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1. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › waydowntownWaydowntown - Rotten Tomatoes

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   The world of interconnected office buildings, apartment complexes and food courts (shot in all its fluorescent glory on digital video) is the backdrop for "Waydowntown," where young office...

   • 70% (33)
   • Director: Gary Burns

   • Content Rating: R
   • Actors: Fab Filippo

2. dennisschwartzreviews.com › waydowntownWAYDOWNTOWN - Dennis Schwartz Reviews

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   Aug 5, 2019 · Four bored twentysomething workers, Tom (Fab Filippo), Sandra (Marya Delver), Randy (Tobias Godson) and Curt (Gordon Currie), in the same Calgary downtown interconnected site of office buildings/mall centers/apartment complexes, have all bet a month’s salary to see who can stay indoors the longest. The winner will make $10,000.

3. www.metacritic.com › movie › waydowntownWaydowntown - Metacritic

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   Jan 25, 2002 · 1 h 27 m. Summary The world of interconnected office buildings, apartment complexes and food courts (shot in all its fluorescent glory on digital video) is the backdrop for waydowntown, where young office workers Tom, Sandra, Randy and Curt, have all staked a month's salary on a bet to see who can stay indoors the longest. (Lot 47 Films) Comedy.

   • 63% (12)
   • Director: Gary Burns

   • Content Rating: R

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   Run Time 87min. Genre Comedy. In the maze-like downtown core of Calgary, four young office workers inhabit a world full of interconnected skywalks between offices, apartment buildings, food courts and malls – making it possible, or perhaps even easy, to never go outside.

5. videolibrarian.com › reviews › filmWaydowntown | Gary Burns

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   Mar 11, 2005 · A tremendously inventive and ironic big-city-office dark comedy, the sardonic but whimsical Waydowntown offers a sign of the times in contemporary workaholic Western society. Revolving around a quartet of friendly but ruthless office rivals who all live and work in an interconnected, high-rise office-mall-apartment complex, the movie begins a ...

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   Waydowntown (stylized as waydowntown) is a 2000 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.

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   Is Waydowntown a satire of corporate culture?

   • But he makes no qualms about it: Waydowntown, a dark and often surreal comedy about young disenchanted office workers who bet a month’s salary on who can last the longest without stepping foot outside, was designed as a critique of corporate culture in general and the Plus-15 in particular.

   Waydowntown: Gary Burns' satire set in Calgary's Plus-15 turns 15

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   Does Waydowntown still hold up?

   • Fifteen years later, it still holds up. On Wednesday, the Calgary Underground Film Festival will hold a screening of waydowntown in 35mm at the Globe Cinema in celebration of both its 15th anniversary and National Canadian Film Day. Burns will be on hand to discuss the origins of the film.

   Waydowntown: Gary Burns' satire set in Calgary's Plus-15 turns 15

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   Is Waydowntown still a cult classic?

   • While he may be self-deprecating about the film’s lasting footprint on our culture, waydowntown remains one of the country’s homegrown cult classics. In 2000, it helped establish Burns as one of Canada’s exciting new auteurs. Fifteen years later, it still holds up.

   Waydowntown: Gary Burns' satire set in Calgary's Plus-15 turns 15

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   Is Waydowntown a solipsism?

   • With wit and empathy to spare, waydowntown acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters' striving solipsism. January 22, 2002 | Full Review…

   Waydowntown (2000) - Rotten Tomatoes

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8. calgaryherald.com › entertainment › local-artsWaydowntown: Gary Burns' satire set in Calgary's Plus-15 ...

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   Apr 27, 2015 · But he makes no qualms about it: Waydowntown, a dark and often surreal comedy about young disenchanted office workers who bet a month’s salary on who can last the longest without stepping foot...