The Dionne Quintuplets
1978
1 h 27 min
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Back in 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from parental care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicized, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses old newsreel footage, home-movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family. Based on the book The Dionne Years by Pierre …
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Back in 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one years of strange upbringing. When the girls were just infants, the premier of Ontario issued a court order removing them from parental care. Cut off from the world and their family, over-publicized, viewed twice daily in a special viewing compound, they grew up as prize exhibits. Director Donald Brittain uses old newsreel footage, home-movie sequences and interviews to depict a historic event that became a tragic exploitation of a family. Based on the book The Dionne Years by Pierre Berton.
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directorDonald Brittain
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producerDonald Brittain
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executive producerPeter KatadotisPaul Wright
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scriptPierre BertonBarbara Sears
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photographyDouglas Kiefer
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soundFraser McAninch
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editingLes HalmanRichard Bujold
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sound editingBernard BordeleauAbbey Jack NeidikLes Halman
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re-recordingJean-Pierre JoutelAdrian Croll
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narratorPierre Berton
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musicArt Phillips
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