Donald Shebib

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Donald Shebib

Born January 17, 1938 · Toronto, Canada

Died November 5, 2023 · aged 85

Donald Everett Shebib (27 January 1938 – 5 November 2023) was a Canadian film and television director. Shebib was a central figure in the development of English Canadian cinema who made several short documentaries for the National Film Board of Canada and CBC Television in the 1960s before turning to feature films, beginning with the influential Goin' Down the Road (1970) and what many call his ma…

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Dementia 13Dementia 13 · 1963
Dementia 13
★ 5.51963
MovieHorrorMystery
A scheming widow hatches a bold plan to acquire her late husband's inheritance, unaware that she is being targeted by an ax murderer who lurks in the family's estate.
NightalkNightalk · 2022
Nightalk
★ 5.72022
MovieThrillerRomance
A female cop goes undercover on a phone-sex app to solve a murder investigation as she risks becoming the killer's next victim.
Between FriendsBetween Friends · 1973
Between Friends
★ 7.01973
MovieDramaCrime
An ex-con, his daughter and her two friends plan the elaborate heist of a nickel mine in Northern Ontario.
The PathfinderThe Pathfinder · 1996
The Pathfinder
★ 5.41996
MovieAdventureTV Movie
In this sequel to The Last of the Mohicans, the Pathfinder (Kevin Dillon) defends a British fort under siege during the French and Indian Wars. His Indian father, Chingachgook (Graham Greene), and the lovely Mabel Dunham (Laurie Holden) are swept up in the battle, and the Pathfinder finds himself forced to choose between his father and the woman he loves. The film is based on last of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales."
Running BraveRunning Brave · 1983
Running Brave
★ 4.31983
MovieDrama
The story of Billy Mills the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics.
The Little KidnappersThe Little Kidnappers · 1990
The Little Kidnappers
★ 5.71990
MovieTV MovieCrime
Loosely based on a '50's movie of the same name, it tells the story of two young orphan boys who travel by themselves from the Old country to join their father's family in Canada. There they encounter their stern disciplinarian grandfather who has alienated himself from some of his neighbors. There is particularly no love lost between the grandfather and his Dutch neighbors, who he generalizes as being responsible for his son's death in the Boor War. A side product of this animosity is that it is keeping apart the boy's aunt and her Dutch doctor suitor. The two boys change everything though when they find a young baby on the beach...
The ClimbThe Climb · 1986
The Climb
★ 7.01986
MovieAdventure
Based on the true story of the 1953 assault on Nanga Parbat, a treacherous Himalayan Peak.
The AscentThe Ascent · 1994
The Ascent
★ 6.41994
MovieWarAdventure
The real-life adventure of a dashing Italian soldier who escapes a British prisoner-of-war camp because he dreams of climbing 17,000-foot Mt. Kenya and planting the Italian flag at the summit. The obsessive British camp commander pursues him, and the two men are locked in a battle of wills, fuelled by honor and their love for the same woman.

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Rip-OffRip-Off · 1971
Rip-Off
★ 4.01971
MovieComedyDrama
Best friends Michael, Steve, Cooly and Richie are seniors at a large Toronto high school. Foremost on their minds and that of many of their classmates are what they are going to do this upcoming summer and beyond. They don't want to waste away the summer much like they did this past summer. Mike is being pressured by his parents to go to university following graduation from high school, although Mike himself is unsure if that's what he wants to do. Other ideas they discuss are to tour with their band, Arctic Madness, or to start a commune on a five hundred acre parcel of wilderness property outside of Timmins that was deeded to Mike. As the end of the school year approaches and these successive ideas come and fall by the wayside, the four come to a realization of what their future together holds

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