Owning Mahowny
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The year is 1982, and Dan Mahowny has just been promoted as the youngest credit manager at a major bank in downtown Toronto. On the outside, Mahowny has none of the usual vices: he is frugal to a fault and completely faithful to his girlfriend, Belinda. On the inside, however, there’s a different Dan Mahowny – one whose secret gambling habit is about to spiral out of control. Pressed by his bookies, Mahowny deploys his financial wizardry to cover his bets using money from his own bank. His behaviour begins to turn increasingly bizarre as his gambling habit takes him to Atlantic City and Las Vegas – with the police not far behind. Based on a true story, Owning Mahowny tells the tale of an ordinary man who succeeds in perpetuating the largest, single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history.
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Richard Kwietniowski
Director
Born in London, England, to Anglo-Polish parents, Richard Kwietniowski began his career by making several award-winning short films. He earned international acclaim for his first feature, the Anglo-Canadian coproduction Love and Death on Long Island (1997), which was based on his own screenplay. Starring John Hurt and Jason Priestley, the film won several prestigious awards, including the Prix Pierrot for Best European First Feature at the Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best First Film. The film also made many Top Ten Films of the Year lists. Owning Mahowny is Richard Kwietniowski’s second feature.
35 mm
107 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.77
Original version in English |
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Producers
Seaton McLean
Andras Hamori
Alessandro Camon
Coproducers
Victoria Hirst
Damon Bryant
Bradley Adams
Executive Producers
Edward R. Pressman
Sean Furst
Director
Richard Kwietniowski
Scriptwriter
Maurice Chauvet
Director of Photography
Oliver Curtis
Editing
Mike Munn
Sound
Fred Brennan
Production Designer
Taavo Soodor
Costumes
Gersha Phillips
Set Designer
Erica Milo
Music
The Insects
Richard Grassby-Lewis
(Featuring) Jon Hassell
Cast
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Minnie Driver
Maury Chaykin
John Hurt
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Production
Alliance Atlantis Productions Ltd. / OMP Productions Inc.
121 Bloor St. E.
Suite 1400
Toronto Ontario
M4W 3M5
Canada
(416) 934-6984
(416) 967-1106
steven.somfalvi@allianceatlantis.com
www.allianceatlantis.com
Coproduction – United Kingdom
Owning Molony Ltd.
36 Marshall St.
London
W1F 7EY
England
207-287-5110
207-287-3770
Distribution – Canada
Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution Inc.
121 Bloor St. E.
Suite 1500
Toronto Ontario
M4W 3M5
Canada
(416) 967-1174
(416) 960-0971
info@allianceatlantis.com
www.allianceatlantis.com
International distribution
Alliance Atlantis Pictures International Inc.
808 Wilshire Boulevard
Santa Monica California
90401
United States
(310) 899-8000
(310) 899-8100
www.allianceatlantis.com
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