Forum of Independents - Competition 2005 / Waydowntown / Canada 2000
Tom, Sandra, Randy and Curt are young white-collar workers, enslaved by money, who make a bet: the person who stays indoors the longest is the winner... A smart and slightly absurd comedy about the near future: or the not too distant present.
Tom, Sandra, Randy and Curt are young white-collar workers, enslaved by money. One day they make a bet: the person who stays indoors the longest is the winner. They live and work at the city centre where virtually all the buildings are interconnected with glass-covered passages. With so many office towers, shopping malls and apartment buildings joined together, they need never step outside until their retirement! If only it didn’t drive them crazy... A smart and slightly absurd comedy about the near future: or the not too distant present?
82 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Gary Burns
/ Screenplay Gary Burns, James Martin
/ Dir. of Photography Patrick McLaughlin
/ Music John Abram
/ Editor Mark Lemmon
/ Producer Shirley Vercruysse
/ Production Burns Film Ltd.
/ Cast Fabrizio Filippo, Don McKellar, Marya Delver, Gordon Currie, Jennifer Clement
/ Contact Burns Film Ltd., Oasis International
www: www.waydowntown.com
Gary Burns, writer, director and producer, was born in Calgary on April 18, 1960. He studied literature and fine arts and graduated in film studies at Concordia University in Calgary in 1992. He has made several short films. His directorial debut, The Suburbanators, was a critical success at the 1995 Toronto Film Festival. After his second film, Kitchen Party, he came to be considered one of Canada’s most interesting young directors. Films: Happy Valley (short, 1992), Beerland (short, 1993), Turtleheads (short, 1993), The Suburbanators (1995), Kitchen Party (1997), Fuck Coke (short, 1999), Waydowntown (2000), My Life As A Movie (TV, 2003), A Problem with Fear (2003).
Burns Film Ltd.
, T2G 5N4, Calgary
Canada
Phone: +1 403 265 6023
Fax: +1 403 262 8469
E-mail: [email protected]
Oasis International
6 Pardee Avenue, Suite 103, Ontario, M6K 3H5, Toronto
Canada
Phone: +1 416 588 6821
Fax: +1 416 588 7276
E-mail: [email protected]
Gary Burns
Film Director / Producer
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