Whole New Thing (2005)
| Release Date | 12 September 2005 |
| Genre | Drama, Comedy |
| Country | Canada |
| Filming Locations | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Gay & Lesbian Films, Coming-of-Age |
| Niche Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Themes | Misfits and Outsiders, Questioning Sexuality, Crisis of Conscience, Teachers and Students |
| Tones | Bittersweet, Sexual, Irreverent, Wry |
| Tags | Adolescent, Bully, Homeschooling, Homosexual, Infatuation, Intellectualism, Public School, Teacher |
Whole New Thing is a 2005 Canadian dramatic film which was directed by Amnon Buchbinder. The script is co-written by Amnon Buchbinder and Daniel MacIvor. Filmed entirely on location in Mahone Bay and Halifax, Nova Scotia, during winter and over the course of 15 days, the film is an unconventional coming-of-age narrative of a 13 year old boy, Emerson Thorsen (played by Aaron Webber). Emerson lives in an isolated straw-bale house with his counter-cultural parents, Rog (Robert Joy) and Kaya (Rebecca Jenkins). However, when Kaya decides that homeschooling provides too little structure for Emerson, she enrolls him at the local middle-school under the tuition of 43 year old Don Grant (Daniel MacIvor). Emerson, despite displaying a developed intellectual approach to sexuality, discovers the problems that come with developing a crush, and the taboo of this crush being his teacher.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Kathryn MacLellan
Ms. McPherson
Drew O'Hara
Todd
Ryan Hartigan
Jeff
Geordie Brown
Buddy
Jackie Torrens
Claire
Lisa Lelliott
Massage Guest
Leah Fassett
Laura
Samantha Spencer
Debra
Rebecca Regan
Teri
Marguerite McNeil
Don's Mother
Hugh Thompson
Claude
Linda Busby
Mrs. Colley
Brian Heighton
Office Man
Dylan Aucoin
School Kid
Alexandra Ashley
School Kid
Caleb Buchbinder
School Kid
Stephanie Chapman
School Kid
P.J. Crosby
School Kid
Leah Cunningham
School Kid
Toni Grossett
School Kid
Bruce Murphy
School Kid
Branden O'Brien
School Kid
Colin Rogers
School Kid
Mitchell Taylor
School Kid
Terry Coolen
Washroom Man
Darcy Lindzon
Washroom Man
Dennis Brown
Teacher
Pauline Kaill
Teacher
Veronique MacKenzie-Bourne
Teacher
Susan Bone
Potluck Guest
Peter M. Davison
Potluck Guest
Armand H. Grenier
Potluck Guest
Don Himmelman
Potluck Guest
Sally Lawrence
Potluck Guest
Rob Moir
Potluck Guest
Grace McKnight
Potluck Guest
Paul Newton
Potluck Guest
Director
Amnon Buchbinder
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Producer
Amnon Buchbinder
writer
Kelly Bray
producer
Camelia Frieberg
executive producer, producer
Anita McGee
line producer
Original Music
David Buchbinder
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Cinematographer
Christopher Ball
Editor
Angela Baker
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Production Designer
William Fleming
Set Decorator
Darlene Lewis
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Costume Designer
Lin Chapman
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Makeup Department
Betty Belmore
key makeup artist
Barbi Jollota
key hair stylist
Colleen Ryan
daily makeup artist, daily hair stylist
Production Manager
Nancy MacInnis
assistant production manager
Anita McGee
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lisa Fennell
daily third assistant director
Mary Reynolds
first assistant director
John Shurko
third assistant director
Bruce Zwicker
second assistant director
Art Department
Keith Currie
props master
Richard Fraser
construction coordinator
Ulo Greer
first assistant art director
André Lacroix
construction coordinator
Colin Paul
assistant set decorator
Lynn Rotin
illustrations: "The Fire of Evermore"
Sound Department
Jean Bot
first assistant sound
Paul Germann
sound effects editor
Graham Jones
dialogue editor
Frank Kavanagh
boom operator
Thomas Kodros
stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Kirk Lynds
sound mixer
Allen Ormerod
sound mixer
Andrew Rillie
sound technician
Jim Rillie
production sound mixer
Jane Tattersall
supervising sound editor
Robert Warchol
sound effects editor
Special Effects
Clark R. Biesele
special effects
Visual Effects
Genevieve Forte
titles digital compositor
Stunts
Rene Bishop
fight coordinator
Camera and Electrical Department
Doug Betts
key grip
Johnny Cochrane
first assistant camera
Gerald Gillis
lighting technician
Gary Mitchell
generator operator
Becky Parsons
second assistant camera
Flora Planchat
best boy electric
Christopher Porter
lighting designer
Chris Reardon
still photographer
Gary Sandover
second key grip
Andrew Stretch
camera loader
Casting Department
Tara Bennett
casting assistant
Susan Foulkes
background casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Melinda Cook
wardrobe set supervisor
Diana Redmond
set costumer
Victoria Rockwell
daily costumer
Editorial Department
Vaughan Killin
color timer
Anita McGee
post-production coordinator
Roz Power
assistant editor
Catherine Rankin
negative cutter
Music Department
David Buchbinder
music producer, music arranger, conductor
Andrew Downing
musician: acoustic bass
Mark Duggan
musician: kalimba, balofon, marimba, percussion
Kirk Elliot
musician: violin, flutes, bowed pasltery, vielle, celtic harp, etc.
Levon Ichkhanian
musician: oud, guitars, bouzouki
John Johnson
musician: recorder, flutes
Mike Sawarna
music copyist
David Travers-Smith
music recording mixer, music recording engineer
Transportation Department
Kristin Arason
driver
Mervin Geddes
transportation captain
Debi Jonathanson
driver
Kelly Peterson
transportation coordinator
Other Crew
Geneviève Appleton
associate producer: development
Robert Aske
legal and business affairs
Louis Boudreau
dailies
Kelly Bray
legal and business affairs
Susan Cain
puppets
Blair Christian
safety, first aid
Richard Colp
craft assistant
Jeff Corkum
post-production accountant
Philip Dinn
key craft: Halifax
Megan Forsythe
assistant to assistant production manager
Susan Furniotis
title designer
Rick Gillis
dailies
Don Himmelman
provider: Thorsen House
Matt Johnson
production assistant
Robin P.G. Joost
craft service: Mahone Bay
Shawn Kerr
first assistant accountant
Suzy Kerr
tutor
Krista MacDonald
catering assistant
Nancy MacInnis
production coordinator
Kathryn Mallinson
production assistant
Katharina Mayer
catering assistant
Lothar Mayer
chef
Joseph McKibbon
production assistant
Grace McKnight
provider: Thorsen House
Colleen McMaster
production accountant
Margo Mosher
location manager
Wolfgang Munch
craft service: Mahone Bay
James Pike
catering assistant
Elyse Pomeranz
puppets
Lynn Rotin
location assistant
Brian R. Shaw
location security
Dean Skerrit
dailies
Mike Snider
production assistant
Fay Sullivan
assistant production manager: pre-production
Maggie Thomas
script supervisor
Mike Thorn
assistant: Mr. Buchbinder
Rose Marie Walton
stand-in
Marjorie Webber
guardian: Mr. Webber
David Wishart
dailies
Thanks
Michael Baker
special thanks
Gilles Bélanger
special thanks
Deborah Bernstein
special thanks
Christine Bishop
special thanks
Karla Bobadilla
special thanks
Diane Boehme
special thanks
Larry Burkam
special thanks
Steve Cook
special thanks
Patsy Coughran
special thanks
Diane Cuthbert
special thanks
Bob Dick
special thanks
Joe Diprofio
special thanks
Maureen Dorey
special thanks
Tony Duarte
special thanks
Susan Furniotis
special thanks
Heather Haldane
special thanks
Jim Hardie
special thanks
Izhak Hinitz
special thanks
Ralph Holt
special thanks
Ginny Jones-Duzak
special thanks
Noah Kenneally
special thanks
Denise Langis
special thanks
Shira Levine
special thanks
Al Lindsay
special thanks
John Lutz
special thanks
Nan MacDonald
special thanks
Ken MacIntosh
special thanks
Wendy MacKeigan
special thanks
Anne Mackenzie
special thanks
Michelle Marion
special thanks
Stéphanie Martel
special thanks: Manus Humana Line
Kent Martin
special thanks
Steve Mayhew
special thanks
Mike McAdam
special thanks
Neil McAdam
special thanks
Shandi Mitchell
special thanks
Paul Norris
special thanks
Jeremy Podeswa
special thanks
Rob Power
special thanks
Richard Rapkowski
special thanks
Anne Reynolds
special thanks
Rob Riselli
special thanks
Kent Ritchie
special thanks
Jeff Sackman
special thanks
Don Sinclair
special thanks
Sarah Thomas
special thanks
Gary Vermeir
special thanks
Bruce Webber
special thanks
Corinne Webber
special thanks
Gord Whittaker
special thanks
Linda Wood
special thanks
Doug Woods
special thanks
Mary Young Leckie
special thanks
Production Company
Acuity Pictures Production
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Chum Television
Movie Network, The (TMN)
Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
Palpable Productions
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Whole Thing Productions Inc.
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Distributor
Picture This! Entertainment
THINKFilm
Miscellaneous
Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)
with the assistance of
Community of Mahone Bay
special thanks
Community of Spryfield
special thanks
DeLuxe Toronto
post-production laboratory
Eyes Post Group
transfer house
Film Effects
titles and opticals
Fraser & Hoyt Insurance Ltd.
insurance provider
Gazebo Café
special thanks
Halifax Regional Municipality
special thanks
Harold Greenberg Fund, The
produced and developed with the participation of
Lyle Tilley Davidson
auditing
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
special thanks
Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit
with the assistance of
Rights Company, The
script and title research services
Royal Bank of Canada
financial services provider
South Centre Mall, Spryfield
special thanks
Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales
legal and business affairs
Tattersall Sound
sound post-production
Téléfilm Canada
produced and developed with the participation of
York University Department of Film
special thanks: faculty, staff and students
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