Scorn (film)
| Scorn | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Such a Good Boy by Lisa Hobbs Birnie |
| Written by | Andrew Rai Berzins |
| Directed by | Sturla Gunnarsson |
| Starring | Eric Johnson Brendan Fletcher Bill Switzer |
| Theme music composer | Jonathan Goldsmith |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Christian Bruyère Laszlo Barna Maryke McEwen |
| Cinematography | Tony Westman |
| Editor | Jeff Warren |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production companies | Alliance Atlantis Barna-Alper Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC |
| Release | September 24, 2000 |
Scorn is a Canadian dramatic television film directed by Sturla Gunnarsson. It dramatizes the true story of Darren Huenemann, a gay teenager from Victoria, British Columbia, who manipulated his classmates Derik Lord and David Muir into murdering his mother Sharon and grandmother Doris in his grandmothers's Tsawwassen home in 1990.
The film stars Eric Johnson as Huenemann, Brendan Fletcher as Lord, Bill Switzer as Muir, Kelly Rowan as Sharon and Pam Hyatt as Doris, as well as Emily Hampshire, Michael Hogan, Jesse Cadotte, Jerry Wasserman, Bill Dow and Hrothgar Mathews in supporting roles.
The film premiered theatrically at the 2000 Vancouver International Film Festival, and received a followup theatrical screening at the 2001 Victoria Film Festival, before being broadcast by CBC Television on March 18, 2001.