The Champagne Safari

The Champagne Safari is a 1995 Canadian documentary film directed by George Ungar.[1] A portrait of industrialist Charles Bedaux, it focuses primarily on his controversial Bedaux expedition through northern Alberta and British Columbia in 1934, including Floyd Crosby's original footage of the expedition that had long been believed lost until being found in Paris in the 1980s.[1]

The Champagne Safari
Directed byGeorge Ungar
Written byHarold Crooks
John Kramer
Steve Lucas
Produced byGeorge Ungar
John Walker
CinematographyJoan Hutton
Douglas Kiefer
Mathieu Roberts
Kirk Tougas
John Walker
Floyd Crosby
Edited byJohn Kramer
Music byNormand Roger
Production
company
Release date
1995 (TIFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film was narrated by Colm Feore and Jim Morris, and included David Hemblen as the voice of Bedaux.

The film was in development by 1988, originally under the working title Dangerous Alliances: The Bedaux Story.[2] It premiered in the Perspective Canada program at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and was broadcast on TVOntario's documentary series The View from Here in December 1995.[4]

The film won the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 16th Genie Awards.[5]

References
  1. "True-life adventure a sizzling find". Toronto Star, September 1, 1995.
  2. "On the trail of Canadian West's champagne safari; Moviemaking sleuth unearths film of Bedaux's expedition". Montreal Gazette, October 9, 1988.
  3. "A Rude awakening". Hamilton Spectator, July 27, 1995.
  4. "Hitler's Brits: A Canadian documentary, The Champagne Safari, reveals a little-known link between the Nazis and wealthy Britons". The Globe and Mail, December 2, 1995.
  5. "Three Genies for Le Confessionnal: Margaret's Museum wins six". Calgary Herald, January 15, 1996.


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