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Dice (miniseries)
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Wikipedia article
'Dice' (2001) is a Canada/UK co-produced drama television mini-series. It was directed by Rachel Talalay and written by A. L. Kennedy and John Burnside, inspired by cult 70s novel 'The Dice Man' by Luke Rhinehart.
Plot
'Dice' tells the story of charismatic psychology teacher, Glenn Taylor, who manipulates people by teaching them how to live by the throw of a dice. When the small community is shattered by the death of student Sally Quine, Detective Patrick Styvesant finds himself drawn deeper into a bizarre world where decisions are ruled by the dice. As Taylor's influence over the community deepens, Patrick also has his own demons to contend with as he battles alcoholism and his repressed homosexuality, all of which make him a perfect target for Taylor.
Main cast
*Martin Cummins as Patrick Styvesant
*Aidan Gillen as Glenn Taylor
*Gina McKee as Angela Starck
*Fred Ward as Gacy
*Brendan Fletcher as Alasdair MacCrae
*Callum Keith Rennie as Egon Schwimmer
*Tracy Wright as Gil
Awards
'Dice' was nominated twice for 2002 Gemini awards: Best Dramatic Series (producers Lorraine Richard, Greg Dummett, Gub Neal) and Best Actor in a Drama (Martin Cummins).[http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?stitle=dice&awyear=2002&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=2&curstep=4&submit.x=33&submit.y=7/ Canadas Awards Database: 2002 Geminis] , last accessed October 3, 2009
Production
'Dice' was co-produced by Cit-Amrique and Showcase Television in Canada and Box TV in the UK. It debuted on The Movie Network in Eastern Canada and on Movie Central in Western Canada in November 2001, and was originally aired as a six-episode season.[http://www.tv.com/dice-2001/show/6455/summary.html Dice at tv.com], last accessed October 3, 2009
The series was filmed in Montreal over 45 days from May to July 5, 2001.[http://www.martincumminsonline.com/index.php?/articles/articles/dice_article November 2001 article] by Jim Bawden, 'Toronto Star', last accessed October 3, 2009 It was shot on Super 16 by DOP Jean-Pierre Trudel. The leading cast included British actors (Aidan Gillen from 'Queer as Folk' and Gina McKee) as well as Canadian actors (Martin Cummins, Callum Keith Rennie, Brendan Fletcher, Mark McKinney, actor/jazz singer Dorothe Berryman, Gary Farmer), plus U.S. actor Fred Ward. The budget was $6 million.[http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/20010528/quebec.html Playback: May 28, 2001, "Cameras roll on Cite-Amerique, Box TV copro Dice"], last accessed October 3, 2009
A second six-hour season was planned to be filmed in the fall of 2002 but was never shot further to production issues.[http://www.martincumminsonline.com/index.php?/articles/articles/cummins_a_high_roller_on_dice/ Playback: 2002, "Cummins a High Roller on Dice"] , last accessed October 3, 2009
DVD
'Dice' was released in DVD in 2007 by Digital Classics DVD as a 2 x 102 mins two-parter instead of the original 6 x 34 mins episodes.
Episodes
References
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