Archive of films Waydowntown / Waydowntown

Canada
2000, 82 min

Section: Forum of Independents - Competition
Year: 2005

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.

Synopsis

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?

About the director

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).

Contacts

Burns Film Ltd.
, T2G 5N4, Calgary
Canada
Tel: +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
Tel: +1 416 588 6821
Fax: +1 416 588 7276
E-mail: [email protected]

About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Forum of Independents - Competition

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

Guests

Gary Burns

Film Director / Producer