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Directed by
  
Gordon Pinsent

Cinematography
  
Frank Tidy

Director
  
Gordon Pinsent

Music director
  
Michael Conway Baker

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Music by
  
Michael Conway Baker

Initial release
  
10 December 1986

Screenplay
  
Gordon Pinsent

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Produced by
  
John Hunter Peter O'Brian Gabriella Martinelli S. Howard Rosen

Written by
  
Gordon Pinsent (writer and short)

Starring
  
Gordon Pinsent Jackie Burroughs

Cast
  
Gordon Pinsent, Jackie Burroughs, Roland Hewgill

Awards
  
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Similar
  
Gordon Pinsent movies, Movies about marriage, Other similar movies

John and the missus 1987


John and the Missus is a 1986 Canadian drama film. The film was directed by and starred Gordon Pinsent who wrote the screenplay from his 1974 novel of the same name.

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Plot

John Munn (Pinsent) is a miner from a small Newfoundland town who gets laid off when the mine closes. Rather than leave the town for work, as everyone else has done, John sets out to save the town along with his wife The Missus (Burroughs).

Recognition

  • 1987
  • Genie Award for Best Music Score - Michael Conway Baker - Won
  • Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Gordon Pinsent - Won
  • Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - John Hunter
    Peter O'Brian - Nominated
  • Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Roland Hewgill - Nominated
  • Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Jackie Burroughs - Nominated
  • Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay - Gordon Pinsent - Nominated
  • References

    John and the Missus Wikipedia