Childstar

Childstar (2004)

You're only famous for fifteen minutes. Make every second count.

An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.

Date of release
2004-09-10
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Don McKellar

Casting

Interesting facts

Childstar is a 2004 Canadian comedy film directed and co-written by Don McKellar, and starring McKellar, Peter Paige, Gil Bellows, Mark Rendall, Michael Murphy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Alan Thicke. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received four awards from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, including Best Canadian Film.

Production

Director and co-writer Don McKellar said he got the idea for the film when he was at an Oscars party and found himself talking to actor Haley Joel Osment, who was then hot off the success of The Sixth Sense. Said McKellar, "He seemed to perfectly encapsulate American stardom…He was preternaturally mature, extremely young but unnatural." McKellar said the encounter was a "a potent symbol...of my experience of Hollywood.

Filming took place in Toronto from November to December 2003.

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