A Cool Sound from Hell
{{short description|1959 film}}
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| director = Sidney J. Furie
| writer = Sidney J. Furie
| starring = Anthony Ray
Alan Crofoot
| music = Phil Nimmons
| cinematography = Herbert Alpert
| editing = David Nicholson
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| released = {{Film date|1959| | |UK}}
| runtime = 71 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = English
| budget = $85,000{{cite news|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety214-1959-03#page/n3/mode/1up|title=Canadian-made Films|publisher=Variety|date=March 24, 1959|page=4|accessdate=June 18, 2019|via=Archive.org}}
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A Cool Sound from Hell is a 1959 Canadian film directed by Sidney J. Furie.Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film, ed. Wyndham Wise, University of Toronto Press, 2001, p. 83
Plot summary
A young man (Anthony Ray) becomes disillusioned with the beat crowd he hangs with when they become involved with drugs.
Production
Furie's second film. Shortly after making this film Furie left for England where his career took off in 1961 with The Young Ones starring Cliff Richard.
This film was the first job of the director Don Owen; Furie hired him as his assistant director.
The soundtrack was provided by jazz great Phil Nimmons.
Release
Despite having been filmed in Toronto, Canada, the film was released theatrically only in England, and never screened in North America.[http://torontoist.com/2015/04/historicist-sidney-furie-and-a-dangerous-age/ "Historicist: Sidney Furie and A Dangerous Age"]. Torontoist, April 4, 2015. The film was later thought to have been lost, but was eventually located in the British Film Institute archives[http://filmmakermagazine.com/86423-cool-sounds-from-the-vault-a-cinematic-detective-story/#.V9d03zUb0o0 "Cool Sounds from the Vault: A Cinematic Detective Story"]. Filmmaker, June 23, 2014. and finally had its North American premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anticipated-movies-toronto-telluride-venice-923546 "Critic's Notebook: Toronto, Telluride and Venice Film Fests Promise Riches After Cruel Summer"]. The Hollywood Reporter, August 29, 2016.
Furie sold the UK rights for £60,000 and the film made a profit.Kremer, Daniel.
Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films.
The University Press of Kentucky, 2015. pp30-31
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0299705|A Cool Sound from Hell}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|a_cool_sound_from_hell_2003}}
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Category:Films directed by Sidney J. Furie
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:1950s English-language films
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