Shattered City:The Halifax Explosion (2003) (1 Viewer)
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Finally saw this film from Netflix. It's fictionalized but there are plenty of sources on-line for the facts. Really good performances by Canadian character actors. Special effects weren't bad either. Look for Pete Postlewaite (from the Sharpe's series) and Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves) plus Tamara Hope from the Palm Pre commercials.
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003) (TV)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368542/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
"Keith Ross Leckie scripted a mini-series entitled Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003), which took the title but has no relationship to Janet Kitz's acclaimed non-fiction book Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery (1989). The mini-series follows soldier Charlie Collins through a romantic affair and his recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder. The movie exploited computer technology in order to achieve impressive special effects on a budget. However the film was panned by critics and criticized by historians for distortions and inaccuracies. One aspect which was criticized was the representation of German spies in the city; Jim Lotz's The Sixth of December (1981) also toys with the fictional idea Halifax was home to a network of enemy spies during the war."
Harbor pilot Frank Mackey interview. The actor playing him was pretty good.
In 1958, Mackey gave an interview to CBC Radio. Listen to audio clip (runs 6:41).
http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/he2_ruins/he2_ruins_feature_mackey.html
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003) (TV)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368542/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
"Keith Ross Leckie scripted a mini-series entitled Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003), which took the title but has no relationship to Janet Kitz's acclaimed non-fiction book Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and the Road to Recovery (1989). The mini-series follows soldier Charlie Collins through a romantic affair and his recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder. The movie exploited computer technology in order to achieve impressive special effects on a budget. However the film was panned by critics and criticized by historians for distortions and inaccuracies. One aspect which was criticized was the representation of German spies in the city; Jim Lotz's The Sixth of December (1981) also toys with the fictional idea Halifax was home to a network of enemy spies during the war."
Harbor pilot Frank Mackey interview. The actor playing him was pretty good.
In 1958, Mackey gave an interview to CBC Radio. Listen to audio clip (runs 6:41).
http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/he2_ruins/he2_ruins_feature_mackey.html
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Thanks for your thoughts on this. I've thought about seeing this movie one of these days since this event is such an (overlooked) part of Canadian history (our 9/11?). As for it being caused by German spies, I doubt it.