Collaborator (film)

Robert Longfellow, a once-successful playwright, is taken hostage at gunpoint by an ex-con neighbor, Gus, while on a routine visit to his childhood home. Longfellow has avoided Gus since he was a boy. As the drama unfolds, social status, celebrity, politics, and the threat of violence converge, leaving the playwright simultaneously shattered and inspired.

• Martin Donovan as Robert Longfellow
• David Morse as Gus
• Olivia Williams as Emma Stiles
• Melissa Auf der Maur as Alice Longfellow
• Katherine Helmond as Irene Longfellow
• Eileen Ryan as Betty
• Julian Richings as Maurice LeFont

• 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2011)
• Best Actor — David Morse{{cite web|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/about-festival/history-past-years/2011 |title=Prizes of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2011 |date=July 9, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/restoration-wins-at-karlovy-vary-1118039644/ |title='Restoration' wins at Karlovy Vary | work=Variety | accessdate=April 4, 2013}}
• Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI)
• 1st Canadian Screen Awards (2013)
• Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role — David Morse{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-screen-award-nominations-1.1321187|title=Canadian Screen Award nominations|website=CBC News|date=January 15, 2013|accessdate=October 20, 2017}}

DViant Films and This Is That Productions produced Collaborator. The film's score was composed by Manels Favre. The soundtrack also includes a Brahms cover performed by PJ Harvey. Filming took place in Los Angeles and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.

{{asof|2023|01}}, the film has a 73% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 26 reviews.{{cite web|title=Collaborator|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/collaborator/|work=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=January 23, 2013}}

The New York Times found it "earnest" and "wooden", like a one-act play "in which any visceral tension is secondary to topical debates by a captor and his prisoner".{{cite news|last=Holden|first=Steven|title=Collaborator (review)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/movies/collaborator-martin-donovans-directing-debut.html?_r=0|newspaper=New York Times|date=July 5, 2012}} The Los Angeles Times found it "disappointing" and "somber", failing to generate any tension from its thriller elements.{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Gary|title=Collaborator (Review)|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2012-jul-19-la-et-mn-collaborator-capsule-20120720-story.html|access-date=October 22, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 19, 2012}}

The Globe and Mail awarded it 2.5/5 and Adam Litovitz criticised some stagy elements but praised the film as a study of character.{{cite news|last=Litovitz|first=Adam|title=A dark buddy tale for the mancession|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/a-dark-buddy-tale-for-the-mancession/article4414810/|accessdate=October 22, 2013|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=July 13, 2012}} The New York Post praised the performances, saying "both characters are riveting".{{cite news|last=Smith Nehme|first=Farran|title=Collaborator|url=https://nypost.com/2012/07/06/collaborator/|accessdate=October 22, 2013|newspaper=New York Post|date=July 6, 2012}}

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