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Director:
Writer:
Thom Fitzgerald (writer)
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Release Date:
7 November 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
It's hard to go home... ten years after your death.
Plot:
William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
20 wins & 10 nominations more
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Cast

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Ian Parsons ... Little Sweet William
Peter MacNeill ... Whiskey Mac
Troy Veinotte ... Teen Sweet William
Kerry Fox ... Rosemary
Mark Austin ... Preacher

Joel S. Keller ... Fletcher
Heather Rankin ... Black-Eyed Susan
Christine Dunsworth ... Violet
Seana McKenna ... Iris
Joan Orenstein ... Grace

Chris Leavins ... Sweet William
Ashley MacIsaac ... Basil--Fiddler
Jocelyn Cunningham ... Laurel
Jim Faraday ... Mr. MacDougal

Sarah Polley ... Teen Rosemary
Renee Penney ... Grace the Nun
Martha Irving ... Dusty Miller
Annabelle Dexter ... Bud (as Annabelle Raine Dexter)
Michael Weir ... Police Officer
Tom Chambers ... Police Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lucy Decoutere ... Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Francine Deschepper ... Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Thom Fitzgerald ... Preacher (voice) (uncredited)
Jaime Robertson ... Best Man (uncredited)
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Directed by
Thom Fitzgerald 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Thom Fitzgerald  writer

Produced by
Gilles Bélanger .... line producer
Thom Fitzgerald .... producer
Louise Garfield .... producer
Arnie Gelbart .... producer
Mark Hammond .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
John Roby 
 
Cinematography by
Daniel Jobin (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Susan Shanks 
 
Production Design by
Taavo Soodor 
 
Art Direction by
Charlotte Harper 
 
Set Decoration by
Darlene Shiels 
 
Costume Design by
James A. Worthen 
 
Makeup Department
Paulette Cable .... key hair stylist
Rose Klatt .... key makeup artist
Colleen Ryan .... assistant hair stylist
 
Production Management
Ian Whitehead .... post-production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Barbara Badessi .... second third assistant director
Shandi Mitchell .... first assistant director (as Shandi Mitchell-Macleod)
Barry Nichols .... second assistant director
Pierrette Pretty .... third assistant director
 
Art Department
Marsha Cameron .... set dresser
Gary Allen Ferguson .... property master
Richard Fraser .... construction manager
Randy Hardy .... key scenic
Dylan MacDonald .... assistant property master
 
Sound Department
Eric Apps .... adr engineer
Richard Betanzos .... supervising sound editor
Scott Donald .... dialog editor
Philippe Espantoso .... sound re-recording mixer
Steven Gurman .... supervising sound editor
Georges Hannan .... sound
Peter Harper .... sound re-recording mixer
Paul Hubert .... foley artist
Janice Ierulli .... adr supervisor
Phil Reznick .... sound editor
Cory Rizos .... sound effects editor
Greg Shim .... adr engineer
Glenn Tussman .... supervising sound editor
André Vincelli .... dialogue editor
 
Visual Effects by
François Aubry .... visual effects
 
Stunts
Michel Leblanc .... stunts chief rigger
Lawrence Willett .... stunts effects rigger
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Dan Callis .... still photographer
Reverend Bob Chiasson .... grip (as Bob Chiasson)
Andrea Dorfman .... second assistant camera
Darryl Duzak .... electrician
Jacques Girard .... gaffer (as Jacques 'Jackson' Girard)
Kevin MacNeil .... key grip
Christopher Reardon .... still photographer (as Chris Reardon)
Conrad Roy .... best boy
Robert Zimmerman .... assistant camera
 
Casting Department
Marsha Chesley .... casting director: Toronto
John Dunsworth .... casting director: Halifax
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jeanie Kimber .... wardrobe buyer
Sian Morris Ross .... wardrobe supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Claudine Blain .... negative cutter
Vladimir Zabransky .... color timer
 
Music Department
Richard Betanzos .... music editor
Mike Jones .... music engineer
Ron Proulx .... music supervisor
Jane Siberry .... musician
 
Transportation Department
Jack Niven .... transportation coordinator
 
Other crew
Mark Austin .... location manager
Jean Brien .... production accountant
Danielle Depeyre .... script supervisor
Derek Filiatrault .... pre-production coordinator
John Frizzell .... script consultant
André Lacroix .... location assistant
Karla Morash .... production coordinator
Michael Weller .... script consultant
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Le jardin suspendu (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, language, and a scene of a hanging, and some teen drug use.
Runtime:
91 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Quotes:
Grace: [sending her grandchildren off to a school dance. To granddaughter Rosemary.] You got pockets? You carrying your protection with you?
Teen Rosemary: What?!
Grace: Started when your father was young. Every party dress had to have pockets.
[fetches something from her chest-of-drawers.]
Grace: Now ... Your hands. These'll keep you safe.
[lowers a rosary into Rosemary's open hands.]
Grace: Now, you feel some of that ... that hocus-pocus comin' into your body ... you don't have to worry.
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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
A surreal fabric of past and present, 11 November 1999
Author: Milpool from Fredericton

The Hanging garden is one of those fine metaphors about familial existence, self explanation, and coping with a certain kind of sexuality in a community which will have none of it. It's central character, a man who returns home after years away, seems out of place in such a crude and rugged environment as the East Coast. He must, in a certain kind of mindset, face what he was, and try to bury that past for good. His struggle, one of growing to realize what has happened and how he has changed, leads him on a bizarre odyssey of acceptance and growth. The rest of his family may seem somewhat rude and unkempt, but keep in mind that people are pretty much this way in the Martimes at any right. A fine film, especially by Canadian standards.

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