Kenny/The kid brother
Year: 1988
Director: Claude Gagnon
Produced By: Bandai Entertainment Inc., Gagnon Productions, Kinema Amerika
Screenplay: Claude Gagnon
Genre: Drama
Length: 95 minutes
Distributor: Vanguard Cinema
Country: Japan USA Canada
Language: English
Filming Locations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Video: Kenny / The kid brother
Starring: Kenny Easterday, Caitlin Clarke and Liane Curtis
Kenny Easterday - Kenny
Caitlin Clarke - Sharon
Liane Curtis - Sharon Kay
Zach Grenier - Jesse
Jesse Easterday Jr. - Eddy
Tom Reddy - Billy
Alain Saint-Alix - French TV Director
Daniel Lambert - French Technician
Lamya Derval - Script Girl
Eduardo Rossoff- French Cameraman
John Carpenter - Grandfather
Gerry Klug - Grandmother
Bingo O'Malley - Mr. Nitan
Bill Dalzell - Dr. Harper
Plot summary:
The disruptions caused in the life of 13 year old Kenny born with underdeveloped legs, removed to replace other missing bones at 6 months old when a French film company comes to do a film about his life and family.
Kenny is a bright, outgoing 13 year-old kid deeply loved by his family. He likes sports, girls, TV and his skateboard. Kenny's a normal kid in every way except for his appearance, which shocks and unsettles strangers. It's not a big deal for him but some people wish to change his appearance to allay their own insecurities. Armed with courage, love and humor, Kenny is determined to leave no question unanswered, to understand and to be understood..
The film won the following awards:
- The U.S. Grand Prix at the Monreal Film Festival.
- Special Jury Prize at the Film Festival for the Youth.
-UNESCO Prize, UNICEF special mention at the Berlin Fil Festival.
Video: Daniel Lavoie - Soaring baby from Kenny OST
Soaring Baby
Musique: François Dompierre
Paroles: Daniel Lavoie
It's a strange look in your eyes tonight
Such a faraway look
In a distant kind of life
Can't you get away look somewhere you want to.
Goin' to cruise the galaxy heaven
Got you eye on a distant life
But on a distant life
You gotta reason in youe eyes tonight
Such a beautiful look
In a truthful kind of life
Oh soaring baby
Morning lazy, as you roll up to the road
Soaring baby, what's no worrying when you were right
Then you're right
Then you're far above the highway, rise and ride
To a higher skyway, mmm
And then you come in for a landing
There's a warmth in your eyes tonight
Such a long look
A running kind of life, mmm