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Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003)

Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion

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14

2h 54m

Action, Drama, Historical

October 27th, 2003

6.7/10

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Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion is a two-part miniseries produced in 2003 by CBC Television. It presents a fictionalized version of the Halifax Explosion, a 1917 catastrophe that destroyed much of the city of Halifax. It was directed by Bruce Pittman and written by Keith Ross Leckie. The Film Stars Vincent Walsh, Tamara Hope, Clare Stone, Zachary Bennett, Shauna MacDonald and Ted Dykstra.

The series was expensive by Canadian television standards with a budget of $10.4 million. It was heavily promoted by the CBC and paired with a number of non-fiction documentaries. The broadcast drew a sizable Canadian audience of 1.5 million viewers. It drew some praise for the adept use of special effects to show the destruction of the explosion. However the miniseries was poorly received critically. One critic at the Globe and Mail described it as "execrably written and acted" while another strained to find positive elements, "At times, there is a plodding workmanlike quality to Shattered City." The miniseries won some technical awards at the Canadian television Gemini Awards in 2004 but was passed over for any direction or writing awards and won only a single supporting acting award for Ted Dykstra.

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Cast

Paul Doucet
Captain Le Medec
Gordon Michael Woolvett
Sergeant Sam Barlow
Clare Stone
Constance 'Connie' Collins
Max Morrow
Courtney 'Court' Collins
Lynne Griffin
Millicent Collins
Richard Donat
Patrick Collins
Leon Pownall
Commander Frederick Wyatt
Brian Downey
Capt. Horatio Brannen
John Dunsworth
Naval Officer McNabb
Graham Harley
Mr. Cleese
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Directors

Bruce Pittman
(2 episodes, 2003)
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Producers

Justin Bodle
executive producer
(2 episodes, 2003)
Gilles Bélanger
line producer
(2 episodes, 2003)
Michael Donovan
executive producer
(2 episodes, 2003)
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Writers

Keith Ross Leckie
(2 episodes, 2003)
Keith Ross Leckie
written by
(1 episode, 2003)
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Keywords

explosion
tragic event
disaster
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Country of Origin

Canada

Languages

English

Release Dates

October 26th, 2003 (Canada) (part 1)
October 27th, 2003 (Canada) (part 2)
October 26th, 2003 (Canada) theatrical
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Alternative Titles

Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (original title)
Uma Cidade Devastada (Brazil)
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (Canada) (English title)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Running Times

174 min (Brazil)
175 min
240 min (Canada) (including commercials)

Sound Mixes

Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratios

1.78 : 1

Production Companies

Eggplant Picture & Sound
Power
Salter Street Films International
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Distribution Companies

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (Canada) (original airing)
Powercorp (Worldwide)

Special Effects Companies

Rocket Science VFX
Grand Unified Theories
Special Effects Atlantic

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Movie Armaments Group (weapons supplied by)
Hand Prop (props supplied by)
Casablanca (audio post-production) / audio post production
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