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* {{Determinator}}: Jack already had a reputation for valuing perseverance even before this movie came out, but this movie emphasizes it [[UpToEleven perhaps even more so than it's usually emphasized]].
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* {{Determinator}}: Jack already had a reputation for valuing perseverance even before this movie came out, but this movie emphasizes it [[UpToEleven perhaps even more so than it's usually emphasized]].emphasized.
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* WorthyOpponent: It took a while, but eventually even Jack's political opponents came to admire his courage and perseverance.
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* WorthyOpponent: It took a while, but eventually even Jack's political opponents came to admire his courage and perseverance.perseverance.
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* BittersweetEnding: The NDP makes it to 2nd place among Canadian federal political parties in 2011, making former "stuck in 3rd place" party leader Jack Layton the Opposition Leader, but not the Prime Minister. He dies a few months later. This is all accurate to real life, and all shown in the movie.
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* InsultBackfire: As suggested by one of Jack's campaign staffers:
-->- They've been trying to cast us as outsiders. Why not run with it?
-->- They've been trying to cast us as outsiders. Why not run with it?
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''Jack'' is a 2013 Creator/{{CBC}} movie is about [[CanadaEh Canadian]] [[CanadianPolitics politician]] Jack Layton, following both his political career and his personal life from the time he was a UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} city councilor, through his time as a Member of Parliament, up until his death.
Not to be confused with the other ''[[Film/{{Jack1996}} Jack]].'' [[http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/03/11/jack-layton-movie-cbc-robin-williams_n_2857085.html (Although the CBC itself has done that.)]]
Not to be confused with the other ''[[Film/{{Jack1996}} Jack]].'' [[http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/03/11/jack-layton-movie-cbc-robin-williams_n_2857085.html (Although the CBC itself has done that.)]]
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''Jack'' is a 2013 Creator/{{CBC}} movie is about [[CanadaEh Canadian]] [[CanadianPolitics [[UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics politician]] Jack Layton, following both his political career and his personal life from the time he was a UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} city councilor, through his time as a Member of Parliament, up until his death.
Not to be confused with the other''[[Film/{{Jack1996}} Jack]].'' ''Film/{{Jack|1996}}''. [[http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/03/11/jack-layton-movie-cbc-robin-williams_n_2857085.html (Although the CBC itself has done that.)]]
Not to be confused with the other
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* ForegoneConclusion: Those who follow CanadianPolitics more closely can anticipate more of this movie's story.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Those who follow CanadianPolitics UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics more closely can anticipate more of this movie's story.
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''Jack'' is a 2013 {{CBC}} Creator/{{CBC}} movie is about [[CanadaEh Canadian]] [[CanadianPolitics politician]] Jack Layton, following both his political career and his personal life from the time he was a UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} city councilor, through his time as a Member of Parliament, up until his death.
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''Jack'' is a 2013 {{CBC}} movie is about [[CanadaEh Canadian]] [[CanadianPolitics politician]] Jack Layton, following both his political career and his personal life from the time he was a {{Toronto}} UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} city councilor, through his time as a Member of Parliament, up until his death.
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Quite literally. Jack Layton was a political science professor, and he is portrayed in the movie as being somewhat absent minded. (Forgetting he was supposed to be at a particular fundraiser until after 10 minutes into it, for example.)
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Quite literally. Jack Layton applies on a literal level; he was a political science professor, and he is portrayed in the movie as being somewhat absent minded. (Forgetting he was supposed to be at a particular fundraiser until after 10 minutes into it, for example.)
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Quite literally. Jack Layton was a political science professor, and he is portrayed in the movie as being somewhat absent minded. (Forgetting he was supposed to be at a particular fundraiser until after 10 minutes into it, for example.)
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* CrowdSong: Reconstructed; rather than the choreographed-looking crowd songs often associated with movies, this movie uses a more plausible kind where groups of people (in this case, Jack's campaign team) sing on a bus, whether it's singing Parachute Club's "Rise Up" earlier on, or a politics-themed parodical version of Home On The Range later on. Neither crowd song is shown in its entirety.
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* CrowdSong: Reconstructed; rather than the choreographed-looking crowd songs often associated with movies, this movie uses a more plausible kind where groups of people (in this case, Jack's campaign team) sing on a bus, whether it's singing Parachute Club's "Rise Up" earlier on, or a politics-themed parodical version of Home On The Range later on. Neither crowd song is Both are shown in its entirety.only as parts of songs.
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* {{Retirony}}: He never got to spend much time as opposition leader, nor officially declare his political career finished before stepping down from his position as opposition leader before dying.
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* {{Retirony}}: He Jack never got to spend much time as opposition leader, nor officially declare his political career finished before stepping down from his position as opposition leader before dying.
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* InMediasRes: The movie starts with Jack Layton in his old age at close to the time of the 2011 election, ([[AnachronismStew with the 80s song "Rise Up" by the Parachute Club playing in the background]]) then alternates between the 2011 election campaign and various moments from Jack's past.
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* InMediasRes: The movie starts with Jack Layton in his old age at close to the time of the 2011 election, ([[AnachronismStew with (with the 80s song "Rise Up" by the Parachute Club playing in the background]]) background) then alternates between the 2011 election campaign and various moments from Jack's past.
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* InMediasRes: The movie starts with Jack Layton in his old age at close to the time of the 2011 election, ([[MindScrew with the 80s song "Rise Up" by the Parachute Club playing in the background]]) then alternates between the 2011 election campaign and various moments from Jack's past.
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* InMediasRes: The movie starts with Jack Layton in his old age at close to the time of the 2011 election, ([[MindScrew ([[AnachronismStew with the 80s song "Rise Up" by the Parachute Club playing in the background]]) then alternates between the 2011 election campaign and various moments from Jack's past.
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* LargeHam: Discussed; Olivia mentions in the movie that Jack Layton is a ham. TruthInTelevision, since in real life his time as NDP leader was marked by a relatively hammier debating style than that associated with the leaders of the more mainstream political parties.
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* LargeHam: Jack Layton himself. Discussed; Olivia mentions in the movie that Jack Layton is a ham. TruthInTelevision, since in real life his time as NDP leader was marked by a relatively hammier debating style than that associated with the leaders of the more mainstream political parties.
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