Wilby Wonderful

Wilby Wonderful (2004)

Everybody gets a second chance.

A day-in-the-life dark comedy concerning a group of islanders, their respective secrets, and one man's plan to kill himself quietly.

Date of release
2004-09-13
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (38)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director
Daniel MacIvor

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Nova Scotia

Wilby Wonderful is a 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Daniel MacIvor, and starring James Allodi, Maury Chaykin, Paul Gross, Rebecca Jenkins, Sandra Oh, Elliot Page, Callum Keith Rennie, and Daniel MacIvor. Wilby Wonderful tells the story about 24 hours in the life of the small town of Wilby, where the municipal festival is in preparation. It focuses on the changes occurring in the lives of several different inhabitants as development comes to the island and threatens to change the world around them. The title comes from a sign created to promote the town; comically, it has been painted wrong, and says "Wilby Wonderful", as opposed to "Wonderful Wilby".

Filming

Wilby Wonderful was filmed from 21 July to 25 August 2003 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. It was largely shot at a decommissioned Canadian Forces station, dubbed "Camp Wilby" by cast and crew. While Wilby is never explicitly located in the film, Daniel MacIvor has acknowledged its similarities to his birthplace of Cape Breton.

The original title was Honey, and the town was named after that, but when a movie of the same name came out, Daniel MacIvor decided for Wilby instead, as a reference to hope and to the future.

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