The Ernie Game
6.4
“The game is life......the rules are Ernie’s.”
This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their parents' home but still has not made an home of his own. Our protagonist’s alienation is palpable; for him life is a game, not because he chooses to make it so, but because he is unable to make anything more of it. But for those who befriend him and eventually turn him loose again, his game is not enough.
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Cast
13 people
Alexis Kanner
Ernie Turner
Known for
The Prisoner
Jackie Burroughs
Gail
Known for
Heavy Metal
The Dead Zone
Don Owen
Robert Allen
Anna Cameron
Social worker
Also in
Lexx
I Worship His Shadow
Gordon Burwash
Also in
Sins of the Fathers
Bernard Cole Spencer
Leonard Cohen
Singer
Also in
Leonard Cohen: Spring 96
Leonard Cohen: After the Gold Rush
Rolland D'Amour
Neighbour
Also in
Trois fois passera
Le curé de village
Judith Gault
Donna
Also in
Partners
Wintersong
Derek May
Ernie's accomplice
Also in
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
Louis Negin
Ernie's friend
Known for
My Winnipeg
The Forbidden Room
Don Owen Director · Bernard Cole Spencer Story Leonard Cohen Composer
Budget $321K · United States release November 14, 1968 · Produced in Canada
Box office
Budget
$321,000
Production
ONF | NFB
Production
CBC
Production
CBC Studios
Production
Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · June 1, 1968
Berlin International Film Festival
Canada · November 14, 1968
Theatrical
United States · November 14, 1968
Chicago International Film Festival
France
May 1, 1969 · Directors' Fortnight Cannes Film Festival
Spain
May 8, 1970 · Barcelona
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