Algernon is an old man who lives alone, having conversations with a porcelain cat and enjoys making things out of bones. He boils a neighbour’s dead dog for the bones. He is visited by an old friend who is dying but who commits suicide first – leaving a million dollars in a suitcase. A woman claiming to be interested in Algernon’s Egyptologist great-grandfather pretends to be in love with Algernon…
Director: Charles Jarrott.
Writers: John Cullum, John Gray, Charles Jarrott, Russell Greenan (novel).
Stars: John Collum, Carrie-Anne Moss, Charles Durning, Hrant Alianak, Kay Hawtrey, Ivan VanHecke, Malcolm Wilson, Dawn McKelvie Cyr, Adèle Bourque, John F. O’Halloran, Wally MacKinnon.
Cinematographer: Gregory Middleton.
Composer: Graeme Coleman.
Good work, predictable story and ending. A pity.