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30 Minutes, Mister Plummer

Anne Claire Poirier

1963 27 min

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This short documentary profiles Canadian actor Christopher Plummer of the Shakespearean Theater, best known as The Sound of Music’s Captain von Trapp. In his dressing room, Plummer dons his make-up and prepares to enter stage as Cyrano de Bergerac.

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This short documentary profiles Canadian actor Christopher Plummer of the Shakespearean Theater, best known as The Sound of Music’s Captain von Trapp. In his dressing room, Plummer dons his make-up and prepares to enter stage as Cyrano de Bergerac.

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Credits

• director
  Anne Claire Poirier
  
• script
  Anne Claire Poirier
  
• editing
  Anne Claire Poirier
  
• producer
  Jacques Bobet
  
• photography
  Claude Fournier
  
• music
  Maurice Blackburn
  
• sound
  Ted Haley
  
• re-recording
  Ron Alexander
  
  Roger Lamoureux
  

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