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The Next Big Thing - Los Angeles

Murray Battle

2003 54 min

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In this feature documentary from The Next Big Thing series, 3 Toronto comedians have made it to Los Angeles, the final leg on their journey to make it big - but only one of them succeeds.

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In this feature documentary from The Next Big Thing series, 3 Toronto comedians have made it to Los Angeles, the final leg on their journey to make it big - but only one of them succeeds.

This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Credits

• director
  Murray Battle
  
• writer
  Andrew Clark
  
• producer
  Gerry Flahive
  
• casting
  Andrew Clark
  
• editor
  Tim Kirkwood
  
• cinematography
  Peter Walker
  
  Mark Irwin
  
  Murray Battle
  
  Ali Kazimi
  
  Don Spence
  
  Pierre Letarte
  
  Tony Cucciari
  
  Timothy Pocius
  
  Alister Bell
  
  Jocelyn Belzile
  
  Shaun Majumder
  
  Jason Rouse
  
• sound recordist
  Ao Loo
  
  Daniel Ferland
  
  Steve McNamee
  
  Robert Fletcher
  
  Sanjay Mehta
  
  Galen Handy
  
  Jeff Rosa
  
  Zac McFarlane
  
• assistant editor
  Timothy Pocius
  
• music consultant
  Jonathan Goldsmith
  
• production assistant
  Timothy Pocius
  
  Cecil Barba
  
• online editor
  Tim Kirkwood
  
  Timothy Pocius
  
• on-line effects
  John Dowding
  
  Dan McCarthy
  
• compositing
  John Dowding
  
  Dan McCarthy
  
• graphic design
  William Cameron
  
  Kristjan Viger
  
• colour correction
  Joanne Rourke
  
• sound editor
  Steve Munro
  
  David Drainie Taylor
  
  Timothy Mehlenbacher
  
• assistant sound editor
  Peter Kambasis
  
  Michael Turman
  
• foley artist
  John Thompson
  
• re-recording mixer
  Steve Munro
  
  Timothy Mehlenbacher
  
• stills
  Jeff Nolte
  
  Bernard Bohn
  
• clearances
  Elizabeth Klinck
  
• transcription
  Tricia De Graaf
  
• product manager
  Sue Mander
  
• production supervisor
  Kemp Archibald
  
• assistant production supervisor
  Mark Wilson
  
• program administrator
  Ida Di Fruscia
  
• administrative assistant
  Joanne Forrest
  
• production co-ordinator
  Lea Marin-Jara
  
• commissioning editor
  Rudy Buttignol
  
• senior producer
  Silva Basmajian
  
• executive producer
  Louise Lore
  
  Sylvia Sweeney
  

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