Stations is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by William D. MacGillivray and released in 1983.
[1] The film stars Michael Jones as Tom Murphy, a former Roman Catholic priest turned television journalist; after undergoing a crisis of faith when his deep questioning of his old friend Harry (Richard Boland) in an interview leads to Harry's suicide, he is assigned to undertake a train trip across Canada to interview various everyday people he meets at train stations across the country.
[2] Featuring a mix of professional and non-professional actors, the cast included Libby Davies, Patricia Kipping, Joel Sapp, Maisie Rillie, Beth McTavish, Claudette Sapp, Graham Hayward and Mary Walsh.
[4] Jay Scott of The Globe and Mail wrote that "Unfortunately, the director of Stations, William D. MacGillivray, is not attracted by those interviewed - many of whom are wonderfully funny - but by the interviewer, a humorless middle-class dolt with a tedious mid-life identity crisis.
"[5] In his 2003 book A Century of Canadian Cinema, Gerald Pratley wrote that "as most of the participants in this film belong to the lively, outspoken school of Newfoundland comedy, there are quite naturally a great many laughs on the journey, and the scenery is marvellous.