How to Be Deadly

How to Be Deadly (2014)

Donnie Dumphy: The Man, The Myth, The Mini Bike

In Newfoundland, an unemployed minibike rider enters a minibike competition to win back his girlfriend.

Date of release
2014-09-12
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Nik Sexton

Casting

Interesting facts

How to Be Deadly is a 2014 Canadian comedy film, directed by Nik Sexton. The film stars Leon Parsons as Donnie Dumphy, an unemployed slacker in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, who enters a minibike competition in the hopes of winning back his ex-girlfriend Brenda after she breaks up with him due to his lack of ambition.

Production

The lead character had previously appeared in numerous short comedy videos that the filmmakers had posted to YouTube, including a music video called "Havin' a Time". A 15-minute short film version of How to Be Deadly screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and the full feature film version went into production in 2013 in St. John's and Mount Pearl.

In addition to being described in its short film showing at TIFF as "the Newfoundland Trailer Park Boys-slash-Fubar", the feature film also served as an unofficial tribute to the Newfoundland sketch comedy troupe CODCO, with all of the troupe's living members making appearances in the film; Tommy Sexton, the troupe's deceased member, was Nik Sexton's uncle and producer Mary Sexton's brother.

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