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Peepers is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Seth W. Owen and released in 2010.[1] The film centres on a group of voyeurs who stage rooftop parties to peep at women disrobing in their apartments, whose equilibrium is upended when an academic starts observing them for her own scholarly research.[2]

Peepers
Directed bySeth W. Owen
Written bySeth W. Owen
Daniel Perlmutter
Mark Slutsky
Produced byAndi State
StarringJoe Cobden
Janine Theriault
Paul Spence
Howard Bilerman
Ricky Mabe
Dan Beirne
Tyrone Benskin
Jessica Paré
CinematographyBobby Shore
Edited byJared Curtis
Production
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Encore Entertainment
Distributed byeOne
Release date
Running time
83 min
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Owen co-wrote the film with Daniel Perlmutter and Mark Slutsky.[1]

Cast

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Distribution

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The film premiered at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in 2010, and had several other film festival screenings that year, but never made it into commercial theatrical release.[1] It was later released on DVD.[3]

Awards

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The film received five Canadian Comedy Award nominations at the 12th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2011, for Best Film, Best Direction (Owen), Best Writing (Owen, Perlmutter, Slutsky), Best Male Performance in a Film (Cobden) and Best Female Performance in a Film (Theriault).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Charles-Henri Ramond, "Peepers – Film de Seth W. Owen". Films du Québec, December 1, 2009.
  2. ^ Matthew Hays, "Quebec comics star in Peepers". Playback, November 25, 2008.
  3. ^ Warren Clements, "Turning the binoculars on the peeping Toms". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2011.
  4. ^ Brendan Kelly, "Two Montreal films, Peepers and Good Neighbours, lead the race for the Canadian Comedy Awards". Montreal Gazette, June 10, 2011.
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