In the Belly of the Dragon
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| Directed by | Yves Simoneau |
| Produced by | Michel Gauthier |
| Written by | Marcel Beaulieu Pierre Revelin Yves Simoneau |
| Starring | David La Haye Rémy Girard Michel Côté Monique Mercure Marie Tifo |
| Music by | Richard Grégoire |
| Cinematography | Alain Dostie |
| Edited by | André Corriveau |
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Les Films Lenox
Les Productions Québec-Amérique |
| Distributed by | Alliance Films |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
| Box office | C$1.16 million (Canada)[1] |
In the Belly of the Dragon (French: Dans le ventre du dragon) is a Canadian comedy science fiction film, directed by Yves Simoneau and released in 1989.[2] The film stars David La Haye as Lou, an aimless slacker who is dissatisfied with his job distributing flyers around the city, and signs up to be a drug testing subject for two mysterious scientists (Monique Mercure and Marie Tifo); meanwhile, his delivery colleagues Steve (Rémy Girard) and Bozo (Michel Côté) must team up to find and rescue him before the medical experiments go horribly wrong.[3]
The cast also includes Andrée Lachapelle, Pierre Curzi, Jean-Louis Millette, Roy Dupuis, Angèle Coutu, Suzanne Champagne and Pierrette Robitaille.
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Reception
The film set what was at the time Quebec's all-time record for box office receipts in the first three days of release[4] and was the third-highest-grossing film in Canada for the year with a gross of C$1.16 million.[1]
Award
Paul Dion received a Genie Award nomination for Best Sound Editing at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990.[5]
References
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- ↑ "Innovative Quebecois director Yves Simoneau stands alone". Montreal Gazette, February 18, 1989.
- ↑ "Stylish Quebec film finds a ready market: Young Montrealers flock to Yves Simoneau's latest as director celebrates early box-office success". The Globe and Mail, February 24, 1989.
- ↑ "New Quebec comedy sets box-office record". Montreal Gazette, February 23, 1989.
- ↑ "Jesus film leads Genies". Ottawa Citizen, February 13, 1990.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). In the Belly of the Dragon at IMDb
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