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waydowntown is a film directed by Gary Burns, released in 2000 which explores our office driven culture. The film takes place in Calgary, Alberta where many downtown buildings are connected by a network of skywalks called Plus 15. As a result, the hustle and bustle of the main street has been replaced by recirculated air, food courts, and fluorescent lights. This is the setting for Burns' sardonic comedy about Canadian corporate culture.

Cast

Fab Filippo - Tom
Don McKellar
- Brad
Marya Delver - Sandra West
Gordon Currie - Curt Schwin
Jennifer Clement - Vicki
Tammy Isbell - Kathy
Tobias Godson - Randy

Plot summary

The film centres on a group of colleagues in downtown Calgary, Alberta, who bet a month's salary on who can last the longest without going outside. The film takes place over one lunch hour during the course of the month long competition. The dark comedy often uses surrealism to achieve its goals. The low-budget film was shot on digital and later transferred to 35 mm.

The cast includes Fab Filippo, Don McKellar, Marya Delver and Michelle Beaudoin.

The film's title is derived from a particular form of suicide where one smashes the (non-openable) window of one's high-rise office and then jumps through. Many people go "downtown", but such folks go "waydowntown". In the movie, one of the characters has accumulated a 2-litre soda bottle full of marbles in the hopes of breaking his window.

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