THE BACKUP MAN "I loved the subtle humour, laughed my head off", IFFYNTX, Wichita Falls, Texas "Funny" - **/5 stars, The Gazette, Montreal GREAT FILM!!!! It is wonderful, superbly acted,  fantastically shot... and the writing was funny, tongue-in-cheek, sweet, emotional and very very well received. Truly, a Bravo!. L. Llewellyn, Moncton A new feature comedy and Quebec/New Brunswick co-production starring Isabelle Cyr, Dennis Cutts, Patrizio Sanzari and Constantine Kourtidis directed by Doug Sutherland. This is the story of two small town cops (Dennis Cutts and Patrizio Sanzari) , a woman on the run (Isabelle Cyr) and a big time hit man (Constantine Kourtidis). All the elements are here to make this a crowd pleaser. Small town, likeable characters, warm fuzzy/feel good emotions and superb acting. The public will love Patrizio Sanzari, a Marty Feldman type comic actor from Montreal, who plays the dumb cop. Isabelle Cyr is fantastic in the role of the Italian woman on the run. The public will also enjoy the performance of Dennis Cutts as the mature cop who is driven into a violent rage by his idiotic partner. The film screened in May at the Cannes Film Festival and we are presently negotiating a US distribution deal. Check out press release:  Patrizio Sanzari is the "Backup Man", a new comic face in Montreal, now on the big screen!
NOW PLAYING IN: Fredericton: Regent Mall Empire Cinemas Moncton: Crystal Palace Empire Cinemas Dieppe Halifax: Bayers Lake Empire 17 Cinemas Edmundston: Cinema V Grand Falls: Grand Cinema 3 Montreal: Guzzo Mega-Plex Spheretech 14, Ville St-Laurent (November 2-8) AMC Forum 22 (Atwater) cinema (November 2-8) Ottawa: AMC or Rainbow (TBA) Sherbrooke: (TBA) Casting by Josa Maule and Janet Clarke, production design by Jonathan Best, photography and editing by Nicholas Kinsey, makeup by Annie Lampron, continuity by Micheline Beaulieu, sound recording by Adam Brown and Stéphane Lamontagne, music composition by Ralf Cassidy Bindels with slide guitar by Rocky Ripley. The sound effects were recorded by Horret Kuus of Film Audio in Tallinn, Estonia and the sound mix by Jerome Boiteau of Studio Empression in Quebec City. The laboratory was Deluxe Labs of Toronto and the ultrastereo surround sound track was encoded by Studio Sound in Rome, Italy. This feature film is a collaboration of New Brunswick Film, Telefilm Canada and Carlton Films. The film was shot on 35mm negative (1.85 aspect ratio) and the soundtrack is Ultrastereo surround (Dolby SR). Guzzo Cinema Premiere in Montreal (November 2, 2007)