11 Films & TV Shows Set In Alberta During The 20th Century
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As Middleview High School's woeful boys basketball team prepares for another certain loss, several unusual dramas take shape around its periphery.
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Eddie the Eagle
Alberta England π©πͺ Germany The 1970s The 1980sWin or lose, always aim high β The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himselfβeven as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
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Wild Life
Alberta The 1900s The 1910sAn English dreamer experiences both the beauty and harshness of nature when he relocates to the Canadian prairie.
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Passchendaele
Alberta π§πͺ Belgium The 1910sSergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for a single battle
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Snow Dogs
Florida Alaska Alberta The 1970s The 2000sGet ready for mush hour! β When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.
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Love & Human Remains
Alberta The 1990sDreary urban landscape of an anonymous Canadian city. Dark comedy about a group of twentysomethings looking for love and meaning in the '90s. The film focuses on roommates David, a gay waiter who has has given up on his acting career, and Candy, a book reviewer who is also David's ex-lover. David and Candy's lives are entangled with those of David's friends and Candy's dates.
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Cool Runnings
Alberta π―π² Jamaica The 1980sOne dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty below zero. β When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
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The Cutting Edge
π«π· France Alberta The 1980s The 1990sThe ultimate love/skate relationship β Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process...
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Bye Bye Blues
Alberta The 1940sStory about a WWII wife & mother who joins a local dance band to provide for family while husband at war. Romantic involvement with one of the band members make her decisions difficult when husband returns from war. Story watches the progression of the band as it grows into a popular, successful recording and touring group. Excellent music and soundtrack.
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Circle of the Sun
Alberta The 1960sA young man of the Kainai Nation (Blood tribe) shows us contemporary life of people as he attends a Sun Dance ceremony with the tribe.