Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner (1978) Poster

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7/10
Hands up
Rectangular_businessman3 January 2013
Warning: Spoilers
The "Canada Vignettes" series is a group of short films done by the National Film Board of Canada, depicting some different aspects from the culture and the history of Canada. Some are humorous, some are serious, and some (like this one) are animated.

"Bill Miner" was a nice Vignette, with an interesting visual style, using a bit of cut-out animation (similar than the one from the animated segments from Monty Python's Flying Circus Animation) and also the same cute cartoonish aesthetic that also could be find in other "Canada Vignettes" like "Lady Frances Simpson" and "Fort Prince of Wales".

The result is a brief, but worth-watching historical western of one minute with a little humorous touch.
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6/10
hands up said the reviewer...
kennymacdonald28 December 2002
bill miner has been the subject of biography show called the canadians, a movie called the grey fox and this vignette that i remember being on t.v. all the time. narratered by the late joe austin it tells the story of how bill's train robbing plan in 1906 went wrong. he didn't get money or gold he got a bottle of liver pills [a large one].if anyone out there that has not seen this i hope you look for it. short,funny and to the point and it is a part of history that will leave you with your hands up,hands up.
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