Canvas is a 2006 drama film written and directed by Joseph Greco about a Florida family dealing with a mother who has schizophrenia. The film premiered October 2006 at the Hamptons International Film Festival in New York.

Cast

• Joe Pantoliano as John Marino
• Marcia Gay Harden as Mary Marino
• Devon Gearhart as Chris Marino
• Sophia Bairley as Dawn
• Marcus Johns as Sam
• Antony Del Rio as Gregg

Production

Director Joseph Greco wrote that during the third week of shooting, on October 24, 2005, Hurricane Wilma hammered us and almost shut down the production of the film. In a statement on the official website, Greco also wrote he was one of James Cameron s three assistants during the production of the film Titanic and when Canvas was finished, James Cameron signed Greco s application to join the Directors Guild of America.

Release

The film premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival in October 2006 and was shown later that year at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival on November 12, 2006. It premiered in Germany on February 10, 2007, at the European Film Market and premiered in France on May 21, 2007, at the Cannes Film Market. Canvas has also been shown at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, the Sedona International Film Festival, the Nantucket Film Festival, and the Sarasota Film Festival.

The film opened in limited release in the United States on October 12, 2007.

Critical reception

As of October 13, 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 15 reviews. On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 69 out of 100, based on 9 reviews.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 stars and wrote The portrayal of schizophrenia in the film has been praised by mental health experts as unusually accurate and sympathetic and also said Writer-director Joseph Greco says the film, his first feature, was influenced by his own childhood with a schizophrenic mother.

Awards

At the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, the film won the Audience Award and Joe Pantoliano won the Best Dramatic Performance Award. At the Sedona International Film Festival, the film won the Best Feature Film Award and Joe Pantoliano won the Outstanding Acting Award. The film also won Audience Awards at the Nantucket Film Festival and the Sarasota Film Festival.

Year	2006
ReleaseDate	2008-12-12
RuntimeMins	101
RuntimeStr	1h 41min
Plot	A woman’s schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
Awards	Awards, 9 wins & 1 nomination
Directors	Joseph Greco
Writers	Joseph Greco
Stars	Griffin Miner, Marcia Gay Harden, Devon Gearhart
Produced by	Natalie Arango,Bruce Beresford,Lucy Engibarian-Hammel,Bill Erfurth,Adam Hammel,George Hickenlooper,Sharon Lane,Eddie Mordujovich,Caroline O’Brien,Joe Pantoliano,Alan H. Rolnick
Music by	Joel Goodman
Cinematography by	Rob Sweeney
Film Editing by	Nina Kawasaki
Casting By	Ed Arenas
Production Design by	William A. Cimino
Art Direction by	Caleb Mikler
Set Decoration by	Elaine Kooser
Costume Design by	Nancy Jarzynko
Makeup Department	Karina Del Bel,Megan Graham,Nirvana Lisman,Sarah Morrison,Jenna Tibbetts
Production Management	Brian Moon,Michael Trainotti
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Karen Callahan,John Elmore,Adam Hammel,Brian Moon
Art Department	Rafalel Abilla,Carolina Amenta,Paul Armbruster,Eduardo J. Belaval,Susann Belaval,A.J. Blandford,Michael Castro,Aileen Desposito,Shane Donahue,Joshua Faust,Mariana Fernandez Freire,Candi Guterres,Rebecca T. Haze,Beau Heggen,Kurt Meisenbach,Don Ramensnyder,Ron Stone,Victoria Villegas
Sound Department	Hugo Cardenas,Robert Carr,Michael Colomby,Cynthia DeLaney Gorman,Rob Freeman,Tiffany S. Griffith,Barry Keys,Michael Lyle,Michael ‘Mac’ McNamee,Matthew J. Mondrick,Robb Navrides,Alex Parker,Paul Stevenson
Special Effects by	Richard Lee Jones
Visual Effects by	Tony Brown,Tony Cacciarelli,Matthew Colchamiro,Chuck Filliettaz,Allen Rundle
Stunts	Robert Weir
Camera and Electrical Department	Ricardo Barredo,Mike Clayton,Hernan Erazo,Jennifer Galipault,Albert Gelabert,Christos Georgakopoulos,Mike L. Germaine,Shai Goldenberg,Paul Greco,Reynaldo Guimet,J.T. Gurzi,Edward A. Gutentag,Chris Hill,Steve Hurson,Camilo Jarquin,Edward Jensen,Jeff Jones,Juan Linares,Skip McCraw,Julio Mora,Caleb Nelson,Barry Renfro,Boris Francois Ruiz,Carla Sosa,Willem Van Vark,Frankie Zamora
Casting Department	Shae Jacobson
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Joanna Bronson,Diana Castro,Audrey de Vallois,Diana Jimenez,Michelle Dianne Mehn,Yaneya Rovira
Editorial Department	David Bernstein,Patrick Callahan,Liza Cardinale,Dave Chang,Scott Fox,Maria Guevarra,Tyler Leshney,Michael Levy
Location Management	Cassandra B. Laymon,Sheila Monahan,Dimitrios Rongakis
Music Department	David Bramfitt,Robb Navrides,Paul Rolnick,Deborah Vukovitz
Script and Continuity Department	Laura Pinto
Transportation Department	Howard Beck,Oscar Carles,Michael Carter,Thomas W.M. Lloyd Jr.,Javier Sánchez,Carlos Vega
Additional Crew	Aitch Alberto,Jeremy Barber,Howard Beck,Enrique Benavides,Cynthia Benitez,Toby Burge,Byron Canady,Ericka Coello,Matthew Cohen,Melanie Crim,Eric C. Crum,Frank Debasa,Justin Dec,Jack Downs,Michael V. Finuccio,Jeanne-Marie Fisichella,Maehi Gonzales,Maria Alessandra Gonzalez,Will Herbert,Marsha Lynn Jacobson,Brett Jordan,James Joyner,Jorge Kreimer,Robert E. Linkin,Lucretia Louis,Sean Lunski,Diane Madio,Garrett Miner,Francesca Nannetti,Roberto Penalver,Beth Perez-Aquiar,Jasmine Ross,Marianne Ruane,Brittney Sheffield,Ryan Shipman,Nikki Stanzione,Missy Stehlin,Kelly Theis,Trenton Tombs,Matthias Van Assche,Jason Van Brusselen,Denis Warburton,Sonny Waterhouse,Diana Williams,Cassandra Windels,Robert C. Yu
Thanks	Russell LaFreniere
Genres	Drama
Companies	LMG Pictures, Canvas Pictures, Rebellion Pictures
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	PG-13
ImDbRating	6.5
ImDbRatingVotes	1053
MetacriticRating	67
Keywords	nightmare,schizophrenia,one word title,family relationships,canvas painting