The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada

The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada
Directed by	Colin Brunton
Written by	David McFadden Colin Brunton John Pearson
Produced by	Colin Brunton Bruce McDonald
Starring	Gerry Quigley Colin Brunton Carmela Albero
Cinematography	Gerald Packer
Edited by	Bruce McDonald
Music by	The Gun Club Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Distributed by	Screamin' Banshee Productions
Release date	1988 (1988)
Running time	26 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada is a Canadian short film, directed by Colin Brunton and released in 1988.[1]

A mockumentary,[2] the film centres on Brownie McFadden (Gerry Quigley), a documentary filmmaker who is trying to track down two guys from Owen Sound, Ontario who flew to the moon in a homemade rocket in 1959 — ten years before the Apollo 11 mission — but were too polite and unassuming, too stereotypically Canadian, to publicly take credit for the achievement.[2] Although he fails in his quest to locate the space travellers, he undergoes a variety of other experiences, including losing his virginity to an older woman, and being followed by a blind cyclist who is travelling across Canada in a parody of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope.[3]

The cast also includes Clarence Haynes, Lynn Haynes, Larry Hudson, Ron Cook, Ellen Dean and Marsh Phillips.[3]

Accolades

The film won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 10th Genie Awards.[4]

References

1. "Art flicks". Toronto Star, September 9, 1988.
2. "Watch for Roadkill in cine-ville". Toronto Star, April 4, 1997.
3. Rick McGinnis, "Colin Brunton's The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada"]. Cinema Canada, October 1988. p. 42.
4. "List of 1989 award winners". Ottawa Citizen, March 23, 1989.

External links

• The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada at IMDb