Douglas Bowie: Film & TV Scripts
Must Be Santa
Christmas movie for CBC and Universal. Produced by Robert Sherrin. Directed by Brad Turner. Starring Dabney Coleman, Arnold Pinnock, Deanna Milligan.
"A dazzling new twist on a festive tradition ... so cleverly written ... One of the best new holiday films in years." -- TV GUIDE
"Captivating ... Destined to be a holiday favourite well into the next millenium ... has what every great holiday classic must have -- the power to make us believe all over again." -- Toronto Sun
Grand Larceny
MOW. Sequel to Gemini Award winner "Love and Larceny". A CBC production. Produced by Robert Sherrin. Directed by Stephen Surjik. Starring Jennifer Dale, Kenneth Welsh, Robert Joy, Victor Garber.
"Masterful... sheer entertainment... It's funny, fast, sexy and above all, clever." -- Toronto Star
"A grand delight from start to finish ... The script's appealing wit and steady flow of twists keeps you guessing right up 'til the end." -- Hamilton Spectator.
"Bowie's script, which twists and loops back on itself in the fashion of a classic sting movie, is the star of this delightful film." -- Ottawa Citizen
Obsessed
Feature film. A Telescene production. Produced by Robin Spry and Jamie Brown. Directed by Robin Spry. Starring Kerrie Keane, Saul Rubinek, Colleen Dewhurst (Genie Award).
"The superbly sustained and ever mounting tension, the ingenuity of the script, shot through with irony, and the acting cannot be praised enough" -- Los Angeles Times
"A stylish thriller ... compelling, mesmerizing ... Douglas Bowie has crafted a suspenseful script ... much more humane and much less manipulative than Fatal Attraction." -- Globe and Mail
Chasing Rainbows
Michael Riley, Paul Gross and Julie Stewart in Chasing Rainbows
Mini-series. 14 hours. CBC. Produced by Mark Blandford. Directed by William Fruet, Bruce Pittman, Mark Blandford. Starring Paul Gross, Michael Riley, Julie Stewart.
"Great TV, and best of all, it's ours... it has everything you've ever wanted in a popular drama and stands up with anything you've seen from any country -- a good story, well told, beautifully produced." -- Vancouver Province
"A treat to watch ... with convincing characters in a deftly handled plot, the series is like a good novel... Strong acting and a script by Douglas Bowie that is always good and sometimes superb, mark an event to be celebrated." -- Ottawa Citizen
"Wonderfully dramatic and romantic ... a triumph for Bowie." -- Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema
Love and Larceny
Jennifer Dale as con artist Betsy Bigley in Love and Larceny
MOW. (Gemini Award - Best TV Movie) A CBC production. Produced by Robert Sherrin. Directed by Rob Iscove. Starring Jennifer Dale, Douglas Rain (ACTRA Award), Kenneth Welsh, Brent Carver.
"Excellent ... a super yarn by ACTRA Award winner Douglas Bowie ... Jennifer Dale makes a gorgeous and convincing crook." -- Toronto Star
"Captivating ... a rollick with irresistable panache ... a lark whose song is endlessly entertaining." -- Maclean's
The Boy In Blue
Feature film. Twentieth Century-Fox. Produced by John Kemeny. Directe by Charles Jarrott. Starring Nicolas Cage, Christopher Plummer, Cynthia Dale.
"... full of energy and exuberance... scrumptuous... you just can't help rooting for Hanlan." -- Toronto Star
Empire, Inc.
Denys Arcand directs Kenneth Welsh and Jennifer Dale in Empire, Inc.
Mini-series. A CBC-Radio Canada co-production. Produced by Mark Blandford. Directed by Denys Arcand and Doug Jackson. Starring Kenneth Welsh (ACTRA Award), Martha Henry (ACTRA Award), Jennifer Dale, Linda Griffiths.
"One of the most ambitious dramatic productions in the history of Canadian television. Superbly written by Douglas Bowie. Layered with subplots and richly etched characters ... quite possibly the network's best drama ever." -- Canadian Press
"It's terrific. In the best of all possible worlds, every TV set in Canada would be tuned to the CBC on Sunday night. Empire, Inc. is that good." -- Montreal Gazette
The Newcomers
TV drama. A Nielsen-Ferns production. Directed by Rene Bonniere. Starring Bruno Gerussi and Martha Henry (Genie Award).
"Douglas Bowie's fine writing evokes fine performances ... best in the Newcomers series." - Globe and Mail
The Man Who Wanted To Be Happy
TV Drama. CBC. Produced by Henry Tarvainen. Directed by Ron Weyman. Starring Jackie Burroughs, Neil Dainard.
"Uncommonly comedy-wise script ... quite delightful. The payoff is dramatically superb." -- Toronto Sun
U-Turn
Feature film. Produced and directed by George Kaczender. Starring David Selby, Maud Adams. Official Canadian entry to the Berlin Film Festival
"A fresh, humorous, surprisingly affecting love story." -- Montreal Star
Scoop
TV drama. CBC "For the Record". Produced by Henry Tarvainen. Directed by Tony Parris. Starring Scott Hylands, Lloyd Bochner.
"Vivid and entertaining." -- TV Guide
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TV drama. CBC. Produced and directed by Jack Nixon-Browne. Starring Chuck Shamata, Diana LeBlanc.
"A thoughtful well-observed, excellently written script."-- Montreal Star
A Gun, a Grand, a Girl
TV drama. CBC. Produced by Philip Keatly. Directed by Ron Weyman. Starring Chuck Shamata, Kenneth Welsh.
"A deft comic story" -- Vancouver Sun.
The Krokonol Hustlers
TV mini-series, four half-hours. CBC. Produced and directed by Gary Plaxton.
"Very witty, very stylish." -- Montreal Star
Amnesty
Television play. CBC. Produced and directed by Gary Plaxton. Starring Gillie Fenwick.
"Compassionate and compelling TV drama." -- Ottawa Citizen
Who Was The Lone Ranger?
Television play. CBC. Produced and directed by Michael Sinelnikoff. Starring John Kastner. Prize winner, CBC national playwriting competition.
Additional credits include:
- Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy (1 ep.)
- and numerous one hour and half hour dramas for CBC, NFB, including --
- Shantymen Of Cache Lake
- The War is Over
- Breakdown
- No Way of Telling
- Bargain Basement
- Gunplay
- The Contest Eaters
- and radio plays, including --
- Prop Man
- That Summer in Paris
- Doug Bowie also teaches occasional writing workshops, and works as a dramaturge in theatre and story editor in film & TV.