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Conquest is a 1998 film directed by Piers Haggard, starring Lothaire Bluteau and Tara Fitzgerald. The film follows an idealistic banker in the remote and desolate village of Conquest, Saskatchewan, who hopes to revitalize the fading community; when a woman arrives in town stranded with a broken car, he attempts to convince her to stay and run the local hardware store, leading the two to eventually fall in love. | '''''Conquest''''' is a 1998 film directed by Piers Haggard, starring Lothaire Bluteau and Tara Fitzgerald. The film follows an idealistic banker in the remote and desolate village of Conquest, Saskatchewan, who hopes to revitalize the fading community; when a woman arrives in town stranded with a broken car, he attempts to convince her to stay and run the local hardware store, leading the two to eventually fall in love. | ||
The film was inspired by writer Rob Forsyth's visit to the real village of Conquest, | The film was inspired by writer Rob Forsyth's visit to the real village of Conquest, in particular by the Vietnamese owner of the local cafe, described by Forsyth as "the unhappiest woman I have ever seen in my life". Though the Vietnamese cafe owner remained in the finished film, CBC was uninterested in producing a film entirely centring on such a character, so Forsyth would write the film focusing primarily on the romance between Bluteau and Fitzgerald's characters.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192122/http://www.writersguildofcanada.com/magazine/articles/conquest.html Director's Guild of Canada interview with Rob Forsyth.] Retrieved 24 Apr '24</ref> | ||
The film was released theatrically in Canada, later airing on CBC, and it was additionally shown on the Showtime channel in the United States. An old Amazon listing seems to prove the existence of a VHS release, but no copies have been found and the product reviews are for another film entirely. | The film was released theatrically in Canada, later airing on CBC, and it was additionally shown on the Showtime channel in the United States. An old Amazon listing seems to prove the existence of a VHS release, but no copies have been found and the product reviews are for another film entirely.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Conquest-Piers-Haggard/dp/B0006SL1ZO Amazon listing for the film on VHS.] Retrieved 24 Apr '24</ref> | ||
Nevertheless, on worldcat, 72 libraries offer access to the film (70 in North America, and 2 in Australia).<ref>[https://search.worldcat.org/title/47698644 onquest on Worldcat] retrieved 22 June '24</ref> | |||
Conquest was the last film directed by Piers Haggard | ''Conquest'' was the last film directed by Piers Haggard and was Rob Forsyth's last project released before his passing. Forsyth passed away in September of 1999, just over a year after ''Conquest'''s release, making it his second and final theatrical feature film after 1991's ''Clearcut''. | ||
[[Category: | On June 21st, 2024, the full film was uploaded to Myspleen by user ''Ottumettu''. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
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Conquestvhs.jpg|VHS cover for the film, taken from Amazon. | |||
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==External Links== | |||
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NByt1wGvFDSSDZSfIKrXCWS4m8F7G2XJ/view The full film.] | |||
==References== | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:59, 22 June 2024
Theatrical poster.
Status: Found
Date found: 21 Jun 2024
Found by: Ottumettu
Conquest is a 1998 film directed by Piers Haggard, starring Lothaire Bluteau and Tara Fitzgerald. The film follows an idealistic banker in the remote and desolate village of Conquest, Saskatchewan, who hopes to revitalize the fading community; when a woman arrives in town stranded with a broken car, he attempts to convince her to stay and run the local hardware store, leading the two to eventually fall in love.
The film was inspired by writer Rob Forsyth's visit to the real village of Conquest, in particular by the Vietnamese owner of the local cafe, described by Forsyth as "the unhappiest woman I have ever seen in my life". Though the Vietnamese cafe owner remained in the finished film, CBC was uninterested in producing a film entirely centring on such a character, so Forsyth would write the film focusing primarily on the romance between Bluteau and Fitzgerald's characters.[1]
The film was released theatrically in Canada, later airing on CBC, and it was additionally shown on the Showtime channel in the United States. An old Amazon listing seems to prove the existence of a VHS release, but no copies have been found and the product reviews are for another film entirely.[2] Nevertheless, on worldcat, 72 libraries offer access to the film (70 in North America, and 2 in Australia).[3]
Conquest was the last film directed by Piers Haggard and was Rob Forsyth's last project released before his passing. Forsyth passed away in September of 1999, just over a year after Conquest's release, making it his second and final theatrical feature film after 1991's Clearcut.
On June 21st, 2024, the full film was uploaded to Myspleen by user Ottumettu.
Gallery
VHS cover for the film, taken from Amazon.
External Links
References
- ↑ Director's Guild of Canada interview with Rob Forsyth. Retrieved 24 Apr '24
- ↑ Amazon listing for the film on VHS. Retrieved 24 Apr '24
- ↑ onquest on Worldcat retrieved 22 June '24