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The Dead Sleep Easy is a 2007 Canadian drama film, a co-production of Odessa Filmworks and Zed Filmworks produced on location in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Its tagline is "When you're this far south, sometimes it's better to be dead than alive."

The Dead Sleep Easy
Directed by	Lee Demarbre
Written by	Ian Driscoll
Produced by	Robert Menzies
Starring	Ian Hodgkinson Dave Courtney Ana Sidel Martin Kove
Music by	Michael Dubué[1]
Distributed by	Odessa Filmworks Zed Filmworks
Release date	22 September 2007 (2007-09-22) (Calgary International Film Festival)
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	CAD 250,000[1]

Plot

The story concerns a one-time Mexican wrestler known only as The Champ (Ian Hodgkinson) who becomes employed by a Mexican organised crime gang after he kills an opponent whose uncle is a mob leader. After witnessing a massacre of illegally smuggled migrants into the United States, The Champ decides to seek redress for this crime.

Cast

Distribution and release

The film has had numerous special screenings:

• 22 September 2007: Calgary, Calgary International Film Festival[2]
• 8 February 2008: Victoria (British Columbia) Film Festival[3]
• 15 February 2008: Toronto[4]
• 22 February 2008: Ottawa
• 13 March 2008: Montreal[5]
• 15 March 2008: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Backseat Film Festival[6]
• 20 March 2008: Dawson City, Yukon, International Short Film Festival[7]
• 27 March 28 March 2008: Hollywood, California, Ricardo Montalbán Theatre[8]

The film was given a DVD release on 5 March 2009 through Anchor Bay Canada.

References

Bibliography

• "Ana Sidel" official Ana Sidel site
• The Dead Sleep Easy official site
• Zed Filmworks: The Dead Sleep Easy profile
• The Dead Sleep Easy at IMDb
• Oliver, Greg (14 February 2008). "Vampiro shoots up the screen in The Dead Sleep Easy". Slam!/Quebecor Media. Retrieved 16 February 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Cole, Stephen (15 February 2008). "Pretty good, as bad movies go". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
• Stone, Laura (15 February 2008). "Wrestling with change". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
• Rue Morgue Radio: Lee Demarbre interview regarding The Dead Sleep Easy 8 February 2008
• Anderson, Jason (13 February 2008). "Dead reckoning". Eye Weekly. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
• Knight, Chris (15 February 2008). "If it wasn't for NAFTA, would we even have Mexican-Canadian wrestling cinema?". National Post. Retrieved 18 February 2008. ^{[dead link]}
• Interview with director Lee DeMarbre

External links

• Official website
• The Dead Sleep Easy at IMDb

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