Seven Times Lucky

Seven Times Lucky is a Canadian crime drama film, released in 2004.[1] Directed by Gary Yates, the film stars Kevin Pollak as Harlan and Liane Balaban as Fiona, a con man and a young student who get involved in a criminal scam.

Seven Times Lucky
Directed byGary Yates
Written byGary Yates
StarringKevin Pollak
Liane Balaban
Jonas Chernick
Babz Chula
CinematographySteve Cosens
Release date
  • January 17, 2004 (2004-01-17) (Sundance)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Plot

When a veteran grafter (Pollak) loses $10,000 of his boss's money at the track, his talented young protégé (Balaban) devises a risky scheme to get it back. A low-budget film noir set in the underbelly of Winnipeg with plenty of twists and turns, 7 Times Lucky spins a fairly clichéd yarn with some sharp dialogue. The film's cast also includes Jonas Chernick, Babz Chula and Gordon Tootoosis.

Awards

The film garnered seven Genie Award nominations at the 26th Genie Awards, in the categories of Best Supporting Actress (Chula), Best Art Direction/Production Design (Deanna Rohde, Shawna Balas and Ricardo Alms), Overall Sound (Leon Johnson, Bruce Little and Howard Rissin), Sound Editing (Bruce Little and Russ Dyck) and Original Song ("When Wintertime", by Glenn Buhr and Margaret Sweatman).[2] It won the award for Best Original Song.[3]

gollark: They might not be capable of that.
gollark: They get issued the same ones by the school.
gollark: Their computers *can* compile Rust, I think.
gollark: None will be spared.
gollark: It is my computer science coursework project and the teachers don't know Rust, but they said I could use it anyway.

References
  1. "Smart, devious first feature hooks and keeps you". Montreal Gazette, September 3, 2004.
  2. "Forget the awards. Watch the party". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2006.
  3. "C.R.A.Z.Y. night at Genie Awards: Family epic captures 10 awards". Kingston Whig-Standard, March 14, 2006.


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