Everything's Gone Green (film)
Encyclopedia
Everything's Gone Green is a 2006
Canadian
comedy film
directed
by Paul Fox and written
by Douglas Coupland
. It was produced by Radke Films and True West Films
. The distributor
is ThinkFilm
in Canada, and Shoreline Entertainment
elsewhere and won the award for best Canadian feature film at 2006’s Vancouver International Film Festival.
in his twenties, is dumped by his girlfriend and kicked out of their apartment, and, on arriving late to work, is suspended (pending psychological tests) from his job at an anonymous IT
corporation. On receiving a phone call from his family saying they have won the jackpot of 4.3 million dollars
on the BC lottery, he trashes his office space, and resigns. Unfortunately, when he calls the lottery "Win Line" he discovers they haven't actually won anything. By happy accident, Ryan is offered a job with the lottery bureau interviewing and photographing lottery winners. En route to the job interview he stops to see a beached whale and meets Ming, a set designer in a relationship with golf-course designer and scam artist Bryce.
Ryan is enticed by Bryce into participating in a lucrative money-laundering scheme involving new lottery winners, and after the euphoria of new-found wealth wears off is forced to choose between working with Bryce and winning over an increasingly sceptical Ming. Additional complications arise when Ryan discovers that his parents are operating a marijuana grow-op in the family basement, and when he re-visits lottery winners to discover that they are often worse off than they were before winning.
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by Paul Fox and written
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
by Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized terms such as McJob and...
. It was produced by Radke Films and True West Films
True West Films
True West Films is an independent Canadian feature film and television series production company with offices in Vancouver and Saltspring Island, British Columbia....
. The distributor
Film distributor
A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing...
is ThinkFilm
THINKFilm
THINKFilm is a privately held production and distribution company founded in September 2001. It has been a division of David Bergstein’s Capitol Films since 2006. Bergstein also serves as the company’s chairman...
in Canada, and Shoreline Entertainment
Shoreline Entertainment
Shoreline Entertainment is one of the longest running production companies and international sales agencies. The company was founded in 1992 by CEO and film producer Morris Ruskin....
elsewhere and won the award for best Canadian feature film at 2006’s Vancouver International Film Festival.
Plot
Ryan, a good-natured slackerSlacker
The term "slacker" is used to refer to a person who habitually avoids work. Slackers may be regarded as belonging to an antimaterialistic counterculture, though in some cases their behavior may be due to other causes ....
in his twenties, is dumped by his girlfriend and kicked out of their apartment, and, on arriving late to work, is suspended (pending psychological tests) from his job at an anonymous IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
corporation. On receiving a phone call from his family saying they have won the jackpot of 4.3 million dollars
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
on the BC lottery, he trashes his office space, and resigns. Unfortunately, when he calls the lottery "Win Line" he discovers they haven't actually won anything. By happy accident, Ryan is offered a job with the lottery bureau interviewing and photographing lottery winners. En route to the job interview he stops to see a beached whale and meets Ming, a set designer in a relationship with golf-course designer and scam artist Bryce.
Ryan is enticed by Bryce into participating in a lucrative money-laundering scheme involving new lottery winners, and after the euphoria of new-found wealth wears off is forced to choose between working with Bryce and winning over an increasingly sceptical Ming. Additional complications arise when Ryan discovers that his parents are operating a marijuana grow-op in the family basement, and when he re-visits lottery winners to discover that they are often worse off than they were before winning.
Cast
- Paulo CostanzoPaulo CostanzoPaulo Costanzo is a Canadian actor, who is best known for his roles in the 2000 comedy Road Trip, the sitcom Joey, which ran from 2004 to 2006, and as Evan R. Lawson in the current USA Network series Royal Pains....
... as Ryan - Steph SongSteph SongSteph Song is a Malaysian-born actress raised in Canada and Australia. She was voted Sexiest Woman in the world by Asian readers of FHM magazine...
... as Ming Yu - JR Bourne ... as Bryce
- Aidan DevineAidan DevineAidan Devine is a Canadian film actor. He was born in England and immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 15. He studied at Dawson College's Dome Theatre in Montreal, Quebec and began his acting career in Montreal. He would later relocate to Toronto. His 1993 breakout role came in...
... as Alan - Susan HoganSusan HoganSusan Hogan may refer to:*Susan Hogan , Canadian actress*Susan Hogan , Scottish cultural historian, academic and author...
... as Mom - Tom Butler ... as Dad
- Peter KelamisPeter KelamisPeter Kelamis is an Australian-born Canadian actor and comedian.-Life and career:Kelamis was born in Sydney, Australia of Greek origin. In 1985, Kelamis enrolled in the University of British Columbia...
... as Kevin - Gordon Michael WoolvettGordon Michael WoolvettGordon Michael Woolvett is a Canadian-born actor from Hamilton, Ontario Canada, best known for his work as Seamus Zelazny Harper on the television series Andromeda . Previous to Andromeda he starred in another science fiction TV show, Deepwater Black...
... as Spike - Katharine IsabelleKatharine IsabelleKatherine Isobel Murray , better known by her screen name Katharine Isabelle, is a Canadian actress, best known for her portrayal of Ginger in Ginger Snaps, and as Gibb in Freddy vs. Jason.-Biography:...
... as Heather - Tara WilsonTara Wilson (actress)Tara Wilson is a Canadian actress. She starred in minor roles in films like The Butterfly Effect and Everything's Gone Green and had guest appearances in TV series like The L Word, Smallville, and Supernatural....
... as Marcia - Chiu-Lin Tam ... as Granny
- Camyar Chai ... as Surjinder
- Jennifer Kitchen ... as Linda
- Alexus Dumont ... as Wendy
- Don Thompson ... as Mr. Connor
- Chang Tseng ... as Mr. Ho
- Mark GibbonMark Gibbon- Filmography :* Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead as Rusty Nail * Totally Awesome as Tv Coach * Stargate SG-1 as M'zel * The Chronicles of Riddick as Irgun * Smallville as Deputy...
... as Rory - Melanie Blackwell ... as Receptionist
- Kit Koon ... as Ms. Hamada
- Steven Cree Molison ... as Biker
External links
- Official site
- Everything's Gone Green review at Reel Film Reviews.