Céline (2008) (TV)

Director:

Jeff Woolnough

Writer:

Donald Martin (writer)

Release Date:

10 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical

Tagline:

The full length feature film on the extraordinary life of Céline Dion.

Plot:

A biopic on singer Céline Dion. |

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Pop Singer | One Word Title | Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Christine Ghawi	...	Céline Dion
Jodelle Ferland	...	Young Celine
Peter MacNeill	...	Adhemar Dion
Louise Pitre	...	Therese
Mac Fyfe
Natalie Radford
Enrico Colantoni	...	Rene Angelil
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Katie Bergin	...	Sylvie
Tannis Burnett	...	Nun
Tessa Cameron	...	Daughter #2
Shawn Campbell	...	French TV Producer
Michael Facciolo	...	Daniel Dion
Dani Jazzar	...	Dancer
Daniel Karasik	...	Jacques Dion
Austin Macdonald	...	Bully
Grant Nickalls	...	David Foster
Spencer Van Wyck	...	Bully #1
Riley Waldriff	...	Toddler Celine
Samantha Weinstein	...	Margaret

Directed by
Jeff Woolnough

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Donald Martin		writer

Produced by
Laszlo Barna	....	executive producer
Tashi Bieler	....	producer
Steven Silver	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jack Lenz

Cinematography by
Miroslaw Baszak

Film Editing by
Mike Lee

Makeup Department
Matthew Dewilde	....	prosthetic dental appliances
Debi Drennan	....	makeup designer
Leslie Dumbleton	....	assistant makeup artist
Sheilagh McGrory	....	prosthetic dental assistant

Production Management
Howard Porter	....	post-production supervisor
Helene C. Valinsky	....	unit production manager

Art Department
John Galbraith	....	key scenic
David Gruer	....	lead dresser
Jason Herriott	....	head painter
Michael Smith	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Steph Carrier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Martin Lee	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sid Lieberman	....	foley artist
Brian Mellersh	....	boom operator
Joe Morrow	....	sound re-recording assistant
Brent Pickett	....	first assistant sound editor
Robert Warchol	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Brock Jolliffe	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Michael Kowalski	....	visual effects supervisor
Allan Magled	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Randy Butcher	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Davidson	....	gaffer
Ken Woroner	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Amy Fritz	....	additional casting: vocalists

Editorial Department
Bill Oliver	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Kevin Banks	....	music editor
Amy Fritz	....	music supervisor
Michael Jack	....	music recording engineer
Brandon Prodger	....	music playback operator

Other crew
Laurel Bresnahan	....	set teacher
Todd Brian	....	researcher
Robin Brinsmead	....	location manager
Amanda Cameron	....	production coordinator
Heather K. Dahlstrom	....	assistant production coordinator
Lisa Ghione	....	unit publicist
Kristine Regier	....	production assistant
Jennifer Stivala	....	production accountant
Karmena Svilans	....	production assistant
Jamie Tracey	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Barna-Alper Productions

Distributors

• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (2007) (Canada) (TV)
• Monarch Home Video
• Synkronized (2008) (France) (all media)

Special Effects

• Soho VFX

Other Companies

• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• S.L. Feldman & Associates  music supervision
• Toronto Film Studios  movie studio

Also Known As:

Céline (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic material, smoking, and brief mild language.

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Barna-Alper Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the scenes where Celine wins the Eurovision Song Contest, she is performing her winning song in English to the audience in Dublin. However in real life she performed the song in French, as back then all participants in the Eurovision could only sing in an official language from the country they were representing. Therefore, as English is not an official language of Switzerland, she would not have been allowed perform in that language. Indeed, her winning song was never actually recorded in English.

A film that must be avoided -- AT ALL TIMES. This is not a joke.

Dreadful, horrible, embarrassing to watch, bad (not even funny bad), chronologically incorrect, the actors' performances are much worse than terrible (the film reminded me of a Mexican-dubbed soap opera), there's no mention of important events in both her life and career (the death of her niece Karine, who died in Celine's arms; her father's death; winning Academy Awards in 1992 and 1998, and so on). Elaborating on these points would be, in fact, pointless. Additionally, I'm ashamed to actually say that I watched such an awful film. The ONLY good thing about this film, is that Christine Ghawi does, to some extent, look like Celine Dion. Personally, I cannot see the reason of this film's being. And that's saying a lot, taking into account that I'm a Celine Dion fan.