At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story

1998 Canadian film

At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story is a 1998 Canadian television film about the life of Canadian right to die advocate Sue Rodriguez.^[1]

The film was written by Linda Svendsen based on the book by Lisa Hobbs Birnie and directed by Sheldon Larry.

Cast

• Wendy Crewson as Sue Rodriguez
• Carl Marotte as David Rodriguez
• Patrick Galligan as Svend Robinson
• Walter Learning as Justice Allen Melvin
• Al Waxman as John Hofsess
• Miko Hughes as Jesse Rodriguez
• Fiona Reid as Sandra Burtch

Politician Svend Robinson was portrayed by a different actor, but also had his own cameo role in the film as the third reporter at Sue Rodriguez's first press conference.

Awards

• In 1999, Wendy Crewson won the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the Gemini Awards.^[2]
• In 1999, Linda Svendsen won the WGC Award from the Writers Guild of Canada.

References

1. Baskin, Ellen (2018-04-27). Enser’s Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Books and Plays from which Films have been Made, 1928-2001. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-76983-9.
2. "Hamilton's Lawrence Hill, Wendy Crewson to get stars on Walk of Fame". 30 September 2015.

External links

• At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story at IMDb
• At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story at AllMovie