Childstar

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Childstar
Directed by	Don McKellar
Written by	Don McKellar Michael Goldbach
Produced by	Niv Fichman Daniel Iron Jennifer Jonas
Starring	Jennifer Jason Leigh Don McKellar Mark Rendall Michael Murphy
Cinematography	André Turpin
Edited by	Reginald Harkema
Music by	Christopher Dedrick
Production company	Rhombus Media
Distributed by	TVA Films America Video Film Hart Sharp Video
Release date	September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10) (Toronto International Film Festival)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Childstar is a 2004 Canadian comedy film directed and co-written by Don McKellar, and starring McKellar, Peter Paige, Gil Bellows, Mark Rendall, Michael Murphy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Alan Thicke. It was screened at several film festivals between September 2004 and July 2005.

Plot[]

Taylor Brandon Burns (Mark Rendall), a conflicted young TV star from the U.S., runs away from the set - and his problems - while shooting a big-budget film in Canada. His reluctant limo-driver, Rick Schiller (Don McKellar), a down-on-his-luck indie filmmaker, is enlisted to find Taylor before the childstar destroys himself.

Cast[]

DVD[]

The region 1 DVD was released September 13, 2004.

Streaming[]

As of 2017 the movie has been released online for free on Canada Media Fund's Encore+ YouTube Channel.

External links[]

• Childstar at IMDb
• Childstar at Rotten Tomatoes

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