In the Dark (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Leonard Farlinger

Writers:

R.B. Carney (writer)
David Fraser (writer)

Release Date:

20 October 2003 (Canada)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Diagnosed as a schizophrenic, a daughter who maintains that her father was experimented on in the 1950s now believes that the CIA is after her. |

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Michael Murphy	...	George Speller
Kathleen Robertson	...	Rachel Speller
Joanne Vannicola	...	Sadie Speller
Fiona Reid	...	Rose Speller
Alan Van Sprang	...	Lawrence Taylor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chad Bruce	...	Young George Speller
Ernesto Griffith	...	FBI Agent
Robert Huculak	...	Interrogation Cop
Chad Panting	...	Elevator Guy
Bradley Sawatzky	...	CIA Mugger
Jessica Scott	...	Girl In Car
Chris Sigurdson	...	CIA operative
Adam Smoluk	...	Jimmy
Jon Ted Wynne	...	Dr. Ross

Directed by
Leonard Farlinger

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
R.B. Carney		writer
David Fraser		writer

Produced by
Kim Berlin	....	supervising producer: Buena Vista International
Patrick Cassavetti	....	supervising producer
Scott Garvie	....	co-executive producer
Laura Harbin	....	co-producer
Christina Jennings	....	producer
Virginia Rankin	....	co-producer
Kim Todd	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Meiro Stamm

Cinematography by
Barry Stone

Film Editing by
Lisa Grootenboer

Casting by
Gillian Hawser

Production Design by
Craig Sandells

Art Direction by
Laura Souter

Set Decoration by
Maryam Decter

Costume Design by
Charlotte Penner

Makeup Department
Katie Brennan	....	makeup department head
Frances Hans	....	first assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Dave Mahoney	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Antoniuk	....	first assistant director
Richard Duffy	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Lloyd Brandson	....	key scenic artist
Alexis Labra	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Marvyn Dennis	....	dialogue editor
John Gare	....	sound re-recording mixer
Leon Johnson	....	production sound mixer
Cailey Milito	....	assistant sound editor
Paul Morrow	....	boom operator
Jordan Pede	....	sound assistant

Visual Effects by
Chad Malbon	....	visual effects producer: ToyBox

Stunts
Lisa Anne Durupt	....	stunt double
Chuck Robinson	....	stunt coordinator
Rick Skene	....	stunt coordinator
Rick Skene	....	stunt driver
John Bekavac	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Arlea Ashcroft	....	electrician
Jason Heke	....	second assistant camera
Claude Savard	....	Steadicam operator
Claude Savard	....	jimmy jib operator

Casting Department
Eleanor Erum	....	extras casting assistant
Jonathan Payne	....	casting assistant
Kari Rieger	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Patricia J. Henderson	....	assistant costume designer
Heather Neale	....	set costume supervisor

Music Department
Tim Arthur	....	scoring mixer

Transportation Department
John Bekavac	....	picture car coordinator
John Bekavac	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Neal Baksh	....	production assistant
Dave Brown	....	firearms safety coordinator
Andrea Hutchison	....	production coordinator
Vince Krochak	....	key set production assistant
Liza Lakhoian	....	accounting clerk
Scott Layton	....	assistant production coordinator
Markian Saray	....	production assistant
Darryl Solly	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Shaftesbury Films

Distributors

• Buena Vista International (2003) (TV) (non-USA)

Runtime:

Canada:91 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

Shaftesbury Films

It's not paranoia.

IN THE DARK is a film about reality that is treated as paranoia. Sadie is treated in the same way that the real life victims of mind control experiments are treated. The assumption is that anyone who tries to tell the truth about such a subject must be paranoid.

Everyone knows that such things cannot happen in "free countries," but as the film suggests, anything can be done in a free country as long as it is done in secret and as long as no one believes that such things can be done in a free country.

IN THE DARK deserves the highest rating for its courage in tackling a topic that is being kept secret from the people by the general media. Mind control is neither fiction nor paranoia. It is reality.

Anyone who wants to know the truth on this subject can find it by doing a Google search on "mind control." This brings up 20.8 million references. The reality of mind control experiments in the U.S. is beyond question, but it is also beyond the knowledge of the public.

Sadie is a victim of the belief that horrors such as mind control experiments can only happen in the movies. Paranoia is the cover-up for the reality which the perpetrators want to conceal and which the people do not want to believe.

This is a movie about reality that purports to be fiction. It is considered acceptable as fiction but not as reality. This is why you find truth about this subject in a movie and not in the newspapers.

See this film and compare it with real life experiences that can easily be found by a simple search. Then thank the producers for their start in telling truth that urgently needs to be told.

The film does not begin to tell the full story of the real mind control experiments, and it avoids some apparent truth, but it performs a major service in raising a subject about which we all need to learn a great deal more.

Tonalane