Soundtrack: Eldon Rathburn
The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Eldon Rathburn. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.
The Railrodder
1965 · Movie · 25 min. · Canada
Direction Gerald Potterton · Buster Keaton · John Spotton
Cast Buster Keaton
Plot After literally walking to Canada from England, Buster takes a cross-country trip across Canada on a railcar.
6.2
210 votes
6.2
210 votes
The Romance of Transportation in Canada (S)
1952 · Movie · 12 min. · Canada
Direction Colin Low
Plot A humourous survey of the history of the development of transportation technology in Canada.
5.8
23 votes
5.8
23 votes
5.6
152 votes
Christmas Cracker (S)
1962 · Movie · 9 min. · Canada
Direction Jeff Hale · Norman McLaren · Grant Munro · Gerald Potterton
Cast Grant Munro
Plot Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells," stop-motion animation of toys come to life, and cel...
5.6
33 votes
5.6
33 votes
3.6
65 votes
Universe (S)
1960 · Documentary · 29 min. · Canada
Direction Roman Kroitor · Colin Low
Cast Donald MacRae · Douglas Rain
Plot A journey through the universe as it would appear to a space traveler beginning at the David Dunlap Observatory on Earth. It served as an inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece...
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City of Gold (S)
1958 · Documentary · 22 min. · Canada
Direction Wolf Koenig · Colin Low
Cast Pierre Berton
Plot The writer Pierre Berton narrates the story of his childhood hometown's history during the Klondike Gold Rush. In doing so, Berton surveys the general history of the last great gold...
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Waiting for Caroline
1969 · Movie · 86 min. · Canada
Direction Ron Kelly
Cast Alexandra Stewart · François Tassé · William Needles · Aileen eaton
Plot Caroline, a wealthy woman from Vancouver moves to Quebec and gets a job at an art gallery. She becomes romantically involved with Marc, a French actor when her former college...
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Danny and Nicky
1969 · Documentary · 56 min. · Canada
Direction Douglas Jackson
Plot This feature documentary offers a comparison of the care of two boys with Down syndrome. Danny lives at home with his brothers and sisters and attends a special neighborhood school...
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Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety (S)
1986 · Movie · 10 min. · Canada
Direction Les Drew
Plot A dedicated safety dog is run ragged protecting his dumb human family from their own carelessness.
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Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak (S)
1967 · Documentary · 20 min. · Canada
Direction John Feeney
Cast Kenojuak Ashevak · Alma Houston
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Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
1985 · Movie · 115 min. · Canada
Direction Donald Brittain
Cast Peter Boretski · Donald Brittain · Maury Chaykin · Jason Dean
Plot This biographical drama profiles the true life of Hal C. Banks, the tough American who once ruled the Canadian shipping industry.
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The Family That Dwelt Apart (S)
1973 · Movie · 8 min. · Canada
Direction Yvon Mallette
Plot A family of seven lives on a New England island with nobody else. One winter, they got stranded because the bay froze over. This didn't much matter to them, but...
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Cold Journey
1975 · Movie · 75 min. · Canada
Direction Martin Defalco
Cast John Yesno · Buckley Petawabano · Chief Dan George · Alphonse Dorion
Plot In this feature drama, a Canadian Indigenous youth attempts to find a place for himself. He faces culture shock as the educational system teaches him to be a white man...
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Nobody Waved Good-bye
1964 · Movie · 80 min. · Canada
Direction Don Owen
Cast Peter Kastner · Julie Biggs · Claude Rae · Toby Tarnow
Plot 18 year-old Peter lives with his parents in a middle-class Toronto suburb and rebels constantly against their imposed middle-class goals and conventions and the materialist values they represent. He constantly...
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Who Has Seen the Wind
1977 · Movie · 100 min. · Canada
Direction Allan King
Cast Brian Painchaud · Douglas Junor · Patricia Hamilton · Gordon Pinsent
Plot The coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is told. The son of the local pharmacist Gerald O'Connal, Brian is in many ways a typical boy, who...
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