Wilby Wonderful


1h 39m 2005

Brief Synopsis

A scandal threatens to rock the very foundation of Wilby Island. Duck MacDonald, the town's dyslexic sign-painter, keeps interrupting the depressed video store owner Dan Jarvis during his half-hearted suicide attempts. Meanwhile, Dan has enlisted the blindly-ambitious real estate agent, Carol French

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Foreign
Release Date
2005
Production Company
Astral Media; CTV, Inc.; Canadian Broadcasting Company (Cbc); Canadian Film Or Video Production Tax Credit; Mongrel Media; Mongrel Media; Movie Central; Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation; Palpable Productions, Inc.; TTlTfilm Canada; The Movie Network
Distribution Company
Arkles Entertainment; Film Movement
Location
Picton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 39m

Synopsis

A scandal threatens to rock the very foundation of Wilby Island. Duck MacDonald, the town's dyslexic sign-painter, keeps interrupting the depressed video store owner Dan Jarvis during his half-hearted suicide attempts. Meanwhile, Dan has enlisted the blindly-ambitious real estate agent, Carol French, to sell his house in an effort to quickly tie up the last of his loose ends. Carol however is more interested in selling her recently deceased mother-in-law's house to Mayor Brent Fisher, in order to get on-side with the in-crowd. To take her social step up, Carol could use the help of her police officer husband, Buddy, but Buddy has his hands full with perennially-sexy, wrong-side-of-the-tracks Sandra Anderson, who can never decide if she is coming or going. Sandra's daughter Emily, is none too thrilled about her mother repeating her typical pattern of late nights and married men, but Emily herself is just about to have her heart broken for the very first time. Everyone's concerns are going to be very different when someone finds the body in the closet.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Foreign
Release Date
2005
Production Company
Astral Media; CTV, Inc.; Canadian Broadcasting Company (Cbc); Canadian Film Or Video Production Tax Credit; Mongrel Media; Mongrel Media; Movie Central; Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation; Palpable Productions, Inc.; TTlTfilm Canada; The Movie Network
Distribution Company
Arkles Entertainment; Film Movement
Location
Picton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 39m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States on Video May 23, 2005

Released in United States January 2005

Released in United States July 2005

Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-17, 2005.

Shown at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (International Narrative Competition) July 7-18, 2005.

Released in United States on Video May 23, 2005

Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-17, 2005.)

Released in United States July 2005 (Shown at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (International Narrative Competition) July 7-18, 2005.)