Timekeeper - production AF_1

Timekeeper - location shots by Alain Fortin

These wonderful photos were provided by Alain Fortin of Sept-Îles, near Port-Cartier where The Timekeeper was filmed. Alain is an old friend of dog trainer Raymond Ducasse, who had the contract for the dog scenes. In the story the dog, King, belongs to the camp boss, Fisk, and although he is as	fierce as his owner, the boy (Martin) is able to befriend	him. When Martin is expelled from the camp and sets off back to the town with the wild men, King goes with them, but is attacked by wolves. Row 1: Filming the scene where King is put down. Row 2: Vino playing the injured dog. The blood is simulated from food colouring and soggy bread. Row 3: Roy relaxing	Shoot the dog, Scully. You're running out of time. The man considered his choices there and the three fugitives stood upon that plain and cast long shadows across the ground. The boy squinted into the sun and waited and Grease tapped two rocks together to make them sound and the rhythm he created was the rhythm of those posses that had chased them down in another time and place. Scully grew agitated with them both. He was angered by the silence of one man and the uncanny racket of another. Shoot that dog yourself, Scully said and he held out the shotgun to the boy. The boy accepted it into his hands. He looked down upon the dog in the throes of its suffering. Shoot him, Grease said in a whispering voice. Yeah, Scully said. Shoot that dog. Let's see what you're made of. Not the dog, Grease said and Scully looked at him. Scully looked back at the boy and the boy had levelled the shotgun in his direction. Hey, Scully said. Shoot, Grease quietly pleaded. THE TIMEKEEPER Trevor Ferguson

Click on pictures to enlarge

More exclusive shots -

The Dog

Return to Films