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Episode 108, Working Stiff

Item number (ISN):

379905

Series title:

Alice, I Think

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2005

Item number (ISN):

379905

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

OMNI FILM

Accession:

2005-0316

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2005

Production company:

Omni Film Productions Ltd.
Slanted Wheel Entertainment Inc.

Production credit:

director, Mark Sawers; producer, Brian Hamilton; executive producer, Gary Harvey; Gabriela Schonbach; Jon Slan; Susin Nielsen; script, Norm Hiscock; coproducer, Rachel Rafelman; photography, Kamal Derkaoui; editing, Franco Pante; sound, Mark Hensley; music, Daniel Ross

Cast credit:

Carly McKillip, Rebecca Northan, Dan Payne, Connor Price, Haig Sutherland, Michael Eklund, Ryan Robbins, Lori Triolo

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

TVA Films

Description:

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ALICE, I THINK is a thirteen-part half-hour comedy TV series based on the popular, critically-acclaimed, books by British Columbian author Susan Juby. Set in the small town of Smithers, B.C. (population 5124), the series revolves around the adventures of an unconventional fifteen-year old girl, Alice MacLeod, and her rather dysfunctional family as they go through the mundanities and absurdities of life. Alice is a unique, quirky teenager who, according to her therapist, Bob, is a "hyper-critical, socially-retarded narcissist with mind-numbingly poor judgment." Alice's family is made up of: Diane, Alice's new-age-feminist mother; John, Alice's slacker father; and MacGregor, her bright little brother. Alice was home-schooled and has only recently been enrolled in a conventional secondary school. In that sense, Alice's parents have failed to prepare her for the challenges of real life. For instance, Alice's peculiar fashion sense is remarkably out-of-touch with other kids. In order to help Alice grow up without traumas, her shrink-in-training gives her an old camcorder to document, in a form of direct-address diary, the events of her daily life. Thus, in each episode, Alice depicts things from her witty and entertaining perspective. In this episode Alice gets a part-time job at Bookworm Books, where her mom is also employed. Seeing how their pompous boss mistreats Diane, Alice decides to pull a prank on him. Unfortunately, the boss does not find Alice's little practical joke the least bit funny. This results in Diane having to fire Alice from the bookstore. Meanwhile, John's attempts to contribute financially to the family fail miserably, and will need some help from Mac in order to work out. <22mn 5s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Produced with the participation of the Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC; the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry (CTF: Licence Fee Program); Telefilm Canada: Equity Investment Program.~2. Produced with the assistance of the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.~3. Developed with the participation of British Columbia Film; developed and produced in association with CTV; The Comedy Network.~4. Produced with the financial participation of The Government of Ontario: the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit; Shaw Rocket Fund. ~5. This production was made possible with the support of the Union of B.C. Performers.~6. Filmed on location in Langley, British Columbia.

Genre:

SITCOM

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

437206

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V8 2007-04-0039

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

22:21

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Alice I Think Productions, 2005.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restriction

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