Les Halman Movie Trailers

In Praise of Older Women Trailer (1978)

22 September 1978

Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.

One Man Trailer (1977)

26 April 1977

In this socially conscious drama, a TV journalist begins investigating a large factory that has been threatening the health of the children who live in the town's poorest, most polluted section.

In Bed with an Elephant Trailer (1987)

30 October 1987

This feature documentary provides a gripping retrospective of United States-Canada relationships through a study of successive presidents and prime ministers.

Wet Earth and Warm People Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

This documentary by Michael Rubbo (Waiting for Fidel) offers candid glimpses of Indonesia and its people.

Where the Bay Becomes the Sea Trailer (1985)

31 December 1985

This is a documentary about the fragile and complex marine ecosystem in the Bay of Fundy. The film traces relationships within the food chain - from tiny plankton to birds and seals and finally to whales and humans.

Juggernaut Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

In 1968, a convoy set off to transport a Calandria, the 70-ton core of a Canadian nuclear reactor, to Rajasthan in India.

Strings Trailer (1991)

01 October 1991

This film explores the distant relationship between an elderly amateur musician, the woman who lives in the apartment above him, and the leaky bathtub that is bothering them both.

Norman Jewison, Film Maker Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Toronto-born Norman Jewison first gained prominence producing for Canadian television, then went on to greater success making Hollywood theatrical features.

Justice Denied Trailer (1989)

24 September 1989

Donald Marshall is imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit.

The Brothers Byrne Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

Torn between the world of their childhood and the world where they must now live and work, two flamboyant Newfoundlanders pay a nostalgic visit to the deserted outport where they were born.

Max in the Morning Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

At the microphone with Max Ferguson, radio satirist, as he creates his weekday-morning program. Filmed inside his CBC broadcasting booth, this film watches and records as Max ad-libs his way through zany interpretations of news events.

Grierson Trailer (1973)

13 September 1973

This feature film is a portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939.

Where There's Smoke Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

A compilation of satirical anti-smoking clips.

Blackwood Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood.

Empty Harbours, Empty Dreams Trailer (1976)

31 December 1976

The film explores how the three British colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island became provinces of Canada and charts the subsequent decline of their economies after Confederation.

Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention Trailer (1977)

10 September 1977

This feature documentary offers an incisive look at Canadian politics at the 1976 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention.

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood Trailer (1986)

02 January 1986

Faustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and seceding from Canada.

Singlehanders Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Follow two Canadians, Bob Lush and Mike Birch, aboard their yachts during the 1980 Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race.

I Like to See the Wheels Turn Trailer (1981)

30 December 1981

To anyone outside the Atlantic provinces, K. C. Irving is virtually unknown. Yet he is reputed to be the richest man in Canada, patriarch of a New Brunswick-based industrial empire involving oil, transportation, newspapers, lumber and much more.

This Was the Time Trailer (1970)