Cloudburst (2011 film)
Cloudburst is a 2011 CanadianAmerican adventure comedydrama film by AmericanCanadian writer and director Thom Fitzgerald, starring Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker, which premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 16, 2011. The film is an adaptation of Fitzgeralds 2010 play of the same name. The films cast also includes Kristin Booth, Ryan Doucette, John Dunsworth, and Jeremy Akerman.
Cloudburst debuted as a stage play on April 8, 2010 at Plutonium Playhouse in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The play starred Carroll Godsman, Deborah Allen, Ryan Doucette, Marlane OBrien, Michael McPhee and Amy Reitsma. The successful engagement ran for five weeks and closed on May 8, 2010. The production was nominated for several Merritt Awards, Nova Scotias professional theatre awards, including nominations for Outstanding Production, Outstanding New Play Fitzgerald Outstanding Lead Actress Allen, Outstanding Supporting Actor Doucette, and Outstanding Set Design Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald won the Merritt Award for Outstanding New Play.Fitzgerald adapted his own stage play for the screen. The film version was produced by Doug Pettigrew and Fitzgerald, and executive produced by Sidney Kimmel, Vicki McCarty, William Jarblum, Trudy Pettigrew, Dana Warren and Shandi Mitchell. Fitzgerald had originally planned for the role of Dotty to be played by Joan Orenstein, but as she died while he was writing it, he cast Fricker instead. In press for the film, Fricker praised the screenplay, I was so moved by it. The love story was so beautiful I couldnt say no to it. Three members of the original stage cast reprised their roles Ryan Doucette, Marlane OBrien, and Michael McPhee. ........
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