A historical account of the French-Canadian terrorist kidnapping incident and the Federal Govt.'s response by declaring martial-law.A historical account of the French-Canadian terrorist kidnapping incident and the Federal Govt.'s response by declaring martial-law.A historical account of the French-Canadian terrorist kidnapping incident and the Federal Govt.'s response by declaring martial-law.
Réal Caouette
- Self (Créditiste MP)
- (archive footage)
Claude Charron
- Self (Péquiste MNA, with Lévesque)
- (archive footage)
Michel Chartrand
- Self (organizer of miners' strike)
- (archive footage)
James Cross
- Self (with Choquette after his release)
- (archive footage)
Charles de Gaulle
- Self (Vive le Québec libre speech in Montreal)
- (archive footage)
Charles Gagnon
- Self (FLQ with Lemieux)
- (archive footage)
Eric Kierans
- Self
- (archive footage)
Claude Lachance
- Self (journalist, describes discovery of Laporte)
- (archive footage)
André Laurendeau
- Self (Co-chairman, Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism)
- (archive footage)
- (as André Laurandeau)
Robert MacNeil
- Self (hopes to interview Trudeau on Parliament Hill)
- (archive footage)
Normand Maltais
- Self
- (archive footage)
Gaétan Montreuil
- Self
- (archive footage)
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Good for raw information, but lacking elsewhere
Action: The October Crisis of 1970 succeeded in some things, but failed in others. Overall, the film was incredibly informative and well written. The overall structure of the documentary suited the topic. When discussing the historical events surrounding the terror attacks in 1970, they carefully explain the details leading up to the government cracking down on radical groups. While this is tedious at times, it gets most of the ideas across regarding the severity of the terror attacks and the political upheaval happening in Canada in 1970. While the documentary does an incredible job at relaying the details of these historical events, most of the time is spent with a monotone, drawl narration. This narration, while informative, is incredibly hard to listen to. If the narration had been slightly more enthusiastic or engaged, the information would be much easier to process. The closest thing the narration could be related to is a college lecture of 300 students with a bland professor; while the content might be interesting, a wide audience will not be intrigued by what is being presented. Overall, when looking at this documentary for information, it should receive a 10 out of 10. When factoring in the narration and droning nature that it has, the documentary should get a 6 out of 10. Yes, the documentary is good, but it becomes incredibly boring after the first 10 minutes simply because of the narration.
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- Apr 25, 2019
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- Les évènements d'octobre 1970
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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By what name was Action: The October Crisis of 1970 (1974) officially released in Canada in English?
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