The Bay Boy (1984)
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Kiefer Sutherland won the Canadian equivalent of the Academy Award for his performance in Bay Boy. In 1937 Nova Scotia, Donald Campbell (Sutherland) lives with his dirt-poor parents (Liv Ullmann and Peter Donat). His folks hope that Donald will enter the priesthood, but he isn't keen on this. For one thing, he harbors "unnatural" feelings towards a nun; for another, one of the local priests has made sexual advances towards him. Donald prefers to spend his time with pretty sisters Saxon and Dianna (Leah Pinsent and Jane McKinnon) -- but even this becomes untenable when the boy witnesses a homicidal hate crime committed by the girls' father, police constable Tom Coldwell (Alan Scarfe). It is in this intolerable atmosphere that Donald finally comes of age, which is the point to which the film is leading. Weighed down with an unnecessarily complex script, Kiefer Sutherland comes off quite well in Bay Boy; the other performers -- even the estimable Liv Ullmann -- tend to be one-note stereotypes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Liv Ullmann - Jennie Campbell
- Alan Scarfe - Sgt. Tom Coldwell
- Peter Donat - Will Campbell
- Peter Spence - Joe Campbell
- Stéphane Audran - Blanche
- Jane McKinnon - Dianna Coldwell
- Leah King Pinsent - Saxon Coldwell
- Pauline Lafont - Janine Chaisson
- Robert Taylor - Paddy O'Neil
- Fannie Shore - Mrs. Silver
- Josephine Chaplin - Marie Chaisson
- Kiefer Sutherland - Donald Campbell
- Mathieu Carrière - Father Chaisson
- Isabelle Mejias - Mary McNeil
- Chris Wiggins - Chief Charles McInnes
- David Ferry - Walt Roach
- Joe MacPherson - Rory McInnes
- Tom Rack - Sol Silver
- Bob Rose - Danny McIssac
- Thomas Peacocke - Father McKinnon
- Kevin McKenzie - Mr. Rankin
- Director(s):
- Daniel Petrie
- Writer(s):
- Daniel Petrie
- Producer(s):
- John Kemeny, Denis Heroux
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- 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Supporting Actor
- 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Sound Editing
- 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Picture
- 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Costume Design
- 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Art Direction
- 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Screenplay
- 1985 - Genie Awards - Best Sound Editing
