Bedard and Lalonde!

This page is dedicated to the comedic and dramatic talent of a pair of Canadian writers/producers, Phil Bedard and Larry Lalonde. Or is that Larry Lalonde and Phil Bedard? Whatever order their names are in, putting the two of them together spells "terrific"!

Current projects:

• Look for Larry at the Lights, Camera, Auction event in October 1999!
• Top of the Food Chain, Larry and Phil's feature film, had its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 1999 at 10:30pm. The word is that it was very well received -- "[p]eople were screaming and howling and gasping for air"! The Canadian release date is set for Friday, November 5. Keep your fingers crossed for a U.S. distributor!
  • Announcing the new official Top of the Food Chain web site: http://www.foodchainthemovie.com. With stills, production notes, cast info, and more!
  • TIME Magazine's Canadian edition published this short piece on the film -- "All you Can Eat in Toronto"
  • Photo from the Alliance Atlantis Gala with Nigel Bennett and Phil Bedard
  • "John Paizs and Campbell Scott camp it up in B-movie spoof" is an Eye.Net interview with the film's director.
  • Film Note from the Toronto International Film Festival web site.
  • "Canadian Sci-Fi comedy gets festival premiere" was published in the Toronto Sun just before the movie's debut at the film festival.
  • "Society slimed in new Canadian F/X movie" is a November 1998 article about the film.
  • Phil's birthday cake last year had a Top of the Food Chain theme -- the badge is from the police force of the small town in which the story is set.

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Goldenplaids! What is a Goldenplaid? Also known as a "blooper script," Larry and Phil wrote these spoofs of the final episodes of Forever Knight and John Woo's Once a Thief as a joke for the cast and crew of each show. Read more about them and see how you can obtain a copy and support a great cause at the same time by going to the Goldenplaid Page!

Also look at the Goldenplaid Page to see how you can obtain a copy of the script for "Endgame," the final episode of John Woo's Once a Thief.

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Be sure to read this bio, as well as their resume. You'll find some unorthodox entries!

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Read this fascinating article about Phil and Larry from Playback Magazine, January 1996. At that point they were writers and supervising producers on Forever Knight. The article provides some great insight into the process of writing and production and how things differ between the U.S. and Canada.

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Highlights from their past work:

• Dracula: The Series
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
• Forever Knight
• John Woo's Once a Thief
• A list of episodes the Bedard and Lalonde team have written for shows such as Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Forever Knight, Dracula: The Series, John Woo's Once a Thief, Mann and Machine, and Due South!

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What Larry and Phil don't mention in their resume or bio is that each of them has appeared at least briefly as an actor on television as well. Here you'll see a few screen captures from Phil's appearance in Dracula: The Series as a "Hot and Steamy" schnitzel delivery man.

 

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You can read Gail and Allie's Toronto Trek Con Report, which includes a description of Larry & Phil's panel at the Forever Knight Mini-Con!

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Links for Bedard & Lalonde shows:

• John Woo's Once a Thief aired on CTV and The Movie Channel:
  • The Nick Lea in ONCE A THIEF web site (with episode guide and much more).
  • OATfan's site
  • The Cyberex page on the Romantic Comedy Adventure Once a Thief.
  • The official Alliance Once a Thief web page.
• Forever Knight
  • Sony's official Forever Knight Home Page
  • Frederic Ferland is the creator, keeper, and artistic wonder behind "Mr. Happy's" Forever Knight page, which has lots of useful info, FAQs, and more!
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
  • A good place to start your web surfing for info on KF:TLC is at the KF:TLC Web Ring page.
• Dracula: The Series
  • There is a terrific Dracula: The Series web site called Lucard's Home Page. There you will find piles of info, photos, and even some questions answered by Phil and Larry!

More to come! E-mail any questions, comments, or items for inclusion on this web page to Allie.

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