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Tatiana Maslany

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Mary Holland

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Elan Mastai

Eric Johnson

John Hodgman

Jeff Barnaby

Garry Shandling

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Adriana Maggs

Writer, producer and director Adriana Maggs -- whose new drama Goalie opens in Toronto and Vancouver this Friday, March 1st -- steps up for a lost Canadian classic: The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, Mark and Andy Jones' 1986 satire about the fantasy life of a Newfoundland bureaucrat. Your genial host Norm Wilner is just glad to know he's not the only person who saw it.

Writer, producer and director Adriana Maggs -- whose new drama Goalie opens in Toronto and Vancouver this Friday, March 1st -- steps up for a lost Canadian classic: The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, Mark and Andy Jones' 1986 satire about the fantasy life of a Newfoundland bureaucrat. Your genial host Norm Wilner is just glad to know he's not the only person who saw it.

Adriana Maggs on The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

We caught a screening of The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (Andy and Michael Jones, 1986), a cult classic comedy which was also the first feature film made entirely in Newfoundland by Newfoundlanders. Adam and Michael, who had seen it before, took Chris to see it for the first time. Was it too Newfoundlandic for him? Would it play as well for audiences who weren't at least Newfoundland-adjacent? We discussed all this and more immediately after the screening.[We won’t link to it, but you can find the film on YouTube. Adam’s article on the movie from the Newfoundland Quarterly is, sadly, not available online. Also check out these two tributes to the late Michael Jones.]

We caught a screening of <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090593/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood</a> (Andy and Michael Jones, 1986), a cult classic comedy which was also the first feature film made entirely in Newfoundland by Newfoundlanders. <a href="http://twitter.com/dumpster1983" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/erlking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael</a>, who had seen it before, took <a href="http://twitter.com/wordgarbler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris</a> to see it for the first time. Was it too Newfoundlandic for him? Would it play as well for audiences who weren't at least Newfoundland-adjacent? We discussed all this and more immediately after the screening.[We won’t link to it, but you can find the film on YouTube. Adam’s article on the movie from the <a href="http://nqonline.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newfoundland Quarterly</a> is, sadly, not available online. Also check out these <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-michael-jones-was-a-pioneer-of-newfoundland-filmmaking/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">two</a> <a href="http://www.thetelegram.com/opinion/columnists/bob-wakeham-mike-jones-was-nls-godfather-of-film-195428/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tributes</a> to the late Michael Jones.]

12. The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood.