• Rating:
• Genre: Comedy Drama
• Movie Type: Family Drama, Satire
• Director: Stephen Reynolds
• Main Cast: Jordan Harvey, Robert Joy, Pete Postlethwaite, Wendel Meldrum, Mary Walsh
• Release Year: 1999
• Country: CA
• Run Time: 93 minutes

Plot

Canadian director Stephen Reynolds spins this coming-of-age drama about being afraid and Catholic in Newfoundland. Nine-year-old Draper Doyle (Jordan Harvey) suffers from nightmares of a giant hockey puck plunging from the sky after his hockey-obsessed father commits suicide. Even worse, he suffers from a deep anxiety about the opposite sex in the form of the "Momataur," a half elk, half-naked mom roaming the nether corners of his subconscious. Though the boy's hippie uncle (Pete Postlethwaite) and his TV-loving sister also live with him, Draper's waking world is dominated by his extremely Catholic aunt. The Divine Ryans was screened at the 1999 Vancouver Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Jordan Harvey - Draper Doyle
• Robert Joy - Donald Ryan
• Pete Postlethwaite - Uncle Reg
• Wendel Meldrum - Linda Ryan
• Mary Walsh - Aunt Phil

Rick Boland - Father Seymour; Marguerite McNeil - Sister Louise; Genevieve Tessier - Mary Ryan; Louis Bernard; Michael Chiasson; Bryan Hennessey; Philip Dinn - Man in Bar

Credit

Clive Turner - Sound Editor; Jim Phillips - Production Designer; Wolfram Tichy - Co-producer; Christopher Zimmer - Producer; Jon Comerford - Casting; Jeff Warren - Editor; Jim Rillie - Sound/Sound Designer; Martha Curry - Costume Designer; Alastair Gray - Sound Editor; Stephen Reynolds - Director; Robert Petrie - Co-producer; Wayne Johnston - Screenwriter; Wayne Johnston - Book Author; Alwyn Kumst - Cinematographer; Denis Carey - Composer (Music Score); Dave Keary - Composer (Music Score); Ray Fian - Composer (Music Score); Pam Hall - Art Director; Paula Musial - Set Designer; Effectory Filmeffekte - Special Effects; Lewin Webb Kayla - First Assistant Director; Richard Cadger - Sound Editor; Donna Powell - Sound Editor