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The Twentieth Century is a 2019 Canadian surrealist black comedy written and directed by Matthew Rankin in his full-length directorial debut. The film presents a fictionalized portrait of the rise to power of former Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King as played by Dan Beirne. It won three Canadian Screen Awards.
Nov 20, 2020 · The Twentieth Century: Directed by Matthew Rankin. With Dan Beirne, Sarianne Cormier, Catherine St-Laurent, Mikhaïl Ahooja. Determined to become the leader of the Dominion of Canada, a young W.L. Mackenzie King rises to power.
- (1.5K)
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Matthew Rankin
- 2020-11-20
Nov 20, 2020 · Inspired by the aching vulnerabilities voiced by King in his own diaries, “The Twentieth Century” takes the form of a dizzying portal into the politician’s subconscious, casting real people from his life into roles that are either fictional or composites, just as King himself recast Hitler as Joan of Arc.
Culminating in an epic battle between good and evil, King learns that disappointment may be the defining characteristic of the twentieth century! Toronto, 1899.
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- Dan Beirne
- Matthew Rankin
- Comedy, Drama
Oct 29, 2020 · Toronto, 1899. Aspiring young politician Mackenzie King (Dan Beirne) dreams of becoming the Prime Minister of Canada. But his romantic vacillation between a ...
- 3 min
- 49.8K
- Oscilloscope Laboratories
Twentieth Century is a 1934 American pre-Code screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, and Roscoe Karns. Much of the film is set on the 20th Century Limited train as it travels from Chicago to New York City.
Oct 18, 2019 · Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will first have to fight his personal obsessions and overcome the many obstacles he will encounter on his tortuous path to power.
