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The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

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Original title

Year

1986

Running time

110 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Andy Jones, Michael Jones

Screenwriter

Michael Jones, Andy Jones, Rick Boland, Mack Furlong, Susan Hoddinott, Robert Joy, Greg Malone, Neil Murray, Mary WalshSee 5 More

Cast

Music

Robert Joy, Pamela Morgan, Paul Steffler

Cinematography

Michael Jones

Producer

Faustus Bidgood Productions, Newfoundland Films, National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Genre

Comedy | Surrealism. Dancing. Education

Synopsis

Faustus is a clerk in the St. Johns, Newfoundland department of education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and staging a secession from Canada. Back in the real world, Faustus' boss Robert Joy plans to indoctrinate the citizenry of Newfoundland with a cultish geometric theory known as Total Education, but Joy may be foiled at any minute by the revelation of his earlier career as a flamenco dancer.

Awards: 1987: Genie Awards (Canada): 3 nominations

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The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

1986

Andy Jones, Michael Jones