Peepers (film)

Peepers
Peepers
Directed by	Seth W. Owen
Written by	Seth W. Owen; Daniel Perlmutter; Mark Slutsky
Produced by	Andi State
Starring	Joe Cobden; Janine Theriault; Paul Spence; Howard Bilerman; Ricky Mabe; Dan Beirne; Tyrone Benskin; Jessica Paré
Cinematography	Bobby Shore
Edited by	Jared Curtis
Production; company	Encore Entertainment
Distributed by	eOne
Release date	February 2010 (Cinequest);
Running time	83 min
Country	Canada
Language	English

Peepers is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Seth W. Owen and released in 2010.^[1] The film centres on a group of voyeurs who stage rooftop parties to peep at women disrobing in their apartments, whose equilibrium is upended when an academic starts observing them for her own scholarly research.^[2]

Owen co-wrote the film with Daniel Perlmutter and Mark Slutsky.^[1]

Cast

Joe Cobden as Steve Sherman
Janine Theriault as Annette Fulvish
Paul Spence as Peter
Howard Bilerman as Neal
Ricky Mabe as Bobby
Dan Beirne as Stu
Tyrone Benskin as Helman
Jessica Paré as Helen

Distribution

The film premiered at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in 2010, and had several other film festival screenings that year, but never made it into commercial theatrical release.^[1] It was later released on DVD.^[3]

Awards

The film received five Canadian Comedy Award nominations at the 12th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2011, for Best Film, Best Direction (Owen), Best Writing (Owen, Perlmutter, Slutsky), Best Male Performance in a Film (Cobden) and Best Female Performance in a Film (Theriault).^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Charles-Henri Ramond, "Peepers – Film de Seth W. Owen". Films du Québec, December 1, 2009.
^ Matthew Hays, "Quebec comics star in Peepers". Playback, November 25, 2008.
^ Warren Clements, "Turning the binoculars on the peeping Toms". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2011.
^ Brendan Kelly, "Two Montreal films, Peepers and Good Neighbours, lead the race for the Canadian Comedy Awards". Montreal Gazette, June 10, 2011.

External links

Peepers at IMDb

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[fdq-1] Charles-Henri Ramond, "Peepers – Film de Seth W. Owen". Films du Québec, December 1, 2009.

[2] Matthew Hays, "Quebec comics star in Peepers". Playback, November 25, 2008.

[3] Warren Clements, "Turning the binoculars on the peeping Toms". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2011.

[4] Brendan Kelly, "Two Montreal films, Peepers and Good Neighbours, lead the race for the Canadian Comedy Awards". Montreal Gazette, June 10, 2011.

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