Movie: Why Shoot the Teacher?
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- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 88 b&w & colour prints of production photos from the shoot of "Why Shoot the Teacher?," consisting of portraits and action shots of cast and crew, interiors from the school house, people on horseback, horse-drawn wagons, prairies, and various buildings - both interior and exterior.…
- Date Range
- 1976-1977
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / x / w / PA - 01 to PA - 88
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Photograph
16 images
- Part Of
- Bruno Engler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M323 / S40 / V190
- Series
- VI : Retained file, M : Alphabetical order
- Sous-Fonds
- V190
- Sub-Series
- x : Movies, w : Why Shoot the Teacher?
- Accession Number
- 7436
- Reference Code
- V190 / VI / M / x / w / PA - 01 to PA - 88
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1976-1977
- Physical Description
- 88 photographs : b&w ; 23.6 x 12.6 cm or smaller
- History / Biographical
- "Why Shoot the Teacher?" 1977, directed by Silvio Narizzano and starring Bud Cort, Samantha Eggar, Kenneth Griffith, and Chris Wiggins. Based on the book of the same name by Max Braithwaite, a newly graduated man from an eastern Canadian city accepts a teaching job in a one-room school house in rural Saskatchewan during the Great Depression. Living in the school house basement, he has a hard time connecting to the town or students, but eventually grows to understand and appreciate those around him, gaining their love and respect in return. Location filming mostly in and around Hanna, Alberta.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 88 b&w & colour prints of production photos from the shoot of "Why Shoot the Teacher?," consisting of portraits and action shots of cast and crew, interiors from the school house, people on horseback, horse-drawn wagons, prairies, and various buildings - both interior and exterior. Also includes the original and a photocopy of the Unit List and a newspaper clipping about the filming.
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Buildings
- Children
- Films and film making
- Horses
- Movie Stars
- Portrait
- School
- Winter
- Women
- Geographic Access
- Hanna
- Alberta
- Language
- English
- Related Material
- V190 / VI / M / x / w / NA - 01 to NA - 23
- Creator
- Engler, Bruno
- Biographical Source Notes
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Shoot_the_Teacher%3F
- Title Source
- Original title kept
- Processing Status
- Processed
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