Skip Tracer

Skip Tracer is a Canadian drama film, directed by Zale Dalen and released in 1977.[1] Dalen's feature-length directorial debut, the film was made for a budget of just $250,000 after Dalen and his wife Laara, the film's producer, decided that they were dissatisfied with their jobs and wanted to work in film.[2]

Skip Tracer
Directed byZale Dalen
Produced byLaara Dalen
Written byZale Dalen
StarringDavid Petersen
John Lazarus
Music byJ. Douglas Dodd
Linton S. Garner
CinematographyRon Orieux
Edited byZale Dalen
Production
company
Highlight Communications
Distributed byInternational Film Distributors
G.G. Communications
Release date
September 13, 1977 (TIFF)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250,000

The film stars David Petersen as John Collins, a repo man who begins to regret his career choice after being paired with Brent Solverman (John Lazarus), a new trainee whose very different perspective on the job begins to trigger Collins' conscience.[1]

Petersen received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Actor,[3] and Dalen received the Wendy Michener Award for "most promising new talent", at the 28th Canadian Film Awards.[4] In 1978, it became the first Canadian film ever selected for screening at the New York Film Festival.[2]

References
  1. Jay Scott, "Skip Tracer: Dalen connects with the man who collects". The Globe and Mail, November 25, 1978.
  2. "Skip Tracer first Canadian film at N.Y. festival". The Globe and Mail, September 25, 1978.
  3. "Back stage". The Globe and Mail, October 15, 1977.
  4. "Etrogs bogged and bungled". Richmond Review. November 25, 1977. p. 14. Retrieved March 28, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.


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