Coopers' Camera

Coopers' Camera
Coopers' Camera
Directed by	Warren P. Sonoda
Written by	Jason Jones; Mike Beaver
Produced by	Sean Buckley; Nicholas Tabarrok
Starring	Jason Jones; Samantha Bee; Peter Keleghan; Mike Beaver
Cinematography	Samy Inayeh
Edited by	Aden Bahadori; Warren P. Sonoda
Music by	Rob DeBoer; Tony Grace
Production; companies	Buck Productions; Darius Films
Distributed by	Boutique Films
Release date	September 7, 2008 (TIFF);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Coopers' Camera is a 2008 Canadian comedy film, directed by Warren P. Sonoda.^[1] The film centres on the Coopers, a dysfunctional family who are recording their family Christmas in 1985 on their new video camera, only for the holiday to descend into chaos.^[2]

The film stars Jason Jones and Samantha Bee as Gord and Nancy Cooper, Peter Keleghan as Gord's brother Tim and Mike Beaver as Uncle Nick, as well as Boyd Banks, Jennifer Baxter, Dave Foley, Jayne Eastwood, Dylan Everett, Gage Munroe and Rob Tinkler in supporting roles.

The film was shot in Toronto in early 2008, while Jones and Bee were on hiatus from The Daily Show.^[3]

The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.^[4]

The film received four Canadian Comedy Award nominations at the 10th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2009, for Best Performance by a Male in a Film (Jones), Best Performance by a Female in a Film (Bee), Best Direction in a Film (Sonoda) and Best Writing in a Film (Jones, Beaver).^[5] Bee won for Best Performance by a Female.

References[]

^ Katrina Onstad, "Christmas folly". CBC News, September 13, 2008.
^ Ken Eisner, "Coopers' Camera". The Georgia Straight, November 25, 2009.
^ Marise Strauss, "Sonoda set for Cooper’s Camera". Playback, February 4, 2008.
^ Cassandra Szklarski, "Meirelles's 'Blindness,' Mehta's 'Heaven on Earth' set for TIFF". Canadian Press, July 15, 2008.
^ "Young People F---ing leads comedy nominations". CBC News. July 6, 2009. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018.

External links[]

Coopers' Camera at IMDb

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[1] Katrina Onstad, "Christmas folly". CBC News, September 13, 2008.

[2] Ken Eisner, "Coopers' Camera". The Georgia Straight, November 25, 2009.

[3] Marise Strauss, "Sonoda set for Cooper’s Camera". Playback, February 4, 2008.

[4] Cassandra Szklarski, "Meirelles's 'Blindness,' Mehta's 'Heaven on Earth' set for TIFF". Canadian Press, July 15, 2008.

[CBC2009n-5] "Young People F---ing leads comedy nominations". CBC News. July 6, 2009. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018.

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