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01-11-2007, 11:37 AM
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January Films and Kinosmith presents
"THE BODYBUILDER AND I"
Award-winning feature documentary by
Bryan Friedman
Opens in Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa on Friday, November 2, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 -Told with humour and sensitivity, "The Bodybuilder and I" is a feature documentary about success, failure, shame and family. It is a journey into the strange subculture of geriatric bodybuilders and into the life of a man who is determined to regain his status as champion. And it is the journey of an estranged son trying to discover who his father really is – in hopes that he can learn to love and respect him for the first time.
Every June, 59-year-old Bill Friedman waxes his body, strips down to the smallest bikini shorts imaginable, slathers himself with bronzing spray and then struts his way across a stage where he flexes his impressive muscles and gyrates before a crowd of hundreds. Bill is a competitive bodybuilder – a former world champ in the age 50-60 category. And now he’s determined to win his title back.
Documentary director Bryan Friedman is 26. Bill – Bryan's dad – hasn't been around since Bryan was a baby. Over the last two decades, the two have spent virtually no time together. Bryan's feelings are complicated – but mostly negative, with a deep dose of embarrassment over Bill's muscle-bound body and single-minded bodybuilding obsession.
In "The Bodybuilder and I", Bryan chronicles his dad's attempt to make it back to the top. And somehow – between bench presses, tanning sessions, costume shopping and the occasional furtive cigarette – the two men are come to know, and maybe even sort of understand, each other.
Shot on location in Toronto, Montreal and Fort Lauderdale, Bryan Friedman’s
first film has won the hearts of audiences and critics alike. "The Bodybuilder and I" was awarded Best Canadian Documentary at 2007 Hot Docs as well as at the 2007 Atlantic Film Festival.
"The Bodybuilder and I" is a January Films Production, in co-production with The National Film Board of Canada in association with TVOntario and The Documentary Channel.
www.thebodybuilderandi.com
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5098417009
www.myspace.com/thebodybuilderandi
For images:
www.vkpr.ca/press.html
login: images / password: vkpr
For further information and to book interviews:
V Kelly & Associates
416-466-9799
info@vkpr.ca
January Films and Kinosmith presents
"THE BODYBUILDER AND I"
Award-winning feature documentary by
Bryan Friedman
Opens in Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa on Friday, November 2, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 -Told with humour and sensitivity, "The Bodybuilder and I" is a feature documentary about success, failure, shame and family. It is a journey into the strange subculture of geriatric bodybuilders and into the life of a man who is determined to regain his status as champion. And it is the journey of an estranged son trying to discover who his father really is – in hopes that he can learn to love and respect him for the first time.
Every June, 59-year-old Bill Friedman waxes his body, strips down to the smallest bikini shorts imaginable, slathers himself with bronzing spray and then struts his way across a stage where he flexes his impressive muscles and gyrates before a crowd of hundreds. Bill is a competitive bodybuilder – a former world champ in the age 50-60 category. And now he’s determined to win his title back.
Documentary director Bryan Friedman is 26. Bill – Bryan's dad – hasn't been around since Bryan was a baby. Over the last two decades, the two have spent virtually no time together. Bryan's feelings are complicated – but mostly negative, with a deep dose of embarrassment over Bill's muscle-bound body and single-minded bodybuilding obsession.
In "The Bodybuilder and I", Bryan chronicles his dad's attempt to make it back to the top. And somehow – between bench presses, tanning sessions, costume shopping and the occasional furtive cigarette – the two men are come to know, and maybe even sort of understand, each other.
Shot on location in Toronto, Montreal and Fort Lauderdale, Bryan Friedman’s
first film has won the hearts of audiences and critics alike. "The Bodybuilder and I" was awarded Best Canadian Documentary at 2007 Hot Docs as well as at the 2007 Atlantic Film Festival.
"The Bodybuilder and I" is a January Films Production, in co-production with The National Film Board of Canada in association with TVOntario and The Documentary Channel.
www.thebodybuilderandi.com
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5098417009
www.myspace.com/thebodybuilderandi
For images:
www.vkpr.ca/press.html
login: images / password: vkpr
For further information and to book interviews:
V Kelly & Associates
416-466-9799
info@vkpr.ca