PUBLIC DOMAIN
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Public Domain is a game show that awards $50,000 to the most disillusioned, alienated and existentially troubled contestant. The producers infiltrate suburban homes and place unsuspecting “contestants” under constant surveillance, their lives broadcast over the Internet. Viewers vote to select the three most “worthy” finalists, based on the following criteria: frequency with which they are reminded that they are truly alone in the world; depth of suffering; and most agonizing existential defeats. The three finalists are then brought into the studio for the final round. They are: Terry, a 17-year-old girl who pimps out her attractive teenaged friends in order to support her crystal-meth habit; Bonnie, a woman whose obsession with eighties New Wave has alienated her from her 11-year-old son; and Peter, an agoraphobic man who never leaves his house.
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Kris Lefcoe
Director
A graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Director's Lab program, writer/director/producer Kris Lefcoe has made a name for herself with a series of short films and music videos. These include Can I Get a Witness, which was screened at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival’s Perspective Canada program, and 1994’s Symptomology of a Rock Band, which featured the Canadian band Crash Test Dummies. Lefcoe’s screenwriting credits include an episode of the series Drop the Beat, broadcast on the CBC in 2000, and an episode of the series Straight Up, broadcast on the CBC in 1998. Public Domain is Kris Lefcoe’s first feature.
Digital Video PAL
90 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.66
Original version in English |
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Producers
Jeff Rogers
Kris Lefcoe
Walter Gasparovic
Executive Producers
Jeff Rogers
Kris Lefcoe
Line Producer
Rob Stefaniuk
Director and Scriptwriter
Kris Lefcoe
Director of Photography
John Choi
Editing
Charlotte Disher
Sound
Bisa Scekic
Art Director and Sets
Don Loughlin
Costume Designer
Shelly Mansell
Cast
Nicole deBoer
Nadia Litz
Mike Beaver
Don McKellar
Lindy Booth
Jason Jones
Dov Tiefenbach
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Production/Distribution
Severance Package Productions Inc.
99 Sudbury St.
Toronto Ontario
M6J 3S7
Canada
(416) 203-2195
(416) 533-2016
severancepackage@hotmail.com
www.public-domain.tv
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