Blindness- Canada's next blockbuster movie?

[Arob]

Can you name any Canadian #1 box office hits?

besides David Cronenberg’s movies, just let me say how fortunate we are to have him...
Porkys made $105 million in 1982.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding made $240 million in 1996.
Norman Jewison’s The Hurricane starring Denzel Washington made $50,668,906 in 1999.

Can we do it again? Paul Gross and Justin Trudeau star in Paschendale which I believe hits theatres in September, but I'm not not holding my breath on that one. My hopes rest in the new Canadian movie, Blindness.

Blindness opens Sept 19th in Canada. I reckon Don McKellar has fashioned a blockbuster premise in his screenplay adaptation of José Saramago's popular novel. The movie (and the book) depicts what would happen if blindness were contagious. It stars Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover and Julianne Moore.



I love sci-fi movies. Could this be Canada’s next Blockbuster?

 

[Dussicar]

Oh...

I saw the thread title and thought it was going to be a documentary on Canadian voters.😱

 

[Arob]

Are you disappointed?

I think that"s an American documentary...
2x Blindness

 

[cloudgazer2k]

I think that"s an American documentary...
2x Blindness

HAA! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

funny. not.

 

[naughtylucy]

I'm much more proud of the critical success of Canadian cinema. Sure, the States can produce loads of commercially successful films, but Canada has auteurs like Atom Egoyan, and that work will last an awfully long time, and influences other artists all over the world.

I mean, do we really want Canada to start churning out stuff like Snakes on a Plane?

Disclaimer: I acknowledge that Snakes on a Plane does not represent the entire US film industry. Fargo was really good. So was Citizen Kane.