Giant Mine (film)
| Giant Mine | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | John Hunter Martin O'Malley |
| Directed by | Penelope Buitenhuis |
| Starring | Frank Moore Peter Outerbridge Thomas Mitchell Alberta Watson Peter MacNeill |
| Theme music composer | Mark Korven |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Alan Burke |
| Cinematography | David Frazee |
| Editor | Gordon McClellan |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production company | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | December 8, 1996 |
Giant Mine is a Canadian television film, which dramatizes the events of the 1992 Giant Mine labour dispute and the subsequent bomb explosion which killed nine replacement workers. The film, written by John Hunter and Martin O'Malley and directed by Penelope Buitenhuis, aired on CBC Television in 1996.
The film received three Gemini Award nominations at the 12th Gemini Awards in 1998, for Best Dramatic TV Movie or Mini-Series (Alan Burke), Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (MacNeill) and Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series (Gordon McClellan).