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PRODUCTION TEAM
Director :
Brock Simpson
Script :
Brock Simpson
Photography :
Marcus Elliott
Editor :
Nick Rotundo
Cast :
Jason Priestley, Tanya Allen, Ewen Bremner, Dave Foley, Deborah Odell, Dave Thomas
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FANCY DANCING
So Asa's never worked a day in his life. He doesn't have too. He's an artist, a composer with an obsession with music from the bygone era of 1940s big bands and 1930s crooners. He manages to eke out a wonderful Bohemian life from his modest trust fund; he lives at the aging old Empress Hotel in a lost world full of eccentric old showbusiness characters while he spends most of his time writing songs and trying to seduce women -- some of whom even succumb to his charms when he puts on his white tie and top hat, twirls a cane and sings beneath their windows. The only thing Asa loves more than his music is his son Michael, who lives with Asa's disapproving ex-wife Charity and her socially conscious boyfriend. And Michael loves his dad. Trouble is, Asa loves club-hopping and sees nothing wrong with bringing his boy along. One night Asa goes too far and faces an ultimatum from Charity and both their families: straighten up or lose access to Michael. Asa gives it a shot. He goes to work for his uncle Billy, part Scottish comedian and part bellicose corporate taskmaster. Billy runs a successful ad agency downtown and at first it looks like Asa will work out -- once he gets the hang of the 9-to-5 thing. The real test comes when Asa and co-worker Karen are assigned to generate a campaign for Rum Coolies. Asa has a dynamite idea, but it means selling out his idol. Suddenly he has to grow up. Suddenly he has to face the music.
Brock Simpson
Born in Montreal in 1968, actor, writer, composer and director Brock Simpson is perhaps best known as one half the comedy duo "Brock and John". He co-wrote their stage show An Evening With Brock and John as well as their CD Unrehearsed. He wrote the book and lyrics to Sticks and Stones - A Primitive Musical, and co-wrote and starred in Honest Ed - The Bargain Musical. He has played in several television films and appeared in PROM NIGHT (1980) and its three sequels. With his brother Brad he co-wrote BLACKHEART (1998), directed by Dominic Shiach. FANCY DANCING marks his directorial debut.
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