Horror ·Thriller ·Drama · Canada · 1980 · 1h 30m

Deadline

Deadline poster
Director
Mario Azzopardi
Cast
Stephen Young as Steven Lessey Sharon Masters as Elizabeth Lessey Marvin Goldhar as Burt Horowitz Jeannie Elias as Darlene Winters Cindy Hinds as Sharon Lessey Phillip Leonard as Philip Lessey
Crew
Manfred Guthe — Director of Photography Josef Ruff — Editor Harvey Zlatarits — Editor Gary Zubeck — Editor Sam Bari — Original Music Composer Richard Oleksiak — Screenplay
Tagline

His obsession was to create the ultimate horror story… his curse was to live it.

Synopsis

A horror film about a screenwriter who loses the ability to distinguish between his fantasy world and the real world, with disastrous consequences. As he ruminates on his place in any world and loses his grip, he also loses his wife and his children's respect, and critics tear him apart. The final undoing of this screenwriter is a deadline that must be met at all costs, costs that perhaps are too great.

Mood & Themes
screenwriterpregnancydrug addictiontoronto, canadaburned alivedecapitationwriterbathtubfilmmakingnovelisthorror filmmakinggiving birth
Key Collaborators
Mario Azzopardi Director Manfred Guthe Director of Photography Josef Ruff Editor Harvey Zlatarits Editor Gary Zubeck Editor Sam Bari Original Music Composer Richard Oleksiak Screenplay Mario Azzopardi Screenplay Mario Azzopardi Story Henry Less Producer
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