Currently watching Citizen Gangster
(2011) Canadian film is based on true events, but doesn't make a real emotional connection with the viewer.
Odd to see International Bridge, connecting Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., in film set in Toronto.
Bridge opened in 1962, after the bank-robbing exploits of Edwin Boyd and his gang.
RATING: 6/10
FUN FACTS: Kelly Reilly starred in Sherlock Holmes and Pride and Prejudice.
Brian Cox had the lead role in Winston Churchill.
William Mapother appeared as Dr. Ethan Rom in television's Lost.
Citizen Gangster was nominated for five Genie Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Academy Awards, including best lead actor and best supporting actor.
Director Nathan Morlando returned to the Sault Ste. Marie area to shoot his second feature, Mean Dreams, starring Bill Paxton in one of his last roles.
Harry Houston, a veteran of community theatre in Sault Ste. Marie, appears as a bank customer who witnesses Boyd rob one of his first banks.
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