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Evergreen Releasing Presents The Film Works of Canada
Production of
THE PLANET OF JUNIOR BROWN
A Clement Virgo Film
Based on the book by Virginia Hamilton
Now on Video (Blockbuster) as "Junior's
Groove"
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Winner of a Silver Nymph Award, Monte Carlo
Television Festival, Italy, for Best Screenplay, February, 1998
Shown at the Toronto Film Festival,
Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax
Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles
Cleveland International Film Festival
Invited: Singapore International Film Festival, April 17 –
May 2
Atlanta International film Festival, Atlanta, GA, late May
PLANET wins Best Picture at the Urbanworld
International Film Festival held in New York City, August 10,
1998. More than 70 commercial and independent films were
shown at the Cineplex Odeon Worldwide Plaza cinemas in Manhattan.
PLANET gains American distribution. It is to
be shown on television, on Showtime and affiliate channels –
January and/or February, 1999.
Columbus, Ohio. 1998 Columbus International
Film & Video Festival Showcase Screenings. THE PLANET OF
JUNIOR BROWN, Clement Virgo, Director, wins major Chris Award
(Christopher Columbus Award). |
| THE PLANET…had two showings on
television by the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
And opened to excellent comment and reviews:
"Teen’s strange world oddly appealing: --it’s a
strange, subtly disturbing, but ultimately rewarding story of two
friends who are as different as people can be…"
– Brad Oswald.
"Gravitational Pull of Friendship: --said Clement Virgo,
"The book is not cynical, it’s not sentimental, it’s not
melodramatic. I wanted, somehow, to capture that spirit in the
film and to be honest and to be open. I came to it as open as I
could, not passing any judgment." – Bruce Kirkland, writing
in the "Toronto Sun." |
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The Planet of Junior Brown |
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Festival Screenings |
| ATTENDED: |
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| Toronto International
Film Festival |
Toronto, Ont. |
September 6, 1997 |
| Cinefest |
Sudbury, Ont. |
September 21, 1997 |
| Atlantic Film Festival |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
September 24, 1997 |
| Pan African Film
Festival |
Los Angeles, CA |
February 13, 1998 |
| Sarasota Africana Film
Festival |
Sarasota, FL |
February 19, 1998 |
| Monte Carlo Television
Festival |
Monte Carlo |
February 25, 1998 |
| Nominated for Best
Television Film |
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| Won Silver Nymph, Best
Screenplay |
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| INVITED: |
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| Santa Barbara
International Film Festival |
Santa Barbara, CA |
March 6-15, 1998 |
| Cleveland International
Film Festival |
Cleveland, OH |
March 19-29, 1998 |
| East Lansing Film
Festival |
Michigan State Univ. |
March 26-29, 1998 |
| Taos Talking Pictures
Festival |
Taos, New Mexico |
April 16-19, 1998 |
| Singapore International
Film Festival |
Singapore |
April 17 – May 2, 1998 |
| Atlanta International
Film Festival |
Atlanta, GA |
Late May, 1998 |
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