Margaret's Museum (Original title)The Glace Bay Miner's Museum (Alternative title)
Dates: 1995 (Copyright), 02 May 1997 (Release)Countries: Canada, United KingdomDirector: Mort Ransen
Synopsis: Set in the late 1940s. Margaret MacNeil lives in the small mining community of Nova Scotia. Her father and brother both died in mining accidents and when Margaret marries an ex-miner, she makes him promise never to return to the mines. Unfortunately, economic reality forces him to break his promise and he too, dies in a mining accident. Mad with grief Margaret builds a ghoulish shrine, housing preserved body parts, to commemorate the members of her family who have died in the coal mines.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1995Country: CanadaRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 100 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1995 (Copyright), 02 May 1997 (Release)Countries: Canada, United KingdomDirector: Mort Ransen
Synopsis: Set in the late 1940s. Margaret MacNeil lives in the small mining community of Nova Scotia. Her father and brother both died in mining accidents and when Margaret marries an ex-miner, she makes him promise never to return to the mines. Unfortunately, economic reality forces him to break his promise and he too, dies in a mining accident. Mad with grief Margaret builds a ghoulish shrine, housing preserved body parts, to commemorate the members of her family who have died in the coal mines.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1995Country: CanadaRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 100 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 114 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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Production Company: Skyline Film & Television Productions, Production Company: Ranfilm Productions, Executive Producer (Nat Film Bd/Canada): Marilyn A. Belec, Producer: Mort Ransen, Producer: Christopher Zimmer, Producer: Claudio Luca, Producer: Steve Clark-Hall, Line Producer: Robert Wertheimer, Associate Producer: Colin Neale, Associate Producer (UK): Brian Donovan, Unit Manager: Frédéric Desproges, Production Manager: Sylvie Degrandpré, Production Supervisor (Scotland): Brian Donovan, Production Co-ordinator (Scotland): Mairi Bett, Production Co-ordinator: Ginny Duzak, Locations Manager: Bruce Macleod, Post-production Director: Peter Alves, Technical Co-ordinator (Nat Film Bd Can): Richard Michaud, Post-production Co-ordinator (NFB of C): Claude Cardinal, Wayne Cormier, Assistant Director (1st): Stephen Reynolds, Assistant Director (2nd): Shandi Mitchell, Assistant Director (3rd): Mary Reynolds, Assistant Director (1st, Scotland): Myron Hoffert, Assistant Director (2nd, Scotland): Alison Goring, Assistant Director (3rd, Scotland): Jonathan Farmer, Script Supervisor: Maggie Thomas, Casting: Stuart Aikins, Casting: Anne Tait, Casting (Nova Scotia): Lulu Keating, Mary Vingoe, Casting (Director, Scotland): Marilyn Johnson, Written by: Mort Ransen, Gerald Wexler, Based on "The Glace Bay Miner's Museum": Sheldon Currie, Director of Photography: Vic Sarin, 2nd Unit Camera: Barry Perles, Special Effects: Augustus White, Editor: Rita Roy, Production Designer (Canada): William Fleming, Production Designer (UK): David McHenry, Art Director: Emanuel Jannasch, Set Decorator: Ian Greig, Costume Designer: Nicoletta Massone, Wardrobe Mistress: Catherine Gélinas, Wardrobe Supervisor (Scotland): Kate Carin, Make-up Artist: Donald Mowat, Hair: Johanne Paiement, Titles: Louise S. Overy, Opticals: Susan Gourley, Composer: Milan Kymlicka, Music Editor: Steve Wener, Sound Recordist: Yvon Benoît, Sound Design/Supervision: Raymond Vermette, Sound Mix: Sonolab Inc, Re-recording Engineer: Michel Descombes, Luc Boudrias, Dialogue Editor: Jean-Pierre Pinard, Sound Editing/ADR (Montréal): CINAR Studios, ADR (London): dB Post Productions Ltd, Sound Effects Editor: Louis Collin, ADR (Supervisor/Editor): Diane Boucher, ADR (Recording Engineer): Kevin Brazier, ADR (Recording Engineer): John Nestorwich, Mario Rubnikowich, Foley: Lise Wedlock, Monique Vézina, Foley (Recording Engineer): Nathalie Morin, Stunt Performer: Gilbert Larose, Stunts: John Walsh, Locations Consultant: Gary Swim
Cast
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Helena Bonham Carter (Margaret MacNeil), Clive Russell (Neil Currie), Craig Olejnik (Jimmy MacNeil), Kate Nelligan (Catherine MacNeil), Kenneth Welsh (Angus MacNeil), Andrea Morris (Marilyn Campbell), Peter Boretski (grandfather), Barrie Dunn (Mr Campbell), Norma Dell'agnese (Mrs Campbell), Glenn Wadman (Willy), Elizabeth Richardson (sister), Ida Donovan (Sarah), Gordon Joe (Hum Sing), Wayne Reynolds (Fraser), Murdoch Macdonald (clerk), Yow Wah Chee (Chinese cook), Terry O'Keefe (miner), Liam Hussey (Peter), Mary Alvena Poole (woman), Carol Kennedy (tourist woman), Bruce Macleod (mountie), Peter Maclean (old man 1), Malcolm 'Maxi' Macneil (old man 2), Alec Macdougall (old man 3), Alan Macleod (old man 4), Emma Fahey (Alma McLaren), Sam White (young man), Amy Jo Lamb (young Margaret MacNeil), Ian Mugford (little boy 1), Billy Fraser (little boy 2), David B. Lamb (Roddie MacKenzie), Kyle Macneil, Stewart Macneil (band), Jenipher Roland (fiddler), Aaron Schneider (tourist man), Paul Young (doctor 1), Sean Hewitt (doctor 2), Matt Zimmerman (doctor 3), Peter Marinker (hiring man)