Six Degrees of Separation

Watch List: The Con Is On

Showings

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema Tue, Jul 19, 2022 7:00 PM
Film Info
Runtime:112
Copyright:1993
Country Listing:USA
Rating:PG
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Fred Schepisi

Description

There’s a reason they call them con-artists—in Six Degrees of Separation, a couple of Art Dealers are bamboozled beyond repair. A young man, played by an early-career Will Smith, convinces hoity-toity New Yorkers Ouisa (Stockard Channing) and Flan (Donald Sutherland) that he has been stabbed in Central Park—oh, and it just so happens that he is Sidney Poitier’s son. Delight in this 1993 classic, made even more delicious by the fact that it’s based on a true story.

Tickets: $15 (Members from $10)


If this month’s premiere of The Talented Mr. Rosenberg leaves you gasping at the audacious schemes of Toronto’s own Yorkville Swindler, delve deeper into the brazen world of conmen, grifters and frauds with Watch List: The Con Is On, a curated collection of the best flimflam films to ever hit the screen.

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