Waydowntown

Jan 25, 2002

1h 24m

★ 5.6

Welcome to life at the bottom of the food chain.

Overview

Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the maze that is the downtown core of a large city, glass skywalks connect apartment buildings, office towers and shopping malls. Its day 28 of the bet and over the lunch hour, as the office prepares for the company founder's retirement party, things start to seriously unravel.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Burns Film Ltd.

CITY-TV

Canada Council for the Arts

Canadian Television (CTV)

Téléfilm Canada

Odeon Films

Waydowntown Trailers

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Cast

Tom Bennett

Fab Filippo

Brad

Don McKellar

Sandra West

Marya Delver

Curt Schwin

Gordon Currie

Kathy

Tammy Isbell

Randy

Tobias Godson

Vicki Strayhorn

Jennifer Clement

Phil

James McBurney

Paul

Derek Flores

June

Xantha Radley

Julian

Dan Willmott

Mrs. Drysdale

Judith Buchan

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