Michael Rubbo

Most Popular Michael Rubbo Trailers

Total trailers found: 24

Murder on the Shanghai Trailer (2012)

27 April 2012

A murder mystery improvised by strangers on a ship traveling from Shanghai to Hong Kong.

Unfinished Diary Trailer (1982)

02 January 1982

In this heartwarming docudrama, Chilean immigrant Marilú Mallet strives to make a film about her experience of deep isolation.

Adventures Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

This short live-action film tells the story of a little raccoon who encounters many adventures when he strays from home to explore the world.

Temiscaming, Québec Trailer (1976)

20 October 1976

Temiscaming, Québec is the story of a town's struggle to survive after its main source of employment, the CIP mill, closed down.

Wet Earth and Warm People Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

This documentary by Michael Rubbo (Waiting for Fidel) offers candid glimpses of Indonesia and its people.

Much Ado About Something Trailer (2001)

08 September 2001

Did Christopher Marlowe write the works of Shakespeare?

Maverick on a Mobile Trailer (1997)

15 June 1997

A documentary about Graeme Campbel MP, an Australian federal member of Parliament.

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller Trailer (1988)

08 December 1988

When the joker Tommy Tricker plays some practical jokes on some of his friends, his best friend Ralph, a stamp collector, discovers the secret of "stamp travel" to make him travel around the world on a stamp to bring back the mysterious Charles Merriweather, who never returned on a stamp for 75 years.

The Peanut Butter Solution Trailer (1985)

06 December 1985

Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back, but too much peanut butter causes things to get a bit hairy.

Vincent and Me Trailer (1990)

13 December 1990

Jo, a talented young art student from Quebec, attracts the attention of a mysterious European art dealer who buys her drawings.

The Return of Tommy Tricker Trailer (1994)

07 October 1994

Welcome to the world of stamps with Tommy Tricker and friends as they learn the magic of travelling through time and space for the mere price of the postage.

Daisy: The Story of a Facelift Trailer (1982)

11 December 1982

Middle-aged NFB producer Daisy Bellefeuille is about to get a facelift. Rubbo follows the process through her discussions with her friends, consultations with physicians, observation of other facelift patients, and finally the operation and its aftermath.

Cold Pizza Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

An engaging story of young enterprise, pitfalls, and eventual success that all young viewers will enjoy.

Margaret Atwood: Once in August Trailer (1984)

01 January 1984

In Margaret Atwood: Once in August, filmmaker Michael Rubbo attempts to discover what shapes the celebrated writer's fiction and what motivates her characters.

Challenger: An Industrial Romance Trailer (1980)

09 July 1980

Follows the development of Canadair's super-executive jet. A totally new type of aircraft, it is faster, cheaper to fly, and more comfortable than any other business jet.

Sad Song of Yellow Skin Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

Filmed in Saigon in 1970, this documentary observes the effects of the Vietnam War on daily life away from the battlefield.

Waiting for Fidel Trailer (1975)

14 November 1975

This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro's Cuba. A movie-making threesome hope that Fidel himself will star in their film.

That Mouse Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

In this children’s film, a white mouse cavorts about the forest, mostly on the back of a bumbling black bear, creating such a stir that other forest creatures (a deer, a tortoise, a hawk and a hound) have to put a stop to it.

The Bear and the Mouse Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

A hungry bear shows mercy to a mouse in a variation on Aesop's classic fable, "The Lion and the Mouse".

Courage to Change Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

This feature documentary is a sequel to the 1966 documentary The Things I Cannot Change, which, by focusing on the Bailey family of Montreal, provided an anatomy of poverty in North America.

OK ... Camera Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

This documentary film is an exploration of Québec’s feature film industry. The film takes a look at the people who have succeeded in this unique milieu (Geneviève Bujold is one) or failed; at its movies, which run the gamut from hard-core skinflicks to such highly acclaimed films as Mon Oncle Antoine, and at its audiences, which number in the millions.

Sir! Sir! Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

Here is what happened in a Toronto classroom when teachers occupied the children's desks and children became the teachers.

Persistent and Finagling Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

A group of Montreal women form a group to fight air pollution by local factories.

Bate's Car: Sweet as a Nut Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

This short film presents Mr. Bate, an inventor who discovers a substitute for gasoline in barnyard manure.