Silence of the North

• Director: Allan King
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: Adventure Drama, Docudrama
• Main Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Tom Skerritt, Gordon Pinsent, Jennifer McKinney, Donna Dobrijevic
• Release Year: 1981
• Country: CA
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

Based on a true story, this film follows the trials and tragedies that befall Walter Reamer (Tom Skerritt) and his wife, Olive (Ellen Burstyn), as they struggle to create a home and raise a family in the brutal Canadian frontier of 1919. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Ellen Burstyn - Olive Fredrickson
• Tom Skerritt - Walter Reamer
• Gordon Pinsent - John Fredrickson
• Jennifer McKinney - Little Olive
• Donna Dobrijevic - Vala Reamer

Colin Fox - Arthur Herriott; Chapelle Jaffe - John's Girlfriend; Ken Pogue - Wild Man; Murray Westgate - Doctor; Ken James - Ralph; Booth Savage - Flyer; Louis Banks - Louis; Sean McCann - Man on Soup Line; Frank Adamson - Trapper; Richard W. Farrell - John Goodwin; David Fox - Lea Goodwin; Tom Harvey; Thomas Hauff - Billy; Kay Hawtry; Tom McEwen; Larry Reynolds - Auctioneer; Sean Sullivan; Frank C. Turner - Young Man; Janet Amos; Lynda Mason Green; Robert Clothier; Larry Musser; Frank Gay; Brian Fustukian; Graham McPherson

Credit

Alicia Keywan - Art Director, Gavin Mitchell - Art Director, Susan Longmire - Art Director, Olga Dimitrov - Costume Designer, Allan King - Director, Arla Saare - Editor, Michael Conway Baker - Composer (Music Score), Jerrold Immel - Composer (Music Score), Neil Young - Composer (Music Score), Allan MacMillan - Composer (Music Score), Jerrold Immel - Musical Arrangement, Bill Brodie - Production Designer, Richard Leiterman - Cinematographer, Robert Baylis - Producer, Murray Shostak - Producer, Walon Green - Screenwriter, Patricia Knop - Screenwriter, Ben East - Book Author, Olive Fredrickson - Book Author

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