Scouts
Are Cancelled
72
minutes
“It’s
Brilliant.”
Glenn Sumi, Now Toronto
“It's a literary portrait you won't soon forget.”
Henrietta Walmark, The Globe and Mail
Henrietta Walmark, The Globe and Mail
“Scouts Are Cancelled is … one of the best filmed poetry books ever”
Todd Swift, Eyewear.
Todd Swift, Eyewear.
“… one of the best literary biographies I’ve ever
seen.”
Ron Foley-MacDonald, Infomonkey
Ron Foley-MacDonald, Infomonkey
“… a moving
portrait of a significant voice on the Canadian literary scene.”
Rob Mclennan, Ottawa Poetry Newsletter
Rob Mclennan, Ottawa Poetry Newsletter
“Watching
John Stiles … is like watching someone lost in a trance. He squeezes his eyes shut, channels the
voices of his speakers and loudly emits sounds of growling dogs, wailing sirens
and non-verbal whoops of joy and despair.”
Geoff Pevere, The
Toronto Star
“…utterly absorbing … A fascinating portrait of a
fascinating subject.”
The Canadian Film Institute
The Canadian Film Institute
“Scouts
Are Cancelled is one the best contemporary literary biographies of the last
decade.”
The Atlantic Film Festival
The Atlantic Film Festival
Awards
& Distinctions
Rex Tasker Documentary Award at The Atlantic Film
Festival
Top Jury Award for Documentary at the University Film
and Video Associations Juried Screenings
Hot Pick at The Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival
Hot Pick at The Atlantic Film Festival
Broadcast
Broadcast
Hot Docs 2007, Toronto
The Canadian Film Institute, 2007, Ottawa
The Rhode Island International Film Festival,
2008, Providence
Festivaletteratura (Italy) 2007, Mantova
Voices From the Water Film Festival, Bangalore,
India, 2008
Poetry Film: Mythology and Celebration, (20 min.
Version) London, 2009
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Contemporary
Screening from Atlantic Canada, Winnipeg, 2009
University Film and Video Associations Juried
Screenings, 2007, Denton, TX
The Atlantic Film Festival, 2007, Halifax
Halifax Independent Film Festival, 2011, Halifax
Slightly North of Boston Film Festival (SNOB) 2008,
Manchester, NH
Indie Cinema Series, 2007, York University, Toronto
The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, 2008,
Ithaca, NY
Summary
Summary
Scouts are Cancelled is an intriguing documentary on
the life of Nova Scotia-born writer and poet John Stiles. Stiles once worked as
a telemarketer in Toronto and used colorful voices and accents while speaking
to customers on the phone. He later used those voice characters in his
open-mike readings and garnered a cult following, which led to two published
books. This film, from director John Scott, was chosen as a "Hot
Pick" at both the Hot Docs Documentary Festival and the Atlantic Film
Festival and was a critics choice for the Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star,
Now Magazine, InfoMonkey.com and Eyewear. It it has won two
awards and played around the globe. The Atlantic Film
Festival called it "... one of the best contemporary literary documentaries
of the last decade."
Collaborators
Collaborators
JOHN STILES
is a poet, novelist, and filmmaker. He is the author of two collections of
poetry, SCOUTS ARE CANCELLED, CREAMSICLE STICKS SHIVS and, a novel, THE INSOLENT
BOY, published by Insomniac Press. Originally from Port Williams, Nova Scotia,
Stiles currently lives in London, England.
Charles Austin, Composer
Ariella Pahlke, Associate Producer
Ed Tracy, Associate Producer
Rob Todd, Sound Mixer
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