AIM FOR THE ROSES is an audacious, glorious musical docudrama by John Bolton, inspired by the utterly amazing and completely ridiculous album by Mark Haney, inspired by the daredevil stunt to end all daredevil stunts by Ken Carter.

It’s the 3rd of 4 films about Ken Carter, made a decade before Michael Dowse's future classic drama THE STUNT DRIVER, and 4 decades after Robert Fortier's past classic documentaries THE MAD CANADIAN and THE DEVIL AT YOUR HEELS. It's also the 1st film in John's trilogy of genre-defying music documentaries, before THE LAKE / nx̌aʔx̌aʔitkʷ, and KING ARTHUR'S NIGHT.

It’s a one-of-a-kind film, about a one-of-a-kind album, about a one-of-a-kind stunt, all three of which could only happen in Canada.

In 1976, Canadian stuntman Ken Carter declared his intention to jump a mile over the St. Lawrence Seaway in a rocket powered car. Before Carter attempted it, Evel Knievel called it "the daredevil stunt to end all daredevil stunts".

In 2008, Canadian musician Mark Haney declared his intention to pay tribute to Ken Carter in the form of a concept album for solo double bass. After he finished it, The Vancouver Province called it “a daring record”, the Vancouver Sun called it “the most bizarre release of the year” and the Georgia Straight called it “utterly amazing and completely ridiculous”.

In 2011, Canadian filmmaker John Bolton declared his intention to make a "musical docudrama" about both men. After he finished it, The Globe And Mail called it “audacious”, DOXA called it “glorious” and POV Magazine called it “the wildest, craziest, smartest doc in years”.

AIM FOR ROSES is a one-of-a-kind film, about a one-of-a-kind album, about a one-of-a-kind stunt, all three of which could only happen in Canada. It blurs the lines between pathos & kitsch, and dignity & absurdity, through a barrage of original interviews, archival footage, dramatic recreations and musical numbers. It celebrates the beauty and the terror of making a living as a composer and as a stuntman.  It's for highbrow fans of the contemporary avant-garde and lowbrow fans of 1970s Canadian hoserdom. (Think: Errol Morris & Philip Glass meet Super Dave Osborne.) It tells two very different stories, about two very different men, at two very different crossroads in their lives, both of whom risked it all to make “the ultimate statement”.

AIM FOR THE ROSES is presented by Monoduo Films and Blue Ice Docs and Opus 59 Films, in association with the Canada Council for the Arts and the British Columbia Arts Council.