Anthrax
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When cattle mysteriously start dying of anthrax in a small Alberta ranching community, local RCMP officer Craig Anderson tries to keep the peace as ranchers lay the blame for the outbreak at the doors of a local agricultural research centre. The protest heats up when a big-city reporter, Adam Davis, arrives and encourages the angry ranchers – including Craig’s wife, Robin – to stage a sit-in at the research centre. All goes well until an eccentric old rancher dies after being exposed to a deadly strain of anthrax. Soon after, the protesters are quarantined. In the confusion surrounding the sit-in and the rancher’s death, no one notices that Adam has disappeared– along with several vials of the deadly bacteria. Craig begins his own investigation, and finds himself racing against time to recover the stolen anthrax before anyone else dies.
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Rick Stevenson
Director
Rick Stevenson has worked extensively in both television and film as a writer, director and producer. He began his career in the early 1980s, producing several films directed by Michael Hoffman, including Privileged (1983; starring Hugh Grant and James Whilby); Promised Land (1987; starring Meg Ryan); and Some Girls (1989; starring Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Connelly and Andre Gregory). In 1998, he directed his first feature, Magic in the Water, and followed this up in 1999 with his second feature, The Dinosaur Hunter, starring Christopher Plummer. Rick Stevenson has directed numerous television series, including Madison, The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, Mentors, Hope Island and Mysterious Ways. Anthrax is the third feature he has directed.
35 mm
1 x 90 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.85
Original version in English Dubbed in French |
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Producer
Bruce Harvey
Director
Rick Stevenson
Scriptwriter
David Schultz
Director of Photography
Bruce Worrall
Editing
Bridget Durnford
Production Designer
Louise Middleton
Costumes
Joan Boyko
Sets
Carrie Marklinger
Cast
Cameron Daddo
David Keith
Joanna Cassidy
Ed Begley Jr.
Jan Rubes
William B. Davis
Allison Hossack
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Production
Illusions Entertainment Corporation
27 Edgeridge Court S.W.
Calgary Alberta
T3A 4N9
Canada
(403) 215-5544
(403) 215-5545
illusionsentertainment@home.com
Distribution – Canada
Remstar Corporation
85, rue Saint-Paul Ouest
Bureau 300
Montreal Quebec
H2Y 3V4
Canada
(514) 847-1136
(514) 847-0019
remstar@remstarcorp.com
www.remstarcorp.com
International distribution
Eagle Pictures S.R.L.
Via Cesare Beccaria 23
Rome
00196
Italy
39.06.32.69.101
39.06.32.07.366
roma@eaglepictures.com
www.eaglepictures.com
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