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Eddy Haymour, an immigrant from Lebanon, earned his money as a barber, eventually saving enough to purchase an island near Kelowna with dreams of building an amusement park that celebrated his Middle Eastern heritage.
What began as a Canadian dream story, twisted and turned its way into a nightmare that seems too over-the-top to be true.
The story zeros in on a series of events that took place in the ‘70s and ‘80s. It starts with a government conspiracy that blocked the construction of his island theme park. The subsequent fallout is chronicled: the kidnapping of his children, the attempts to send letter bombs to his enemies, his incarceration in Riverview Psychiatric Hospital, his plan to bomb the provincial legislature, his hostage-taking in Lebanon, and eventual vindication by the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
What began as a Canadian dream story, twisted and turned its way into a nightmare that seems too over-the-top to be true.
The story zeros in on a series of events that took place in the ‘70s and ‘80s. It starts with a government conspiracy that blocked the construction of his island theme park. The subsequent fallout is chronicled: the kidnapping of his children, the attempts to send letter bombs to his enemies, his incarceration in Riverview Psychiatric Hospital, his plan to bomb the provincial legislature, his hostage-taking in Lebanon, and eventual vindication by the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- Year2019
- Runtime85 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- PremiereAlberta
- DirectorGreg Crompton
- ScreenwriterGreg Crompton
- ProducerTony Cerciello, Greg Crompton
- CastEddy Haymour
- CinematographerGreg Gillespie
- EditorDavid Trevail, Stephen Leck
- MusicRed Heartbreaker
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Eddy Haymour, an immigrant from Lebanon, earned his money as a barber, eventually saving enough to purchase an island near Kelowna with dreams of building an amusement park that celebrated his Middle Eastern heritage.
What began as a Canadian dream story, twisted and turned its way into a nightmare that seems too over-the-top to be true.
The story zeros in on a series of events that took place in the ‘70s and ‘80s. It starts with a government conspiracy that blocked the construction of his island theme park. The subsequent fallout is chronicled: the kidnapping of his children, the attempts to send letter bombs to his enemies, his incarceration in Riverview Psychiatric Hospital, his plan to bomb the provincial legislature, his hostage-taking in Lebanon, and eventual vindication by the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
What began as a Canadian dream story, twisted and turned its way into a nightmare that seems too over-the-top to be true.
The story zeros in on a series of events that took place in the ‘70s and ‘80s. It starts with a government conspiracy that blocked the construction of his island theme park. The subsequent fallout is chronicled: the kidnapping of his children, the attempts to send letter bombs to his enemies, his incarceration in Riverview Psychiatric Hospital, his plan to bomb the provincial legislature, his hostage-taking in Lebanon, and eventual vindication by the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
- Year2019
- Runtime85 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- PremiereAlberta
- DirectorGreg Crompton
- ScreenwriterGreg Crompton
- ProducerTony Cerciello, Greg Crompton
- CastEddy Haymour
- CinematographerGreg Gillespie
- EditorDavid Trevail, Stephen Leck
- MusicRed Heartbreaker