Childstar
Childstar is a 2004 Canadian comedy film directed and co-written by Don McKellar, and starring McKellar, Peter Paige, Gil Bellows, Mark Rendall, Michael Murphy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Alan Thicke. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received four awards from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, including Best Canadian Film.
Plot
Taylor Brandon Burns, who happens to be America's most famous child star, is in Canada to shoot a big-budget action film. Wanting to get away from his stage mom Suzanne and the pressures of show business, he runs off set with a fellow actress, Natalie. The film's producers, concerned with the money they are losing due to a delayed shooting schedule, enlist Rick Schiller, a down-on-his-luck indie filmmaker and Taylor's reluctant limo-driver, to find the boy.
More details
| author | Don McKellar |
|---|---|
| director | Don McKellar |
| editor | Reginald Harkema |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | child actor child star independent film indie film indie filmmaker lose shoot show business stage mom stage mother |
| musicBy | The Free Design |
| producer | Daniel Iron Jennifer Jonas Niv Fichman |
| productionCompany | Rhombus Media |
| publisher | TVA Films |
| theme | independent |