95 minutes – Drama
Release date: January 29, 2010
Canadian Distributor: Mongrel Media
Grown Up Movie Star tells the story of disgraced NHL star Ray and his precocious daughters Ruby and Rose. Once the town hero, Ray has returned from the United States to his home in Newfoundland following a drug conviction, only to have his wife Lillian leave him for another man and aspirations of stardom. With Lillian gone, Ray flails from woman to woman trying to find a replacement for her, while struggling against a growing awareness of his homosexuality. At loose ends for lack of guidance, Ruby attempts to follow her mother`s starlet dreams with make up and sexual behavior, and in a desperate plea for attention, begins putting herself in increasingly risky situations. Ruby begins spending more and more time with Ray’s best friend Stuart, confined to a wheelchair following an accident involving Ray. When Stuart finds himself attracted to Ruby, dangerously motivated by fear and anger, he leads the three of them towards a heartbreaking conclusion. Grown Up Movie Star was selected to screen at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Jill Knox-Gosse
Paul Pope
Shawn Doyle
Adriana Maggs
Jason Tan (CSC)
Stephen Phillipson
Elliot Brood
Lori Ann Benson (Set Decorator)
Charlotte Reid
Shawn Doyle
Tatiana Maslany
Julia Kennedy
Jonny Harris
Andy Jones
Mark O’Brien
Steve Cochrane
Maggie Meyer
Mary Lewis
Sherry White
Susan Kent
Sean Panting
Sarah Small
Joel Thomas Hynes
Deidre Gillard Rowlings
Jerry Doyle
Melanie Caines
Kevin Lewis
Chris MacCarthy
Jeff Conway
Mack Furlong
James Hawksley
Nick Burry
Scott Yetman
Ray
Ruby
Rose
Stuart
Ben
Will
James
Laura
Dara
Lillian
Jennifer
Barry
Krista
Chad
Julie
Older Cop
Female Cop
Judge
Guy in Car
Hockey Player
Old Man
Boy
Boy
Boy
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