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| name           = The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess
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| director       = [[Bruce McDonald (director)|Bruce McDonald]]
| producer       = Debra Beard<br>Rob Bromley<br>John Ritchie
| writer         = [[Angus Fraser (television producer)|Angus Fraser]]
| starring       = [[Joely Collins]]<br>[[Ben Bass (actor)|Ben Bass]]<br>[[Hugh Dillon]]
| music          = [[Broken Social Scene]]
| cinematography = Danny Nowak
| editing        = Karen Porter
| studio         = [[Force Four Entertainment]]<br>[[Citytv]]
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| released       = {{Film date|2004|9|17|[[2004 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]}}
| runtime        = 91 minutes
| country        = Canada
| language       = English
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'''''The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess''''' is a Canadian drama film, directed by [[Bruce McDonald (director)|Bruce McDonald]] and released in 2004.<ref name=kooky>"Movie based on Vancouver juror Gillian Guess 'kooky:' director Bruce McDonald". [[Canadian Press]], September 19, 2004.</ref> The film is loosely based on the real-life story of [[Gillian Guess]], who was convicted of [[obstruction of justice]] in 1998 after she became romantically involved with an accused murderer while serving as a juror at his trial, although McDonald himself freely admitted that the film takes "kooky" diversions into animated and musical sequences rather than attempting to literally depict the true story;<ref name=kooky/> in the adaptation, Guess is recounting her version of the story as a guest on a fictional television show hosted by tabloid talk show host Bobby Tomahawk.<ref>"Film hard to watch, but worth the effort". ''[[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix]]'', January 6, 2006.</ref>
The film stars [[Joely Collins]] as Guess, [[Ben Bass (actor)|Ben Bass]] as Peter Gill and [[Hugh Dillon]] as Bobby Tomahawk. The film's score was composed by [[Broken Social Scene]], including their single "[[Lover's Spit]]", although music by [[Lucinda Williams]], [[Josh Rouse]] and [[Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir]] was also used.<ref name=kooky/>
The film premiered at the [[2004 Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref>"Canadian titles break out of ghetto at 2004 edition of Toronto Film Festival". ''[[Canada NewsWire]]'', August 3, 2004.</ref> but apart from some follow-up film festival and repertory theatre screenings it was distributed primarily as a [[television film]] on [[Citytv]] rather than going into general theatrical release.<ref>"Tonight in TO". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 23, 2005.</ref>
It was a finalist for Best Motion Picture at the [[Leo Awards]] in 2005,<ref>"Queue: The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', April 21, 2005.</ref> and for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries at the [[21st Gemini Awards]].<ref>"Gemini rule: Voters can be fickle". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', November 4, 2006.</ref> Collins won the award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film at the [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2004]].<ref>"'Elvis Costello of movies' wins top local prize". ''[[The Province]]'', January 20, 2005.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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{{Bruce McDonald}}
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