Blake

Name: Blake
Director: Bill Mason
Released: 1969-01-01

1969 short film directed by Bill Mason

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Released: 1969
Director: Bill Mason
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1.nfb.ca/film/blake/Retrieved 2016-07-07
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Screenwriter: Bill Mason
Producer: Douglas Jackson
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1.Stated in CineTV
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Runtime: 20 min
Genre: documentary film
, comedy film
Country of origin: Canada
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1.Stated in CineTV
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Original language: English

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Blake is a 1969 Canadian short documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The film was directed by Bill Mason, and his fellow filmmaker Blake James, who pilots his own aircraft and lives by a unique code. Blake is Mason's cinematic testimonial to his friend and his "hobo of the skies" lifestyle.

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Main subject: aviation
Director of photography: Bill Mason
Nominations: BAFTA Award for Best Short Film(1971)
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film(February 16, 1970) statement is subject of: 42nd Academy Awards · nominee: Douglas Jackson
Title: Blake

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