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| The main character David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Movie+dads+portrayed+whole/4968120/story.html |title=Movie dads portrayed in a whole new way |last=Stone |first=Jay |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=June 18, 2011 |accessdate=2011-08-10}}</ref> David, a deliveryman for a butcher shop, is being pursued by thugs because he owes them money. Next, he is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of "Starbuck", the pseudonym he used when donating sperm. In addition, his girlfriend Valérie is pregnant with his child but doesn't feel that he is mature enough to be a father.<ref name="kelly">{{cite newspaper |url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Fertile+premise+delivers+laughs+insight+into+fatherhood/5164012/story.html |title=Fertile premise delivers laughs - and insight into fatherhood |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=July 27, 2011 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |accessdate=2011-08-10}}</ref> | The main character David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Movie+dads+portrayed+whole/4968120/story.html |title=Movie dads portrayed in a whole new way |last=Stone |first=Jay |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=June 18, 2011 |accessdate=2011-08-10}}</ref> David, a deliveryman for a butcher shop, is being pursued by thugs because he owes them money. Next, he is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of "Starbuck", the pseudonym he used when donating sperm. In addition, his girlfriend Valérie is pregnant with his child but doesn't feel that he is mature enough to be a father.<ref name="kelly">{{cite newspaper |url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Fertile+premise+delivers+laughs+insight+into+fatherhood/5164012/story.html |title=Fertile premise delivers laughs - and insight into fatherhood |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=July 27, 2011 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |accessdate=2011-08-10}}</ref> | ||
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''Starbuck'' was screened at the ] on September 14 and 15, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2011/starbuck |title=Starbuck |work=2011 films |publisher=Toronto International Film Festival |accessdate=2011-09-18}}</ref> | ||
| The film's title refers to a Canadian ] bull who produced hundreds of thousands of progeny by artificial insemination in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="kelly"/> | The film's title refers to a Canadian ] bull who produced hundreds of thousands of progeny by artificial insemination in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="kelly"/> | ||
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2011 Template:Film Canada film| Starbuck | |
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| Directed by | Ken Scott |
| Written by | Martin Petit, Ken Scott |
| Produced by | André Rouleau |
| Starring | Patrick Huard Antoine Bertrand Julie LeBreton |
| Distributed by | Caramel Films |
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| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film Canada |
| Language | French |
Starbuck is a 2011 Canadian comedy film directed by Ken Scott and written by Martin Petit and Ken Scott.
The main character David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. David, a deliveryman for a butcher shop, is being pursued by thugs because he owes them money. Next, he is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of "Starbuck", the pseudonym he used when donating sperm. In addition, his girlfriend Valérie is pregnant with his child but doesn't feel that he is mature enough to be a father.
Starbuck was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 14 and 15, 2011.
The film's title refers to a Canadian Holstein bull who produced hundreds of thousands of progeny by artificial insemination in the 1980s and 1990s.
Cast
Patrick Huard stars as David. Julie LeBreton is Valérie. Antoine Bertrand is David's friend and lawyer. Igor Ovadis plays David's father, an immigrant from Poland.
References
- Stone, Jay (June 18, 2011). "Movie dads portrayed in a whole new way". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ^ Kelly, Brendan (July 27, 2011). "Fertile premise delivers laughs - and insight into fatherhood". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- "Starbuck". 2011 films. Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 2011-09-18.