Gordon Pinsent Trailers
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Gordon Edward Pinsent CC FRSC (July 12, 1930 – February 25, 2023) was a Canadian actor, writer, director, and singer. He began his career in the 1940s, delving into radio dramas before serving in the Canadian Army. His extensive four-decade-long career spans stage, TV, and film, starring in notable works like "Quentin Durgens MP," "The Rowdyman," and "Power Play." He's received numerous awards, including ACTRA, GENIE, and GEMINI Awards, and earned honoraries from several universities. Pinsent's skills extend to writing; his novels inspired feature films, and he penned his memoirs, "By the Way." He shared a close friendship with Marlon Brando, often enjoying drive-in movies with Brando's family.
Most Popular Gordon Pinsent Trailers
Total trailers found: 70
06 October 2009
A multi phobia-plagued single woman who hasn't left her apartment in six years finds her carefully organized existence disrupted by her hot new 'on-the-go' neighbor.
30 August 1990
A family is executed by soldiers for cannibalism - except for the little girl, Katy Bane McKay. She is adopted by Judge Mackay and goes home with him to Canada, where she grows up with no knowledge of her family's past.
01 January 2006
In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish tells us the poignant story of his best friend, Sparky the dog, and Sparky's owner, a young girl suffering from a serious illness.
12 January 1973
A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.
14 February 2020
A young woman tracks down an elderly man in order to make amends for the tragedy that devastated his life.
09 September 2011
A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.
24 February 1970
A family of doctors that runs a medical clinic finds itself up against a sudden cholera epidemic and other difficulties like a movie star who refuses to cooperate with her treatment.
01 March 1992
In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland fishing village.
23 April 1994
The movie that the TV series was spun off from. When a legendary Canadian Mountie is murdered, his son (and fellow RCMP) Constable Benton Fraser follows the trail of his killers to Chicago, where he teams up with a local cop to bring them to justice.
12 February 2012
Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously leaky holiday steamer.
26 June 1968
A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes that he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist--until he must match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.
05 September 1997
Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they think will get them serious recognition in the mob.
13 September 1974
The sponsors of a drug-rehabilitation center stage a robbery to maintain funding of the facility, but the loot turns out to be syndicate-owned.
08 June 2009
A poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years of marriage, the Spine continues Landreth's pursuit of a twisted, beautiful and highly original visual aesthetic, using digital imagery to create characters whose physical appearances are metaphors for their unique souls.
24 January 1993
A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their relationship.
28 October 2021
An animated reimaging of the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes.
18 December 2001
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
03 July 1999
An old fisherman makes the biggest catch of his life.
10 December 1996
A man is sent to a small town to assess which of the workers in the local factory that supplies the town with jobs should get the boot when the downsizing begins.
12 September 2005
The story revolves around former food writer, Jane Stern, and how she conquered clinical depression after becoming a paramedic.
08 April 1970
The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr.
01 December 1971
A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.
30 May 2014
A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying.
25 August 1972
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
01 January 2002
When American citizens were stranded in Canada on 9/11, their northern neighbors opened their doors.
05 August 2005
This Canadian made comedy/drama, set in Hamilton, Ontario in 1954, is a sweet and - at times - goofy story that becomes increasingly poignant as the minutes tick by.
04 May 2007
Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease.
21 August 1974
LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right.
01 January 2008
Through several interlocking stories, including the story of maritime commerce and the ships that move cargo through the inland waterway, Mysteries of the Great Lakes will take you on a journey through the greatest lake system in the world, and showcase the amazing geography, ecology, science, and history of the region.
23 March 2003
When his father dies, Terry (Gary Sinese) returns to the house where he grew up, planning to stay only long enough to clean and settle the estate.
26 September 1981
In a twist on the typical May-October romance, a widow somewhere in her 60s meets a naive country boy who has found his way to the city.
17 October 1983
Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.
23 April 2001
After marrying a handsome man she barely knows, a woman experiences threatening calls and violent attacks from a mysterious woman who claims to be her new husband's former lover.
09 September 2003
The film tells the story of two good friends who live together, Andrew, an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave, a loser who works in an office where he is treated with contempt.
01 February 1995
Rachel is the daughter of a wealthy media tycoon. Her husband dies in a car crash. Years later she meets Eric a photographer for New Woman magazine.
02 October 2016
Set in a small town near the North Pole where roads lead to nowhere, the story follows Roman and Lucy, two burning souls who come together to make a leap for life and inner peace.
01 October 2012
It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one "supergeneration" that makes the 2,000 mile return trip back south into central Mexico.
01 August 1975
A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent.
04 January 2015
Set in 1952 Grey Rocks – a centuries old town that was famous 250 years ago as a favored port of pirates – Pirate’s Passage follows the story of 12-year-old Jim.
28 July 1989
Children's book authors Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff's most beloved elephant comes to the big screen in this animated family tale.
26 January 2013
A disparate variety of couples from all walks of life strive to maintain active sex lives despite the notable distraction of having kids.
07 April 1992
An overworked woman encounters a pair of armed robbers on the subway home. When one of them is killed, apparently as he divulges the location of some stashed money to her- police place her in protective custody, only she is uncertain what the man told her prior to being shot as she was wearing a pair of headphone as the time.
01 January 1975
Based on the true story of Philip Stockton, a 40 year old Englishman, who would have done almost anything to be the first man to sail around the world in a single-handed boat--or at least hold the title.
27 March 2006
During World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as the stopover point for many flights between North America and the European Theater.
12 December 1981
A woman struggles with her husband.
01 January 1976
This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood.
27 January 2017
Director Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the late 1940s to launch a storied, seven-decade career as one of the leading actors and most beloved figures in Canadian film and television.
13 March 1981
Devil at Your Heels, traces the trials of stuntman Ken Carter who attempts a death-defying aerial jump in a car.
21 March 2004
When a clergyman is accused for the murder of a social worker, the parish priest recruits a reporter (and his ex-girlfriend) to clear his name.
24 March 2009
Video lottery addiction is a serious problem in Canada, but does the government's need for revenue mean the enormous social costs are being ignored? This is a story about a society hooked on gambling and the people trying to force lottery corporations to come clean and take responsibility for what's happening to people whose lives are being devastated by Playing Machines.
04 March 1996
Kids for Character was a program that was released on VHS in April 23, 1996. It was a charity special about moral character that featured many different children's characters.
02 March 1980
This movie chronicles Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1898.
01 December 2008
This behind-the-scenes special features cast members musing over public television's beloved "The Red Green Show," the wacky sketch series revolving around the wit and wisdom of outdoors-man, handyman and populist philosopher Red Green (Steve Smith).
23 October 1987
A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of settlement money offered by the government.
19 December 1976
A Christmas special about an elderly man looking back at life during the turn of the century in Ontario.
02 January 1951
A portrait of Newfoundland that records a way of life that has all but disappeared.
17 May 1981
A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.
31 March 2003
'Hemingway vs. Callaghan' is based on the true story of the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and Morley Callaghan in Toronto and Paris between 1923 and 1929.
28 April 1975
A TV news cameraman's appetite for fine wine, fast cars and beautiful women draws him into the grip of a heroin smuggler.
