Description
Comedy. Canada /France. 96 min. 35 MM

Also Known As:
Louis 19 , roi des ondes (1994) (Canada)
Reality Show (1995) (France)

Produced by :
Films Stock international (Ca)
Eiffel Productions (Fr)

Distributed by
René Malo. Malo Films
Behaviour Entertainment

The life of a TV freak who becomes the first person in the world to be broadcast on live TV 24 hours a day.

Production Team
Producers Richard Sadler (Ca) Executive
Jacques Dorfman (Fr) Executive
Pierre Laberge (Ca) Line Producer
Screenwriters Sylvie Bouchard
Emile Gaudreau
Michel Michaud
Michel Poulette
Director Michel Poulette
Cinematography Daniel Jobin
Production Design Jean Bécotte
Film Editing Denis Papillon
Original music Jean-Marie Benoît
Casting Murielle La Ferriere & Lorraine Labelle
Costume Design Judy Jonker
Makeup Department Muriel Baurens
First Assistant Director Harold Trépanier
Sound edition supervisor Richard Shorr
Sound mixer Michel Descombes

Casting
Martin Drainville Louis Jobin
Dominique Michel Louis's mother
Jacques Lussier Louis's boss
Patricia Tulasne Director of Channel 19
Yves Jacques Ass.-director of Channel 19
Benoît Brière Cameraman-gourmand
Agathe De la Fontaine French girl
Macha Grenon Fashion model
Sonia Laplante Josee (fan)
Marie-Claude Robitaille Guylaine (fan)
Jean L'Italien Louis's friend

And... Rita Bibeau, Louise Bombardier, Andrée Boucher, Marie-Josee Caya, Jean-Pierre Coallier, Louis De Belleval, Chantal Fontaine, Annette Garant, Luc Guérin, Gilbert Lachance, André Lacoste, Martin Larocque, Marcel Leboeuf, Sylvie Legault, Joel Legendre, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Gaston Lepage, Normand Lévesque, René Richard-Cyr, Isabel Richer, Isabelle Rosa, James Ray, Mireille Thibault, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Michel Tremblay, Jessica Welsh.

Awards

  • Canadian Academy (Genie) Award
    for First-Time Director
  • Canadian Academy (Genie) Award
    for Best Box Office
  • Best Screenplay & Audience Award
    Vancouver Film Festival
  • Golden Salamander
    Blois, France
  • Prix de la Francophonie
    Arcachon, France
  • Grand Prize
    Festival du Film d'Humour de Chanrousse, France
  • Audience Award
    Tromso, Norway
  • Best actress
    Festival du Jeune Comedien, Béziers, France.
  • Jury Award
    Festival du Jeune Comedien, Béziers, France.
  • And more than 20 non-competitive festivals from Stockholm to Shangaï.

Box Office

Canada : 1.8M Biggest canadian box office for the last 5 years

France : 500,000 $, second biggest succes of a Quebecois movie in France for the last 10 years.

First US remake ever of a Canadian movie, the comedy " ED TV ", directed by Ron Howard.

Notes

"What a thrill and honor to climb to #34 on Variety's Film Box Office Report not bad for a feature distributed only in French and exclusively in Quebec! Universal and Imagine bought the right to make it the first ever US remake of a Canadian film: Ron Howards's ED TV."

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