11th Genie Awards
11th Genie Awards | |
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Date | March 20, 1990 |
Site | Metro Toronto Convention Centre,Toronto,Ontario |
Hosted by | Al Waxman Brian Linehan |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | Jésus de Montréal(Jesus of Montreal) |
Most awards | Jésus de Montréal(12)[1] |
Television coverage | |
Network | CTV |
The11th annual Genie Awardswere presented March 20, 1990, and honoured Canadian films released in 1989.
For this year,CTVhad negotiated to serve as broadcaster and the academy formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, ACCTV Productions, to independently produce its show. In the months leading up to the event, CTV extensively promoted the awards, and broadcasterBrian Linehanand a film crew traveled to Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal, shooting vignettes about Canadian films and filmmaking.[2]
The ceremony was broadcast from theMetro Toronto Convention Centre.[3]There was no overall host, but actorAl Waxmanintroduced and concluded the show. Linehan hosted his vignettes and each Best Picture nominees was given a two-minute clip.[4][3]
The awards were dominated byDenys Arcand'sJésus de Montréal,which won 13 of the 16 awards for which it was nominated.[1]However, CTV failed to persuade its regional affiliate stations to broadcast the ceremony.[5]Ratings plummeted, with only half as many people (460,000) watching, compared to the previous year.[5]This prompted a complete re-evaluation and restructuring of the Genie Awards.
Award winners and nominees[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ab"Jesus swept".The Globe and Mail,March 21, 1990.
- ^Maria Topalovich,And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards.Stoddart Publishing,2000.ISBN0-7737-3238-1.pp. 117-199.
- ^ab"Puttin' on the glitz for this year's Genies".The Globe and Mail,March 17, 1990.
- ^"East meets West in battle for Genies".The Globe and Mail,February 14, 1990.
- ^ab"Plummeting ratings raise tough questions".The Globe and Mail,April 6, 1990.
External links[edit]
- Genie Awards 1990 on imdbArchived2004-08-25 at theWayback Machine