Barrymore

Director Érik Canuel
Year 2011
Run Time 83min
Genre Drama

Christopher Plummer reprises his celebrated stage incarnation of Hollywood legend John Barrymore reviewing his life while rehearsing for a performance of Shakespeare’s Richard III. Based on the play by William Luce. 

Director

Érik Canuel

Canuel was a filmmaker, writer and producer who directed Bon Cop Bad Cop, which won Best International Motion Picture at the Jutra Awards and was one of the highest grossing Canadian films of all time. He also directed and wrote Hemingway: A Portrait, Barrymore, Lac Mystère, and Sur les traces de la fusion: L’acte 3, as well as episodes of Les jeunes loups, 19-2, Ransom and Transplant, among others. Canuel passed away in 2024.

 

Writer

Érik Canuel

Cast

Christopher Plummer, John Plumpis

Producer

Garth H. Drabinsky

Genre

Drama

Interests

Arts and Culture, Literary Adaptation

Original Language

English