Childstar

Childstar
Directed by	Don McKellar
Produced by	Niv Fichman Daniel Iron Jennifer Jonas
Written by	Michael Goldbach Don McKellar
Starring	Don McKellar Peter Paige Mark Rendall Gil Bellows Michael Murphy Alan Thicke Jennifer Jason Leigh
Music by	Christopher Dedrick
Cinematography	André Turpin
Editing by	Reginald Harkema
Distributed by	Hart Sharp Video
Release date(s)	2004
Running time	98 mins
Country	Canada
Language	English

Childstar is a 2004 comedy film directed and written (with the help of Michael Goldbach) by Don McKellar. It was screened at several film festivals between September 2004 and July 2005.

Plot

Taylor Brandon Burns (Mark Rendall), a conflicted twelve-year-old TV star from the U.S., runs away from the set - and his problems - while shooting a big-budget film in Canada. His reluctant limo-driver, Rick Schiller (Don McKellar), a down-on-his-luck indie filmmaker, is enlisted to find Taylor before the childstar destroys himself.

Cast

• Don McKellar...Rick Schiller
• Peter Paige...Tim
• Gil Bellows...Isaac
• Alan Thicke...J.R.
• Mark Rendall...Taylor Brandon Burns
• Jennifer Jason Leigh...Suzanne Burnbaum
• Michael Murphy...Reed Harrison
• Brendan Fehr...Chip Metzger
• Dave Foley...Philip Templeman
• Kristin Adams...Natalie

DVD

The region 1 DVD was released September 13, 2004.

External links

• Childstar at the Internet Movie Database
• Canadian Film Encyclopedia [A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group]