Giant Mine (1996)
1h 36m
Running Time
December 8, 1996Release Date
Giant Mine (1996)
1h 36m
Running Time
December 8, 1996Release Date
Plot.
CBC's dramatic account of the tragedy of Yellowknife's Giant Mine, in which 9 miners were killed during a bitter labour dispute.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Peter Outerbridge
Jim O'Neil
Thomas Mitchell
Chris Neill
Alberta Watson
Peggy Witte
Richard Fitzpatrick
John Fraherty
Peter MacNeill
Harry Seaton
Penelope Buitenhuis
Director
Wayne Robson
Bill Schram
Shawn Doyle
Al Shearing
John Hunter
Writer
Martin O'Malley
Writer
William Forrest MacDonald
Major Ralph
Frank Moore
Roger Warren
Mark Korven
Composer
A.C. Peterson
Tim Beuger
David Frazee
Cinematographer
Scott Speedman
Spanky Riggs
Lubomir Mykytiuk
Josef Pandev
Chris Owens
Tom Aitken
Brad Borbridge
David Vodnoski
Chris Benson
Arnold Russell
Layne Coleman
Dale Johnson
Robert McCarrol
Jim Gauthier
Todd Duckworth
Garth Smith
Carolyn Scott
Sheila Smith
Tammy Isbell
Jane O'Neil
Tara Rosling
Tracey Neill
Jack Burning
Sergeant Joe Charlie
Caroly Larson
Carol Aitken
Craig Eldridge
Charles Donahue
Jennifer Pisana
Sally
Rosco Handford
Joelyn Cozac
Charlotte Arnold
Kate O'Neil
Katherine Trowell
Reporter
Tony Botelho
Replacement #1
David Blacker
Replacement #2
Edward Heeley
Interviewer
Gail Maurice
Technician
Gordon McClellan
Editorial Staff
Alan Burke
Producer
Paul Ames
Production Design
Pat Flood
Art Direction
Micheal Harris
Costume Design
Brooks McGrath
Post-Production Manager
Gerry O'Hanley
Stage Director
Details.
Wiki.
Giant Mine is a Canadian television film, which dramatizes the events of the 1992 Giant Mine labour dispute and the subsequent bomb explosion which killed nine replacement workers. The film, written by John Hunter and Martin O'Malley and directed by Penelope Buitenhuis, aired on CBC Television in 1996.The film received three Gemini Award nominations at the 12th Gemini Awards in 1998, for Best Dramatic TV Movie or Mini-Series (Alan Burke), Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (MacNeill) and Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series (Gordon McClellan).