At the Quinte Hotel · 2005

At the Quinte Hotel

Bruce Alcock · 4 min

America had Charles Bukowski and Canada had Al Purdy, a hard-drinking, hard-living poet who wrote about bars, hockey and beer. In this vibrant and kinetic short film, Purdy reads his best-known poem (involving a beer, a bar, and a brawl) accompanied by a dizzying array of animation that perfectly captures the work's ironic tone and its exuberant evocation of alcohol, antagonism and Art.

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Awards

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

• Al Purdy

  voice