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When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.
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Intimate, grave, bleak and contemporary.
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- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Oldnewbieon TMDB · Jul 2017
Upon watching this film for a second time I realized just how much it reminded me of the famous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast Orson Welles aired in 1939. With just the medium of radio he successfully created an atmosphere of panic so real people listening (who had not caught the beginning where it stated that the following was a radio drama) fled their homes thinking aliens from Mars had invaded Grovers Mill, New Jersey! "Pontypool" takes place almost exclusively inside a small radio station in the town of Pontypool, Ontario Canada. What starts out as an ordinary day slowly morphs into an extraordinary situation told almost entirely through eye witness call ins, a weather reporters sky view, and eventually the towns doctor who has a preposterous yet undeniably believable theory as to what is going on. Director Bruce McDonald and writer Tony Burgess expertly create an atmosphere of frustration, disbelief, and panic all within the confines of a single set. Never once did I feel limited by not seeing what was going on outside. Like the aforementioned "War of the Worlds" radio drama, the situation unfolds by audio reports coupled with the unexpected entrance of the doctor. For bl
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Cast
- Stephen McHattieGrant Mazzy
- Lisa HouleSydney Briar
- Georgina ReillyLaurel-Ann Drummond
- Hrant AlianakDr. Mendez
- Rick RobertsKen Loney (voice)
- Daniel FathersNigel Healing
- Beatriz YusteNancy Freethy
- Boyd BanksJay (Osama)
- Hannah FlemingMaureen (Farraj)
- Laura NordinSpooky Woman
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- Bruce McDonaldDirector
- Tony BurgessWriter
- Tony BurgessNovel
- Mirosław BaszakDirector of Photography
- Claude FoisyOriginal Music Composer
- Jeremiah MunceEditor
- Ambrose RocheProducer
- Jeffrey CoghlanProducer
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