Eighteen
- Release Information
- December 4, 2004
- Whistler Film Festival
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- December 4, 2004
- SET FOR release Vancouver (Cinemark Tinseltown 12)
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- June 16, 2006
- Whistler Film Festival
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- June 16, 2006
- SET FOR release Vancouver (Cinemark Tinseltown 12)
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- December 4, 2004
- Whistler Film Festival
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- December 4, 2004
- SET FOR release Vancouver (Cinemark Tinseltown 12)
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- June 16, 2006
- Whistler Film Festival
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- June 16, 2006
- SET FOR release Vancouver (Cinemark Tinseltown 12)
- Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
- Budget
- Distributors
Production Details
- Line Producer
- Carly Pope
- Director
- Richard Bell
- Harry Sutherland
- Richard Bell
- Music
- Bramwell Tovey
- Writer
- Richard Bell
- Richard Bell
- Cast
- Ian McKellen
- Ian McKellen
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Brendan Fletcher
- Alan Cumming
- Clarence Sponagle
- David Beazely
- Thea Gill
- Thea Gill
- Mark Hildreth
- Mark Hildreth
- Carly Pope
- Carly Pope
- Carly Pope
- Carly Pope
- Carly Pope
- Carly Pope
- Carly Pope
- Carly Pope
- Carly Pope
- Paul Anthony
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
- Serge Houde
Pip (Paul Anthony) is a street kid who is meeting life head-on in the big city. On his eighteenth birthday, he receives his grandfather's Second World War memoirs on audio cassette, a gift that awakens the ghost of the past. His grandfather (Brendan Fletcher / Ian McKellen) relates the story of the day he turned eighteen, fleeing German forces through the woods of France with his dying comrade Macauley (Mark Hildreth) hanging on for life. In Pip's own and contemporary way, he begins to live the parallel life of his grandfather, each lost in their own world and generation.
Along Pip's path he stumbles into an unlikely alliance with Clark (Clarence Sponagle), a gay street hustler on the make, and Jenny (Carly Pope), an aspiring social worker who tempts Pip with feelings of love and family. He also forges a small but important relationship with a local priest (Alan Cumming), in whom he confides his deepest secret: the death of his brother and the heinous act his father committed against him.
War is fought on many fronts but it does have its reprieves. EIGHTEEN is also a story laced with romance, hope, humour and sex. It is heartfelt and cynical, with breezy dialogue and realistic, likeable characters. A fusion of forces and genres: past and present, war and peace, comedy and tragedy, Eighteen covers a lot of ground with confidence and integrity.
Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
