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BREAKFAST WITH SCOT (CANADA, English)
SHOWING: Sunday, Feburary 17 at 2:00pm
Rated PG, 95 minutes
Director: Laurie Lynd, Actors: Tom Cavanaugh, Ben Shenkman, Noah Bernett, Megan Follows

Veteran TV director Laurie Lynd‘s latest feature film, the very endearing BREAKFAST WITH SCOT, had its world premiere at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival®, where it won the hearts of its audiences.

Sam (Tom Cavanaugh, "Ed","Scrubs", GRAY MATTERS) and Ed (Ben Shenkman, JUST LIKE HEAVEN, ANGELS IN AMERICA) aren‘t exactly your stereotypical gay couple. A former pro-hockey player, Sam now works as a broadcaster for a major sports network, and – because of the traditionally homophobic nature of this field – he is determined to keep his personal and professional lives com-pletely separate.

Things change irrevocably when Ed‘s nephew, Scot (fantastically portrayed by Noah Bernett, GOTHIKA) enters their lives. Ed has agreed to look after Scot following the death of the boy‘s mother, at least until his father, Ed‘s no-account brother Billy, returns to Toronto. An expert knitter addicted to boas, makeup and show tunes, Scot has no idea who Wayne Gretzky is – and couldn‘t care less. Terrified that Scot will be persecuted ruthlessly at school, Sam decides to straighten him out. His efforts will change them both.

Thoroughly charming and guaranteed to melt the heart of the coldest audience member, Laurie Lynd‘s BREAKFAST WITH SCOT boasts a raft of fine performances and smart, winning cameos by iconic Canadian actors, including Fiona Reid, Megan Follows, Gra-ham Greene, Sheila McCarthy and Shauna MacDonald. Cavanaugh and Shenkman anchor the story more than admirably, but it‘s the kids who steal the show, most notably Bernett as Scot, whose wide-eyed incomprehension of the ways of the world is both hilarious and deeply affecting.

Perhaps the most essential aspect of the film, though, is its treatment of Sam‘s divided psyche and the sports world in general. In his fear that Scot will be targeted and, frankly, that he‘ll be outed himself, Sam becomes more irritable than your run-of- the-mill homophobe. His anxiety is, of course, partially generated by the sports milieu, which traditionally operates on a false and impossibly dated notion of masculinity. The fact that this realm is claimed and zealously guarded by reactionary elements (both the film and the Na-tional Hockey League, which has supported it, have been attacked by fundamentalist Christian groups) only makes the film more significant.

BREAKFAST WITH SCOT is loaded with charm, but it also reminds us that our world isn‘t yet as liberal or safe as we might like to believe.

Official Website: http://www.caprifilms.com/breakfastwithscot/index.html

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