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Alias Will James

Comment un Québécois pure laine a-t-il pu devenir un romancier américain célèbre et le cow-boy le plus authentique de Hollywood? En fabulant! Alias Will James raconte l'histoire invraisemblable d'Ernest Dufault qui, avec la complicité tacite de sa famille, a réussi à séduire (et tromper) pendant trente ans la royauté européenne et la société américaine. Voleur de chevaux, vagabond, artiste et écrivain, Will James est encore aujourd'hui, dans le Far West américain, un personnage mythique.
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Comment un Québécois pure laine a-t-il pu devenir un romancier américain célèbre et le cow-boy le plus authentique de Hollywood? En fabulant! Alias Will James raconte l'histoire invraisemblable d'Ernest Dufault qui, avec la complicité tacite de sa famille, a réussi à séduire (et tromper) pendant trente ans la royauté européenne et la société américaine. Voleur de chevaux, vagabond, artiste et écrivain, Will James est encore aujourd'hui, dans le Far West américain, un personnage mythique.

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  • director
    Jacques Godbout
  • script
    Jacques Godbout
  • producer
    Éric Michel
  • images
    Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
  • animation camera
    Raymond Dumas
  • sound
    Richard Besse
    Diane Carrière
  • editing
    Monique Fortier
  • music recording
    Louis Hone
  • sound mixer
    Hans Peter Strobl
  • music editing
    Suzanne Bouilly
  • voice
    Jean-Guy Moreau
  • music
    Robert M. Lepage
  • participation
    Pierre Dufault

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