a distance without a car. We studied this book in high school in 1983 in Saskatchewan. This movie is fine but the book is better.
I saw this film at a (long disappeared) cinema in late 1979 I think. I loved it then, read the book it was based on (loved that too) If anyone is aware of a fully restored copy I'd be gratefull if you posted the info.
6:22 I immediately recognized the "Club" can... a brand of chewing tobacco.. the traditional plug kind... not Skoal nor snuff. The garage has many old cans used as storage for nuts and bolts (and an occasional "Big Ben" brand; my Grandfather was a user, though he died when I was three. My Dad, my mother, my aunt, and my grandmother can all remember how Grandpa chewed, spit, and drooled the stuff... always thought of it as " EEEEWWWWWW" !! Explains why none our family ever had the thought of using tobacco products of any kind.
I just finished reading the book and stumbled onto the movie. Kudos to making the School Inspector to be such a jerk. (That's not the word I *really* want to use but it'll do, LOL!)
Like your channel a Fantastic job and excellent movies! If possible if you could find the suprem kid movie 1976! I can't! Lol it was filmed in Vancouver B.C with Frank Moore and Helen Shaver.... Director Peter Bryant.
@@devanse5057 You are right. Copyright issues. Try this drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NQKcIPg_StfULNR-FuAxP3m9-brfaNMb?usp=sharing as a place to download.
I'll see anything Bud Cort is in...Harold & Maude, Bruster McCloud, MASH and now this gem.
One of the TRULY overlooked movies of the 1970's.
A proud Saskatchewan farm boy myself. Awesome movie.
My dad, Yellow Grass raised, always said it was very authentic for his time.
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Rminds me of my first year of teacher-principal in a small school in 1977.
Thanks for putting this up! I remember when it was released, and got good acclaim from critics - but I never got around to seeing it. Some movie came up recently that jogged my memory about this forgotten gem - and here it is! Bud Cort is very good in this for sure! Good depiction of early prairie Canadian living.
Such a lovely movie. Thankyou for posting this.
I love this movie - saw it as a kid over fourty years ago in rural New Brunswick Canada.
I live in the area that this movie was shot, still looks that in 2020. Best place in the world, wide open prairie.
Which way from Hanna? I live in Saskatchewan but I know the area.
@@oilersridersbluejays 10 miles north of Hanna
Best scene: 1:30:25
Always like this movie My parents were educated in rural one-room schoolhouses and my mom also became a teacher in one, too.
My dad was a big fan of another one of Max Braithwaite's novels: "The Night We Stole the Mounties Car"
Location of this true story was 12 miles south of Eyre, Saskatchewan a ghost town now. I grew up in the vicinity and heard stories of who some of the real characters were in the story.
Yes, I think my father knew some of those stories too. He was from around Yellowgrass.
Other films in which Bud Cort appeared were as the character Harold in the 1971 cult classic `Harold and Maude` and in the final flower children scene of the 1967 film `Sweet Charity` starring Shirley MacLaine.
My father was a student in a rural 1-room schoolhouse in central Saskatchewan. His eldest sister had 6-8 weeks of training in Toronto to become a teacher in the mid-1940s but luckily she was able to teach in the school closest to her home so she could live at home. The school was a couple miles from the house, quite a distance without a car.
We studied this book in high school in 1983 in Saskatchewan. This movie is fine but the book is better.
I saw this film at a (long disappeared) cinema in late 1979 I think. I loved it then, read the book it was based on (loved that too) If anyone is aware of a fully restored copy I'd be gratefull if you posted the info.
Not sure of quality www.amazon.com/Why-Shoot-Teacher-Burt-Cort/dp/B001JP64VO
6:22 I immediately recognized the "Club" can... a brand of chewing tobacco.. the traditional plug kind... not Skoal nor snuff. The garage has many old cans used as storage for nuts and bolts (and an occasional "Big Ben" brand; my Grandfather was a user, though he died when I was three. My Dad, my mother, my aunt, and my grandmother can all remember how Grandpa chewed, spit, and drooled the stuff... always thought of it as " EEEEWWWWWW" !! Explains why none our family ever had the thought of using tobacco products of any kind.
continues to be one of my favourite movies !!!
Bud Cort one of the unsung great actors.
The film was shot in Hanna Alberta...the basis of the "true story" was in Sask.
I love this movie.
I just finished reading the book and stumbled onto the movie. Kudos to making the School Inspector to be such a jerk. (That's not the word I *really* want to use but it'll do, LOL!)
I love his voice
Violet Sinclair played by Karen Bernstein Sailor Mercury's voice actress.
Oh Bud..i love you
Like your channel a Fantastic job and excellent movies! If possible if you could find the suprem kid movie 1976! I can't! Lol it was filmed in Vancouver B.C with Frank Moore and Helen Shaver.... Director Peter Bryant.
You're on. But give me time!
Hi Sean, via my various contacts we have found your movie and someone will put it up on RUclips. I'll keep you posted.
Does anyone know the name of the opening tune? I love it, very catchy 🎶.
Fun fact Karen Bernstein who played sailor mercury was in this film
35:00 Sailor Mercury as a kid
Any chance you could possibly re-post "Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck" (1975) ?
ruclips.net/video/uBbRH7NykK8/видео.html
@@ClassicCanuckCinema2 It got taken down.
@@ClassicCanuckCinema2 It says "video unavailable"
@@devanse5057 You are right. Copyright issues. Try this drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NQKcIPg_StfULNR-FuAxP3m9-brfaNMb?usp=sharing as a place to download.
@@ClassicCanuckCinema2 Awesome. Thank you so much!!
CRAP QUALITY.......................
Great movie. Too bad the sound recording they used wasnt great. A better director would have helped also.