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Sabbatical (TV series)
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Sabbatical is a 2007
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television movie, which was filmed in August 2007, as a pilot, and aired on 23 November 2007.
The film, follows Patrick Marlowe (who is on sabbatical), his paleontologist wife Dr. Julie Marlowe, and their children, as they leave the big city for Julie's dinosaur dig in Saskatchewan
's Avonlea Badlands
(located south of Regina
).
To be close to the dig The family moves to the fictional small town of Beacon Vista. On their way to Beacon Vista, their mildly autistic son Danny is almost kidnapped by a trucker who had previously helped them change a tire while, flirting with the daughter Gwyneth.
The family quickly finds some oddities about their new home. Cell phones don't work, and the local minister preaches the end is near.
The family wakes up after their first night in the new home to discover that a triple murder (a mother and two children whose husband/father is working on an oil rig) occurred next door while they slept.
Later, while both playing a video game and sleeping, Danny has some sort of psychic vision related to the murders.
Patrick also has some back-story involving a scam he pulled with Jack Driscoll (a now dead former coworker) and some related missing money.
The last revelations of the film are that the murders, and possibly some local teens, are connected to devil worship. While Sabbatical and Sabbath are related in their connection to time off and generally have positive connotations, the root sabbat is also used for wiccan
holidays, and has a history of negative connotations in fictional works (music, and games).
2007 in television
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television movie, which was filmed in August 2007, as a pilot, and aired on 23 November 2007.
The film, follows Patrick Marlowe (who is on sabbatical), his paleontologist wife Dr. Julie Marlowe, and their children, as they leave the big city for Julie's dinosaur dig in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
's Avonlea Badlands
Badlands
A badlands is a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded by wind and water. It can resemble malpaís, a terrain of volcanic rock. Canyons, ravines, gullies, hoodoos and other such geological forms are common in badlands. They are often...
(located south of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
).
To be close to the dig The family moves to the fictional small town of Beacon Vista. On their way to Beacon Vista, their mildly autistic son Danny is almost kidnapped by a trucker who had previously helped them change a tire while, flirting with the daughter Gwyneth.
The family quickly finds some oddities about their new home. Cell phones don't work, and the local minister preaches the end is near.
The family wakes up after their first night in the new home to discover that a triple murder (a mother and two children whose husband/father is working on an oil rig) occurred next door while they slept.
Later, while both playing a video game and sleeping, Danny has some sort of psychic vision related to the murders.
Patrick also has some back-story involving a scam he pulled with Jack Driscoll (a now dead former coworker) and some related missing money.
The last revelations of the film are that the murders, and possibly some local teens, are connected to devil worship. While Sabbatical and Sabbath are related in their connection to time off and generally have positive connotations, the root sabbat is also used for wiccan
Wicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
holidays, and has a history of negative connotations in fictional works (music, and games).
Cast
- Matthew BennettMatthew BennettMatthew Ray Bennett is a Canadian actor, writer and director. At the age of 20 he moved from his hometown of Toronto, Ontario to Vancouver, British Columbia to pursue an acting career...
as Patrick Marlowe - Anne Marie DeLuise (née Anne Marie LoderAnne Marie LoderAnne Marie Loder is a Canadian actress from St John's, Newfoundland, Canada. She is married to actor and director Peter DeLuise...
) as Julie Marlowe - Tatiana MaslanyTatiana Maslany-Acting career:Maslany is one of the stars of the Canadian TV series 2030 CE and is best known in her role as the character Ghost in Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed...
as Gwyneth Marlowe - Quinn LordQuinn LordQuinn Edmond Julian Lord is a Canadian child actor probably best known for playing Sam in Trick 'r Treat. His career started in 2004.-Films:-Television:-External links:**...
as Danny Marlowe - Greyston Holt as Jordan (the local teen leader)
- Antonio CupoAntonio CupoAntonio Cupo is a Canadian actor.He was born into a family of Italian emigrants who came to Canada in 1968. His father Manlio is from Palomonte, a small town in the province of Salerno, south-western Italy and his mother Lucia from Barletta, a province of Bari.In 2007, Antonio Cupo starred in a...
as Paolo (Julie's associate at the dig) - Crystal AllenCrystal AllenCrystal Allen is an American film and television actress.Allen has appeared in guest star roles, including episodes of such TV series as Sex and the City, Ed, The Sopranos, NCIS, Boston Legal, Star Trek: Enterprise, JAG, Desperate Housewives and others...
as Wendy (the bartender) - Tygh RunyanTygh Runyan-Life and career:Runyan was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. His father is an environmental science professor at the University of British Columbia, and his mother is a poet...
as Caleb Brown (the trucker) - Stephen McHattieStephen McHattieStephen McHattie is a Canadian actor.-Life and career:McHattie was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia....
as Police Chief Gil Brewer - Patrick McKennaPatrick McKennaPatrick McKenna born May 8, 1960 in Sylvania, Saskatchewan is a Canadian comedic and actor. He is best known for playing Harold Green on the television series The Red Green Show, Marty Stephens on Traders, and the Trudeau miniseries. McKenna is a member of Toronto's The Second City comedy troupe...
as Reverend Brown - Daniella Beltrami as Betty (next door neighbour, and ghost)
Crew
- casting – Corinne Clark & Jennifer Page
- costume designer – Jill Aslin
- production designer – Sara McCudden
- editor – Teresa Hannigan
- composer – James Jandrisch
- director of photography – Michael Storey, csc
- line producer – Rhonda Baker
- co-producer – Stephen Onda
- supervising producer – Shannon Farr
- executive producer – Barbara Bowlby
- executive producer – John Brunton
- creator & writer – Peter Mitchell
- director – Ken Girotti
Production
- Insight Production Company Ltd. (home page)
- Saskatchewan Film and Video Development Corporation (SaskFilm)
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