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The Law of Enclosures is a Canadian drama film, released in 1999. The film was written and directed by John Greyson, and based on the novel The Law of Enclosures by Dale Peck.
The story traces the marital relationship of Henry and Beatrice, characters based on Peck's real-life parents, over the course of their lives from their courtship as young adults to their 40th wedding anniversary. For the film adaptation, Greyson set the events in 1991 against the backdrop of the first Gulf War, with Henry and Beatrice's younger and older selves all coexisting in a single time frame.
Sarah Polley and Brendan Fletcher play Beatrice and Henry as a young couple, with Diane Ladd and Sean McCann playing the older characters. While author Peck was born in New York and raised in Kansas, Greyson set the film in Sarnia, Ontario. The score was written by Don Pyle and Andrew Zealley.
Original Release
09/15/2000
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kelci Stephenson | Young 'Beatrice' Beatty |
Diane Ladd | Bea |
Sarah Polley | Beatty 'Beatrice' |
Jennifer Villaverde | Checkout Girl |
Brendan Fletcher | Henry |
Tracey McCorrister | Pearl |
Kristen Thomson | Myrah |
Rob Stefaniuk | Stanley |
Tom Anniko | Henry's Father |
Sean McCann | Hank |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kelci Stephenson | Young 'Beatrice' Beatty |
Diane Ladd | Bea |
Sarah Polley | Beatty 'Beatrice' |
Jennifer Villaverde | Checkout Girl |
Brendan Fletcher | Henry |
Tracey McCorrister | Pearl |
Kristen Thomson | Myrah |
Rob Stefaniuk | Stanley |
Tom Anniko | Henry's Father |
Sean McCann | Hank |
Shirley Douglas | Myra / Mya |
Victor Cowie | Stan |
Stan Lesk | Border Guard |
Robert Huculak | Bouncer |
Nancy Jane Drake | Sarnia Mayor |
Chris Sigurdson | David |
James Durham | David's Boyfriend |
Rick Skene | Uncle Kenny |
Jan Skene | Immigration Officer |
Deb Patterson | Sandy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bryan Gliserman | Executive Producer |
Charlotte Mickie | Executive Producer |
Marguerite Pigott | Executive Producer |
John Greyson | Producer |
Damon D'Oliveira | Producer |
Phyllis Laing | Producer |