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	Macleans.ca - Culture - Entertainment \| Boozer from outer space
		Stefaniuk scans the fancy dining room menu and, bypassing the risotto and sea bass, settles on a cheeseburger, fries and a decaf Diet Coke.
		Stefaniuk has irresistible appeal as the hoser from another planet who's in no hurry to get back, although he undertook a full casting search before executive and co-producer Mihkel Harilaid finally convinced him to play the role.
		Rob Stewart is the writer, producer, director and star of Sharkwater, a big-screen documentary that asks us to take a second look at the ocean’s top predator.
	www.macleans.ca /culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=20050314_101972_101972 (1373 words)

	Black Walk takes a walk on the funny side. - Encyclopedia.com
		ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2004, the startled and bewildered face of Rob Stefaniuk stared out at the citizens of Toronto from the covers of 100,000 Now magazines.
		Now liked first-time director Stefaniuk, and it liked his movie--an anarchic, low-budget comedy about an alcoholic space alien (named Phil and played by Stefaniuk with the same startled bewilderment) who lands in Northern Ontario.
		Stefaniuk, meanwhile, is preparing a rock 'n' roll vampire flick called Suck.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-131050378.html (2075 words)

	Rob Stefaniuk
		At the age of 23, Rob wrote his first screenplay, The Size of Watermelons, which was produced as an independent feature in 1996.
		The film, featuring a beaver and a sheep engaged in an existential discussion while waiting for a mysterious third party, was chosen to be screened at the 2004 Worldwide Short Film Festival in the Canadian Competition.
		Stefaniuk made his feature film directorial debut with his own screenplay, Phil the Alien (2005), about an alien and a beaver.
	www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=13799 (268 words)

	The GATE :: Review of 'PHIL THE ALIEN' @ The 2004 Toronto International Film Festival
		Starring as Phil is director/writer/editor Rob Stefaniuk, a charming and oddball lead who brings all the pieces of this wacky film puzzle together into a nice package that shows off Canada beautifully and also shows what a good director (and writer) can do with a shoestring budget and some great ideas.
		As Phil he is easy to watch and a total blast from start to finish; as a director he gets some brilliant performances out of the entire cast; and as a writer, he's quick, funny, and about as fresh as it gets thanks to a liberal dose of diverse characters and twisting plot points.
		But while I give the most credit to Stefaniuk for his work in the various levels of production, this film is also a total success because of the wonderful cast.
	www.thegate.ca /tiff/2004/phil-alien.php (642 words)

	Eye Weekly - Liquid skies - 03.10.05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Rob Stefaniuk's absurdist comedy about a hapless extraterrestrial who lands in the Northern Ontario bush is rife with all the usual Canadian iconography: beavers, red lumberjack shirts, evil Americans and Niagara Falls all figure heavily in the story.
		To Stefaniuk, the hallmarks of so many lazy Canuck stereotypes are just more toys in the cluttered, hallucinatory playroom of his imagination; he's not interested in assembling them into something larger, so much as chewing them into amusing shapes.
		As the doe-eyed naïf who morphs from a lost vagabond to a full-on barfly to the leader of a religious cult, Stefaniuk projects a mix of goofy charm and helplessness that makes his unlikely adoption as a small-town mascot easier to swallow.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_03.10.05/film/philthealien.php (870 words)

	Phil the alien - Rob Stefaniuk, Graham Greene, Nicole de Boer - CIA
		Phil the alien - Rob Stefaniuk, Graham Greene, Nicole de Boer - CIA
		Phil the alien - Rob Stefaniuk, Graham Greene, Nicole de Boer
		Phil (Rob Stefaniuk) crashes into a small town in Northern Ontario, befriends a young boy, and a super-intelligent beaver (Ron Stefaniuk), and quickly develops a heavy drinking problem.
	thecia.com.au /reviews/p/phil-the-alien.shtml (406 words)

	Local News: "Phil the Alien" interview // CalgaryMovies.com
		Talking with Rob Stefaniuk, you'd never know that this guy is already a Canadian film industry heavyweight, having worked in the industry for a number of years as an actor, screenwriter, producer and director.
		Rob enlisted the aid of his brother, who does special effects and has his own creature shop and was able to supply the alien and the beaver (easily the best on-scren Canadian duo since "FUBAR" graced the screen).
		Phil (Rob Stefaniuk) crashes into a small town in Northern Ontario, befriends a young boy, and a super-intelligent beaver (voiced by Joe Flaherty), and quickly develops a heavy drinking problem.
	www.calgarymovies.com /localscene/local_news/PhilTheAlien.asp (598 words)

	PRESS RELEASE!! 2005 Don Haig Award to be Presented to Rob Stefaniuk at the Worldwide Short Film Festival on June 19th ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Rob Stefaniuk's work fits both criteria and I'm sure that Don would have loved to meet Rob and get involved in his next project”, said jury member Paul Caulfield.
		Rob was one of 16 filmmakers nominated from across Canada by a national panel of judges and the final selection is made by an independent jury.
		Rob Stefaniuk has worked in numerous television shows as an actor, including the series Kids in the Hall, Catwalk, Kung Fu, Monk and Superstar.
	www.vkpr.ca /2005donhaig.htm (562 words)

	Being There
		Rob Stefaniuk has floated around Canadian television for quite a number of years.
		Stefaniuk's most recent project puts him in the role of writer, director and lead actor.
		Stefaniuk's performance as Phil in the film is fabulous, playing off a number of well known Canadian acting veterans, such as Graham Greene, Joe Flaherty, and Nicole de Boer, who turns in a hilarious, multi-accented performance as Phil's adversary.
	www.beingtheremag.com /reviewfilm.php?id=284&issue=9 (446 words)

	FFWD Weekly - March 17, 2005
		In person, writer, director and star Rob Stefaniuk looks exactly like his binge-drinking protagonist, with his bed-head hairdo and soft-spoken manner.
		Since the film’s debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, Stefaniuk has been away from his home for weeks, just like Phil, but unlike his alter-ego, no one is drooling, barfing, passing out or levitating for Jesus.
		Rob Stefaniuk: No, I put in rural Canada because if a spaceship crashed in Toronto, it’s a terrorist attack.
	www.ffwdweekly.com /Issues/2005/0317/film1.htm (682 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Movies - Artists - Stefaniuk, Rob: 'Alien' director survives first film
		One afternoon at The Pilot Tavern in the heart of downtown Toronto, Canadian filmmaker and actor Rob Stefaniuk slides into his chair and orders a soft drink.
		Stefaniuk has been trying to pace himself more wisely since then.
		Stefaniuk just finished the screenplay for Suck, a vampire flick which also involves a rock band, a milieu that Stefaniuk feels comfortable in because he has dabbled himself.
	jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Artists/S/Stefaniuk_Rob/2005/03/11/957523.html (609 words)

	Welcome to EmpireTheatres.com!
		Born and raised in Ontario, Canada, Rob Stefaniuk began acting in community theater productions.
		The film, featuring a beaver and a sheep engaged in an existential discussion while waiting for a mysterious third party, was chosen to be screened at the 2004 Worldwide Short Film Festival in the Canadian Competition.
		Stefaniuk made his feature film directorial debut with his own screenplay, Phil the Alien (2005), about an alien and a beaver.
	www.empiretheatres.com /movies/director_bio_main.asp?id=13799 (259 words)

	Phil film falls flat
		Rob Stefaniuk’s gleefully silly farce Phil the Alien is like an extended skit from SCTV, Mad TV or Saturday Night Live.
		Stefaniuk, who also wrote and directed Phil the Alien, borrows his initial concept from John Sayles’ 1984 comedy The Brother From Another Planet.
		Stefaniuk is just looking at how many laughs he can get in one scene.
	www.calgarysun.com /perl-bin/niveau2.cgi?s=films&p=93276.html&a=1 (458 words)

	48th S.F. International Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Phil (played by writer/director Rob Stefaniuk) is an interstellar being who lands in a remote Canadian wilderness and takes up residence with a wisdom-spouting beaver—a sure-to-be-controversial pairing not often seen in today’s cinema.
		Though Phil first appears as a menacing, screeching monster out of H.R. Giger, he rapidly takes human form so as to be more cuddly and appealing to local townsfolk (and nearby woodland creatures).
		To bring this nutty plot to life, Stefaniuk employs the best comedic talent Canada has to offer (Joe Flaherty, Bruce Hunter, Seán Cullen), takes cues from classic sketch comedy shows and plays with expectations every step of the way.
	www.sffs.org /fest05/titleDetail.asp?title_id=74 (243 words)

	Alien invasion
		Rob Stefaniuk had an out-of-this-world experience last month at the Toronto Film Festival.
		Rob Stefaniuk as Phil, left, and Mike Beaver as The Trapper in Phil the Alien.
		Stefaniuk not only wrote and directed this story of an alcoholic alien trying to find Earthlings who’ll help him get home, but plays the other-worldly Phil.
	www.calgarysun.com /perl-bin/niveau2.cgi?s=films&p=88731.html&a=1 (456 words)

	47th S.F. International Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Phil (played by writer/director Rob Stefaniuk) is an interstellar being who lands in a remote Canadian wilderness and takes up residence with a wisdom-spouting beaver—a sure-to-be-controversial pairing not often seen in today’s cinema.
		Though Phil first appears as a menacing, screeching monster out of H.R. Giger, he rapidly takes human form so as to be more cuddly and appealing to local townsfolk (and nearby woodland creatures).
		To bring this nutty plot to life, Stefaniuk employs the best comedic talent Canada has to offer (Joe Flaherty, Bruce Hunter, Seán Cullen), takes cues from classic sketch comedy shows and plays with expectations every step of the way.
	www.sfiff.org /fest04/titleDetail.asp?title_id=74 (243 words)

	Telefilm Canada - PHIL THE ALIEN
		Rob Stefaniuk has worked in numerous television shows as an actor, including the series Kids in the Hall, Catwalk, Kung Fu, and Monk.
		At the age of 23, Rob wrote his first screenplay, The Size of Watermelons, which was produced as an independent feature in 1996.
		In 2003, he was story editor and line producer, and did additional editing, for the independent feature Public Domain (dir.
	www.telefilm.gc.ca /data/production/prod_3221.asp?Lang=EN& (210 words)

	NOW: Canada shifts gears, Sep 2 - 8, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Phil, the shape-shifting, telekinetic alien (Stefaniuk), crash lands in northern Ontario, where he discovers alcoholism, befriends a hyper-intelligent talking beaver, finds Jesus and takes to singing gospel with a bar band on a tour toward a secret American spy base under Niagara Falls.
		Rob Stefaniuk is slumped over a pint of beer and a bowl of honeydew melon on the sunny, breezy, wasp-filled patio of Shanghai Cowgirl.
		He's just, in the past 24 hours, put the finishing touches on his film and sent it to be blown up, while keeping up his duties as Toronto International Film Festival's official blogger (www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2004/livefromthefestival/blog.asp).
	www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2004-09-02/cover_story.php (1016 words)

	Phil the Alien — Infoplease.com
		Rob Stefaniuk, Nicole de Boer, Jason Jones, Joe Flaherty, Mike Beaver
		When the General of the American secret agents learns that Phil is performing miracles on a touring pilgrimage to Niagara Falls, he orders Quebecois assassin Madame Madame to kill the alien and his band.
		Phil the Alien (Rob Stefniuk, Nicole de Boer and Graham Greene)
	www.infoplease.com /movies/49380 (173 words)

	Rob Stefaniuk at AllExperts
		Rob Stefaniuk has worked in numerous television shows as an actor, appearing as both guest lead and series regular.
		Shortly thereafter he made his directorial debut with the hilarious short film Waiting for the Man (official selection Sundance 2005).
		Rob Stefaniuk wrote, directed, stars in, and wrote some of the music for Phil the Alien, his feature directorial debut.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/ro/rob_stefaniuk.htm (237 words)

	Film Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Rob Stefaniuk has acted in numerous television shows and feature films, including Kids in the Hall, Kung Fu, Monk, and Superstar.
		Stefaniuk's first screenplay, "The Size of Watermelons," was produced as an independent feature in 1996.
		Waiting for the Man is Stefaniuk's directorial short-film debut.
	festival.sundance.org /2005/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=6397 (88 words)

	Rob Stefaniuk Photos - Rob Stefaniuk News - Rob Stefaniuk Information
		Rob Stefaniuk Photos - Rob Stefaniuk News - Rob Stefaniuk Information
		The Usual Insects : Maggie's, Eugene's, Wendell's, Rayna's, Jim Shorts Kid's, and the Stinkbug's school records are sabotaged when Dawn becomes office assistant giving her access to the school records department which also gives her access to change others records without permission.
		Tell the world what you think of Rob Stefaniuk, write a review for this person.
	www.tv.com /rob-stefaniuk/person/77740/summary.html (182 words)

	The Bear Town Production Journal: Because No Theory Will Save Us
		It's directed by Rob Stefaniuk - the son of Canadian animatronics wizard Ron Stefaniuk - who also performs Phil.
		Rob recieved the TIFF's"Spirit of Film" Honour at a gala on Sunday and is the festival's official blogger this year.
		Meanwhile, at the other end of the country Randy Ross' new post modern puppet show No Theory Will Save Us (hit the link to see clips of the show) is debuting at the Vancouver Fringe Festival which runs until Sunday.
	www.bear-town.com /mt/archives/000140.html (266 words)

	Rob Stefaniuk News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		News about Rob Stefaniuk continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Rob Stefaniuk had an out-of-this-world experience last month at the Toronto Film Festival.
		Dayna Devon and her plastic surgeon husband are the new parents of Emmi Reese Moelleken
	www.topix.net /who/rob-stefaniuk (86 words)

	Toronto International Film Festival Group
		From his pre-Festival experiences preparing for the 10-day event, to screenings and meetings he attends, Stefaniuk will be accessible and writing daily, creating an ultimate first-hand account from a first-time director's perspective at this year's Festival.
		By the age of 23, he had written his first screenplay, The Size of Watermelons, which was produced as an independent feature in 1996.
		In 2003, Stefaniuk's career lead him to story editing and line producing, and shortly thereafter, Stefaniuk made his directorial debut with the hilarious short film WAITING FOR THE MAN. Stefaniuk wrote, directed, stars in, and created some of the music for PHIL THE ALIEN, his feature directorial debut.
	www.tiffg.ca /content/mediacentre/viewrelease.asp?recordId=124 (394 words)

	Rob Stefaniuk Supersite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Rob Stefaniuk (writer/director/actor, Phil the Alien) writes: Hey Scott, thanks for the review !
		Narrative Features - of teenage life in an inner-city world that makes its own [ more ] Phil The Alien Directed by Rob Stefaniuk (86 minutes) PHIL THE ALIEN is a classic coming of age story, told through the bloodshot eyes.
		47th S.F. International Film Festival - Phil (played by writer/director Rob Stefaniuk) is an interstellar being who lands in a remote Canadian wilderness and takes up residence with a wisdom-spouting beaver?a sure-to-be-controversial.
	www.lagunaquilts.com /listings/rob-stefaniuk.htm (391 words)

	Bob the Angry Flower
		As a Canadian, Phil the Alien (movie and character) isn't so much eager to please as desperate to be liked.
		Stefaniuk's Phil feels like a fusion of SCTV-style Rick Moranis and Kids In the Hall-esque Kevin McDonald, given to wide-eyed demi-comprehension and the occasional alien hooting noise, and he swiftly (or not so swiftly) starts running into the gallery of weirdoes that make up the rest of the cast.
		Phil the Alien (the movie) hopes that all this will be enough to hold your attention given the overall lack of, well, urgency.
	angryflower.com /phil.html (371 words)

	Movie Review - Phil the Alien - eFilmCritic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It may be a bit too early in Rob Stefaniuk's career to tell if he can join the ranks of the Canado-Comedy elite, but if his debut feature is any indication, the guy knows how deliver the goofball yuks in a light and entirely amiable fashion.
		A talented young jack-of-all-trades moviemaker (he's already worked as an actor, writer, director, editor, line producer and puppeteer!,) Stefaniuk anchors his farce by portraying a clueless-yet-likeable (and newly alcoholic) visitor from another planet.
		Once Rob Stefaniuk moves on to bigger and more expensive projects, this is the movie everyone will rent so they can see if he's the real deal or not.
	efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=10478 (626 words)

	CBC.ca Arts - McKellar film to debut at Toronto fest
		The films from McKellar and Stefaniuk were among the Canadian offerings announced at a press conference held on Tuesday.
		As they have done in the past, the festival's organizers are holding several press conferences in the run-up to its official start.
		The festival will also be joining the "blogo-sphere" this year with Director's Dish, a daily online journal to be written by Rob Stefaniuk, the director of Phil the Alien.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2004/08/03/fest040803.html?email (1485 words)

	Phil the Alien (2004)
		Someplace like Sudbury where the otherwise pristine countryside has been converted into a moonscape by decades of dumping slag from the mills.
		Perhaps this was in the back of actor-director-screenwriter Rob Stefaniuk's mind when he dreamed up the plot of Phil the Alien.
		Phil crashes into a small town in Northern Ontario, makes friends with a young boy and a super-intelligent beaver (the voice is supplied by Joe Flaherty), and quickly develops a heavy drinking problem.
	www.northernstars.ca /titles/2004/phil_the_alien(2004).html (208 words)

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