At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story
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At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story is a 1998 Canadian
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documentary
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/drama
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about the life of Canadian right to die
Right to die
The right to die is the ethical or institutional entitlement of the individual to commit suicide or to undergo voluntary euthanasia. Possession of this right is often understood to mean that a person with a terminal illness should be allowed to commit suicide or assisted suicide or to decline...
advocate
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Sue Rodriguez
Sue Rodriguez
Sue Rodriguez was an advocate of assisted suicide.She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the given name Sue Shipley, and grew up in Thornhill, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. Her first marriage was short-lived....
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The film was written by Linda Svendsen
Linda Svendsen
Linda Svendsen is a Canadian screenwriter and author. She was born in Vancouver and has lived there for most of her life.Her works include many critically acclaimed short stories...
based on the book by Lisa Hobbs Birnie, and directed by Sheldon Larry.
Cast
- Wendy CrewsonWendy Crewson-Life and career:Crewson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the daughter of June Doreen and Robert Binnie Crewson. She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she won the prestigious Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater. She then studied at the Webber Douglas Academy...
as Sue RodriguezSue RodriguezSue Rodriguez was an advocate of assisted suicide.She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the given name Sue Shipley, and grew up in Thornhill, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. Her first marriage was short-lived.... - Carl MarotteCarl MarotteCarl Marotte is a Canadian actor. He received a Gemini Award nomination for his role in the television movie Net Worth as Marty Pavelich. His other work includes roles in Lance et Compte, a leading role in Beyond Reality as J.J...
as David Rodriguez - Patrick Galligan as Svend RobinsonSvend RobinsonSvend Robinson is a former Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004, representing the suburban Vancouver-area constituency of Burnaby for the New Democratic Party...
- Walter LearningWalter LearningWalter John Learning is a Canadian theatre director, actor, and founder of Theatre New Brunswick.-Biography:Walter Learning was born in 1938 in the small village of Quidi Vidi in Newfoundland. Learning attended Bishop Feild College in St. John's and the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton,...
as Justice Allen Melvin - Al WaxmanAl WaxmanAlbert Samuel Waxman, CM, O.Ont was a Canadian actor and director of over 1000 productions on radio, television, film, and stage...
as John Hofsess - Miko HughesMiko HughesMiko John Hughes is an American actor best known for his film roles as a child actor as Gage Creed in Pet Sematary , as an autistic boy opposite Bruce Willis in Mercury Rising and as Dylan, Heather Langenkamp's son in Wes Craven's New Nightmare .-Career:Hughes started his acting career in a...
as Jesse Rodriguez - Fiona ReidFiona ReidFiona Reid, CM is a Canadian television, film and stage actress. She is best known for her role as Cathy on the TV series King of Kensington....
as Sandra Burtch - Jacob Whitney as Who's that guy?
Politician Svend Robinson
Svend Robinson
Svend Robinson is a former Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004, representing the suburban Vancouver-area constituency of Burnaby for the New Democratic Party...
had a minor role in the film. He was the third reporter at Sue Rodriguez's first press conference
Awards
- In 1999 Wendy Crewson won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the Gemini Awards
- In 1999 Linda Svendsen won the WGC Award from the Writers Guild of CanadaWriters Guild of CanadaThe Writers Guild of Canada represents more than 1,800 professional writers working in film, television, radio, and multimedia production in Canada...