The Rubber Gun

The Rubber Gun
Directed byAllan Moyle
Written byStephen Lack
Allan Moyle
StarringStephen Lack
CinematographyFrank Vitale
Edited byJohn Laing
Music byLewis Furey
Production
company
St. Lawrence Film Productions
Release dates
  • April 24, 1977 (1977-04-24) (New York New Directors and New Films Festival)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Rubber Gun is a 1977 film directed by Allan Moyle and starring Stephen Lack and Pierre Robert.[1]

Plot

In a book store, smooth-talking hard drug dealer/user and local artist Steve (Stephen Lack) meets Allan (Allan Moyle), a young sociology student at McGill. They become fast friends and Allan is invited to Steve's studio apartment on Montreal main to meet his commune/drug network.

Allan decides he wants to do a paper with the controversial position that drug use has positive effects using Steve's 'family' as a case study. Life with Steve and the gang isn't quite as rosy as it might appear to Allan at first but it isn't quite as sleazy as it might appear to others either.

Pierre (Pierre Robert), a bisexual, heroin addict/male prostitute with a wife and small daughter looks to displace Steve as the leader of the group when, compelled by his addiction he concocts a plan to steal drugs from a storage locker at the train station. Steve, having nearly followed through on the same plan, is certain it is a trap. Being indiscreetly watched and recorded by corrupt narcotics cops the tension rises.

Cast

Distribution

A restored version of the film was screened at the 2024 Fantasia Film Festival.[2]

Awards

The film received two Genie Award nominations in at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980, for Best Actor (Lack) and Best Original Screenplay (Moyle, Lack, John Laing).[3]

References

  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 187.
  2. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "(Fantasia 2024) The Rubber Gun de Allan Moyle". Films du Québec, July 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980.


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