Waydowntown

Waydowntown (2002)

Welcome to life at the bottom of the food chain.

Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the maze that is the downtown core of a large city, glass skywalks connect apartment buildings, office towers and shopping malls. Its day 28 of the bet and over the lunch hour, as the office prepares for the company founder's retirement party, things start to seriously unravel.

Date of release
2002-01-25
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (28)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Gary Burns

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film

Waydowntown is a 2000 Canadian film directed by Gary Burns and starring Fab Filippo, Don McKellar, Marya Delver and Michelle Beaudoin. The film is a dark comedy that explores office culture and its effects and often uses surrealism to achieve its thematic goals.

Production

The majority of the film was shot in TD Square, the Calgary Eaton Centre, and Bankers Hall. The company's offices are situated in the TD Canada Trust Tower. The low-budget film was shot digitally and later transferred to 35 mm.

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