Jack (2013)

New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton was bilingual, glib, annoying, full of energy and always in front to the media. Growing up in a political family, Layton was a Toronto city councilor for 17 years and was head of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for a year. He became leader of the federal NDP in 2003 and the party became the Official Opposition for the first time in history. Then his health problems began.

Date of release
2013-03-10
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 28m
Director
Jeff Woolnough

Casting

Interesting facts

Jack is a Canadian television film, which debuted on CBC Television on March 10, 2013. A biopic of the late Jack Layton, the film stars Rick Roberts as Layton and Sook-Yin Lee as Olivia Chow. The film was originally announced in 2012 as Smilin' Jack: The Jack Layton Story.

Production and filming

Film for Jack was announced on November 17, 2011. Jack was filmed in Winnipeg.

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