Stardom (2000)


Stardom
Release Date17 May 2000
GenreDrama, Comedy
CountryFrance
Canada
Filming LocationsCornwall, Ontario, Canada
LanguageEnglish, French
ColorBlack and White, Color
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMockumentary, Media Satire
Niche GenreComedy Drama
ThemesFashion World, Ladder to the Top
TonesBiting, Satirical, Flashy, Humorous
TagsAmbassador [political], Entrepreneur, Fame, Hockey Player, Photographer, Supermodel

Stardom is a 2000 Canadian film written by J.Jacob Potashnik & Denys Arcand and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Jessica Paré and Dan Aykroyd. It tells the story of a young girl who tries to cope with her rise to stardom after being discovered by a fashion agency. The film was screened out of competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Tina Menzhal

Ann Menzhal, Tina's Mother

Jessica Mackenzie
Tina's Sister

Model Agency Owner

Philippe Gascon

Italasia Reporter

Barry Levine

Gregory Calpakis
Steve Bourque

Montreal Talkshow Host

British Fashion Reporter

Paul Reynolds
Nigel Pope

Toni Steward

French TV Anchorman

Bruce Taylor

Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Susie Tucker, Fashon One Reporter

Renny Ohayon

Blaine de Castillon

Richard Greenblatt
Jeremy Reed

Penelope Vargas

Richard Jutras
Fashion Show Director

Nicu Branzea
Tina's Father

Nigel Pope's Associate

Bernard Dhéran
French intellectual at TV debate

Thibault de Montalembert
French intellectual at TV debate

François Berland
French Intellectual at TV Debate

Eric Civanyan
French intellectual at TV debate

Pierre Charras
French Intellectual at TV Debate

French intellectual at TV debate

Alan Legros
Also featuring

Patrick Fry
Also featuring

Tony Calabretta
Bernie Placek

Patricia McKenzie
Sally

Susan Glover
Claire Crosby

Alain Goulem
Bobby Veau

Ruth Levine

Leni Parker
Also featuring

Janine Theriault
Irina

Music Television Host

Holly O'Brien
Also featuring

Animateur de E.T.

Jonathan Robert Rondeau
Justin, Celebrity Hunt TV

Adrienne Clark

Allen Altman
Byron Woodrow

Norm Rebadow
Detective Sam Donahue

Charles Edwin Powell
Terry Pfizer

Catherine

Billy Merasty
Actor in arctic scene

Sam Stone
Additional cast

Werner reisecker

Hilary Porter
Additional cast

Domenic Di Rosa
Security Guard

Joel McNichol
Gaby Stern

Danielle Désormeaux
Sheila Rinaldy

French TV journalist

Vernon Ashby
City Official

Chantal Baril
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Maria Bertrand
Model

Benoît Brière
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Cameraman

Brian O'Connell

Johanne Marie Maurasse
Wedding Guest

Gino Salvano
Paolo, Secret Lover

Director

Writer

Jacob Potashnik

Producer

Philippe Carcassonne
co-producer

Brigitte Faure
line producer

Eric Landau
associate producer: Paris

Robert Lantos
producer

Daniel Louis
line producer

Denise Robert
producer

Original Music

François Dompierre
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Cinematographer

Guy Dufaux
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Editor

Isabelle Dedieu
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Casting Director

Deirdre Bowen
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Lucie Robitaille
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Production Designer

Zoe Sakellaropoulo

Art Director

Jean Morin
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Set Decorator

Josée Arsenault
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Louise Pilon
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Costume Designer

Michel Robidas
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Makeup Department

Pierre Chavialle
hair stylist: Paris

Karina Del Bel
makeup artist: Florida

Bea Diaz
hair stylist: Florida

Sandro Di Gioacchino
assistant hair stylist

Lorrie Ann Dobbins
hair stylist: New York

Réjean Goderre
hair stylist

Fae Hammond
makeup artist: London

Catherine Lavoie
second assistant makeup artist: extras

Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen
makeup artist: Paris

Marcelo Padovani
hair stylist: Miss Paré

Belinda Parish
assistant makeup artist: London

Joan Patricia Parris
assistant makeup artist

Nevio Ragazzini
makeup assistant: New York

Cécile Rigault
makeup artist

Micheline Trépanier
key makeup artist

Nathalie Trépanier
makeup artist

Florence Vayssieres
makeup artist: Paris

Joe Vitale
assistant hair stylist: New York

Production Manager

Sylvie Barthet
production manager: Paris

Cyrille Bragnier
unit manager: Paris

Michel Chauvin
production manager

Paul Dion
post-production supervisor

Andrew Eliot
unit manager: London

Callum Greene
unit production manager: NY unit

Pierre Guay
assistant unit manager

Anthony Katagas
unit production manager: New York

Jamin O'Brien
production manager: Florida

Andy Pavord
production manager: London

Gilles Perreault
unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Erik Ajduk
third assistant director

Buck Deachman
second assistant director

Rhun Francis
third assistant director: London

Matthew Gledhill
second assistant director: Paris

Agnieszka Kroskowska
assistant director

David Lawley-Wakelin
second assistant director: London

Brian Moon
second assistant director: Florida

Manuel Pouet
second assistant director: Paris

Lional Rigothier
second assistant director: Paris

Doug Torres
second assistant director: New York

David J. Webb
first assistant director

Joshua Zeman
second second assistant director: New York

Art Department

Natacha Antiglio
art department coordinator

Charles Bella Fiore
property master: New York

Patrice Bengle
property master

Charles-André Bertrand
assistant set dresser

Steve Boucher
art assistant

Eric Brassard
art assistant

Alain Brochu
construction supervisor

Lionel Callari
property master

Real Capuano
art assistant

Amanda Carroll
assistant property master: New York, assistant property master

Denis Daneau
art assistant

Porpoise Evans
property master: Florida

John Fudala
assistant property master: New York

Odette Gauvreau
key painter

Susannah Kaye
art director: London

Diane Legris
props buyer

Carl Lessard
graphic designer

Heidi Pieh
assistant art director: New York

Mario Racicot
assistant property master

Bernadette Saint Loubert
set decorator: Paris

Jason Savader
assistant property master: New York

Lissette Schettini
dresser: Florida

Erin W. Sibley
art director: New York

Marcus Von Holtzendorff
art department runner

Sarah Wright
assistant art director: London

Sound Department

Dave Arms
boom operator: Florida

Diane Boucher
adr supervisor

Jocelyn Caron
foley recordist

Frederic Cloutier
assistant sound effects editor

Jérôme Décarie
foley artist

Larry DeCarmine
sound mixer: Florida

Michel Descombes
sound re-recording mixer

Gavin Fernandes
sound re-recording mixer

Gran Finale
boom operator

Nicolas Gagnon
assistant foley artist

Claude La Haye
production sound mixer, sound

Jean-Claude Laureux
sound mixer: Paris

Philippe Lavigne
assistant foley recordist

Geoff Lippman
sound consultant: Dolby

Antoine Morin
sound effects editor

Francis Péloquin
boom operator

Marcel Pothier
sound

Bruno Ruffolo
adr recordist

Noah Timan
production sound mixer: New York

Vinca Vermesse
boom operator: Paris

Special Effects

Louis Craig
special effects supervisor

Visual Effects

Yves Désilets
digital compositor

Thomas Hallé
visual effect assistant

Alain Lachance
digital compositor

Emmanuel Mazeron
digital artist

Ann Smeltzer
visual effects consultant: effects unit direction

Stunts

Alexandre Cadieux
stunts

Jay Lavalley
stunts

Stéphane Lefebvre
stunt coordinator

Hilary Porter
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Brett Albright
assistant camera

Sophie Baker
still photographer: London

François Berroir
gaffer: Paris

Alan Blagg
best boy grip: New York

Xavier Cholet
electrician: Paris

François Daignault
Steadicam operator

Chuck Finch
gaffer: London

Stephen Finch
best boy electric: London

Artie Garcia
second assistant camera: Florida

Alain Gautherin
key grip: Paris

Eric Gies
electrician: Paris

Sean Gray
gaffer: Florida

Serge Grenier
key grip

Heidi Grunwald
grip: New York

John Harris
electrician

Jim Hopkins
key grip: Florida

J. Alan Hostetter
gaffer: New York

Pierric Jouvante
electrician

Edith Labbe
assistant camera: second unit

Eric Lefèbvre
electrician

Jean Levasseur
best boy

Franck Loiseau
grip: Paris

Andréane Melançon
clapper loader

Kai Morbey
electrician: Florida

François Parent
assistant camera: second unit

Scott Porter
best boy grip: Florida

Dany Racine
first assistant camera: "a" camera

John Schwartz
electrician: New York

Takashi Seida
still photographer

Tengo Sepyashvily
grip: New York

John Sider
best boy: Florida

Tim Spellman
key grip: New York

Marion Stalens
still photographer: Paris

Jason Summers
best boy electric: New York

Stuart Verity
rigger: London

Normand Viau
gaffer

Paul Viau
best boy

Grant Wakefield
second assistant camera: London

Derek Walker
second assistant camera: New York

Matt Weinstein
grip: New York

Cliff Weisner
electrician: New York

Jonathan Wenk
still photographer

Dirk Westphal
still photographer: New York

Terry Williams
key grip: London

Casting Department

Daniel Ben Loulou
extras casting: Paris

Sarah Bird
casting: London

Jacques Dublin
casting: Paris

Olivia Harris
casting: New York

Sylvie Meyer
casting: Paris

Marie-France Michel
casting: Paris

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Sylvie Clément
head dresser

Amanda Craze
wardrobe supervisor: London

Peter Dawe
assistant dresser

Marie-Claude Deschênes
extras dresser

Nathalie du Roscoat
wardrobe mistress: Paris

Agnès Falque
dresser: Paris

Jody Felz
costume stylist

Jennifer Galvelis
dresser: New York

Charice Harris
assistant dresser: New York

Jean-Richard Morin
wardrobe master

Luca Mosca
wardrobe supervisor: New York

Leigh Nicol
assistant wardrobe supervisor: London

Editorial Department

Valérie Arlaud
assistant editor: Paris

Isabelle Malenfant
assistant editor

Music Department

Guy Pelletier
music editor

Transportation Department

Michel Brouillette
picture car coordinator

Other Crew

Isabelle Abastado
assistant location manager

Valérie Allard
assistant to producers

Zur Attias
key production assistant: New York

Maggy Belzile
assistant production administrator

Joshua Benjamin
assistant location manager: New York

Sandrine Boulet
production assistant

Jeffrey A. Brown
production assistant: New York

Cherri Campbell
assistant to producers

Jean-Marc Casanova
production administrator

Matthew Chilsen
location manager: New York

Mathias Cremadez
unit assistant: Paris

Julie Cyrenne
assistant production administrator

Martin Desroches
chief executive officer

Marie-Josée Dupont
production coordinator

Louis Dutil
production assistant

Martine Etchegaray
production secretary: Paris

Valérie Fiset
receptionist

Safron Flower
office manager: London

Michele Giordano
production coordinator: New York

Anne-Marie Giroux
stand-in: Miss Paré

Isabelle Godin
production assistant

Amy Green
production assistant: Serendipity Point Films

Hélène Grimard
assistant production administrator

Anne-Lyse Haket
assistant to producers

Benjamin Hess
unit assistant: Paris

Joe Humares
location manager: New York

Olivier Jacob
unit assistant: Paris

Lorraine Jamison
unit publicist

Lacia Kornylo
head of production: Alliance Atlantis

France Lachapelle
script supervisor

Marc Lefler
production assistant: Serendipity

Denise Lunsford
production coordinator: Florida

Richard Mancuso
production accountant: New York

Michelle Masseyeff
unit assistant: Paris

Lynette Norris
production coordinator: London

Sophie Perelle
unit assistant: Paris

Ludovic Petit
unit assistant: Paris

Amélie Ponette
script trainee

Bob Presner
completion bond

Paulo Quintas
production assistant

Jean-Philippe Reverdot
assistant set decorator: Paris

Pierre-Jean Robert
unit assistant: Paris

Andrew Rosen
production assistant: Alliance Atlantis

Marc Sausset
assistant set decorator: Paris

Lydia Setton
production administrator: Paris

Ho Shang
production coordinator: Florida

Betsy Shankin
assistant location manager: New York

Betsy Shannon
assistant location manager: New Tork

Michèle St-Arnaud
location manager

Henry-George Thomas
parking coordinator: New York

Sylvia Vargas
production coordinator: Paris

Alice Vosmek
production coordinator: New York

Christian Biron
assistant location manager

Production Company

Alliance Atlantis Communications
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Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)
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Canal+
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Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
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Ciné B
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Cinémaginaire Inc.
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Government of Ontario
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Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
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Movie Network, The (TMN)
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Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit
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Serendipity Point Films
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Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC)
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Super Écran
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Téléfilm Canada
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Distributor

Alliance Atlantis Communications

Lions Gate Films

Pathé Cinéma

Alliance Atlantis Home Video

Homescreen

LK-TEL Vídeo
,

Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment

Nelonen

Universal Studios Home Video

Special Effects

Covitec
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Intrigue

Supersuite
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Miscellaneous

Barbara Casting
extras casting

Clairmont Camera
camera equipment provided by

Creative Casting Corporation
extras casting

Negbec Films
negative cutting

Unique Casting
casting: Florida