11th Genie Awards

11th Genie Awards
11th Genie Awards
Date	March 20, 1990
Site	Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Hosted by	Al Waxman, Brian Linehan
Highlights
Best Picture	Jesus of Montreal
Most awards	Jesus of Montreal (12)
Television coverage
Network	CTV
	← 10th; Genie Awards; 12th →;

The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990, and honoured Canadian films released the previous year. For the first time ever the awards were broadcast by CTV, rather than CBC.^[2] Despite an extensive advertising campaign the ratings plummeted, with only half as many people watching compared to the previous year.^[2] In total, an average of only 460,000 watched the awards.

The ceremony was broadcast from the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto.^[3] The ceremony had no overall host, although actor Al Waxman introduced and concluded the ceremony and broadcaster Brian Linehan hosted segments filmed on location at various films in production.^[4] The Best Picture nominees were each given a full two-minute clip during the broadcast.^[3]

The awards themselves were dominated by Denys Arcand's Jesus of Montreal.^[1]

Awards[]

Motion Picture	Direction
Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal), Roger Frappier and Bye Bye Blues, and Anne Wheeler Cold Comfort, and Ilana Frank Speaking Parts, Atom Egoyan Termini Station, Allan King	Denys Arcand, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Anne Wheeler, Bye Bye Blues François Bouvier and Jean Beaudry, Unfaithful Mornings (Les Matins infidèles) Atom Egoyan, Speaking Parts John N. Smith, Welcome to Canada
Actor in a leading role	Actress in a leading role
Lothaire Bluteau, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Maury Chaykin, Cold Comfort Michel Côté, Cruising Bar Michael McManus, Speaking Parts Stephen Ouimette, The Top of His Head	Rebecca Jenkins, Bye Bye Blues Colleen Dewhurst, Termini Station Megan Follows, Termini Station Margaret Langrick, Cold Comfort Gabrielle Rose, Speaking Parts Catherine Wilkening, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)
Actor in a supporting role	Actress in a supporting role
Rémy Girard, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Michael Ontkean, Bye Bye Blues Wayne Robson, Bye Bye Blues Gilles Pelletier, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Don McKellar, Roadkill	Robyn Stevan, Bye Bye Blues Pauline Martin, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)
Original Screenplay	Adapted Screenplay
Denys Arcand, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Anne Wheeler, Bye Bye Blues Don McKellar, Roadkill Atom Egoyan, Speaking Parts Colleen Murphy, Termini Station Peter Mettler, The Top of His Head	Elliot L. Sims and Richard Beattie, Cold Comfort Dany Laferrière and Richard Sadler, How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) John Varley, Millennium
Best Feature Length Documentary	Best Short Documentary
Strand: Under the Dark Cloth — John Walker — Richard Lavoie, , and — Colin Browne	— — — Barry Greenwald
Best Live Action Short Drama	Best Animated Short
In Search of the Last Good Man — Peg Campbell and Peggy Thompson — — , , and — — Leonard Farlinger and	Juke-Bar — The Dingles — William Pettigrew In and Out — Alison Snowden and David Fine
Art Direction/Production Design	Cinematography
François Séguin, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) John Blackie, Bye Bye Blues , Palais Royale	Guy Dufaux, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Pierre Mignot, Cruising Bar Richard Leiterman, The First Season René Ohashi, Millennium
Costume Design	Editing
Louise Jobin, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) , Bye Bye Blues , Cruising Bar , The Last Winter , Millennium , Palais Royale	Isabelle Dedieu, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) , Bye Bye Blues Frank Irvine, The First Season
Overall Sound	Sound Editing
Patrick Rousseau, Adrian Croll, , and Jo Caron, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Paul Massey, Peter Kelly, and Garrell Clark, Bye Bye Blues Don White, Marvin Berns, Paul Coombe, and Douglas Ganton, Millennium Sal Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, and Peter Shewchuk, Termini Station	Marcel Pothier, , Antoine Morin, and Diane Boucher, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) , Terry Burke, , Jim Hopkins, and , American Boyfriends , , , , and , Bye Bye Blues Paul Dion, In the Belly of the Dragon (Dans le ventre du dragon) , Robin Leigh, Jim Hopkins, , and Terry Burke, Millennium Terry Burke, David Templeton, , and , Termini Station
Original Score	Original Song
Yves Laferrière, Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Milan Kymlicka, Babar: The Movie Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna, Cold Comfort , Palais Royale Mychael Danna, Speaking Parts	Bill Henderson, "When I Sing" — Bye Bye Blues^[5] Colin Nairne, Barney Bentall, Gary Fraser, "Restless Dreamer" — American Boyfriends Maribeth Solomon, "The Best We Both Can Be" — Babar: The Movie Maribeth Solomon, "Elephant March" — Babar: The Movie Claude Dubois, Dany Laferrière, "On vit de femmes" — How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) Jane Siberry, "This Old Earth" — The Top of His Head
Special awards
Golden Reel Award: Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Achievement in Make-Up: and Pierre Saindon, Cruising Bar Outstanding Contributions to the Canadian Film Industry: Harold Greenberg

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Jesus swept". The Globe and Mail, March 21, 1990.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Plummeting ratings raise tough questions". The Globe and Mail, April 6, 1990.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Puttin' on the glitz for this year's Genies". The Globe and Mail, March 17, 1990.
^ "East meets West in battle for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1990.
^ "Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television - Genie Award for Best Original Song". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-08-06.

External links[]

Genie Awards 1990 on imdb Archived 2004-08-25 at the Wayback Machine

[swept-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Jesus swept". The Globe and Mail, March 21, 1990.

[plummet-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Plummeting ratings raise tough questions". The Globe and Mail, April 6, 1990.

[glitz-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Puttin' on the glitz for this year's Genies". The Globe and Mail, March 17, 1990.

[eastwest-4] "East meets West in battle for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1990.

[5] "Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television - Genie Award for Best Original Song". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-08-06.

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