Director Jeremy LaLonde, thanks in part to the hilarious performances by Abrams and Pirie, ensures that we never tire of Owen and Lacie’s numerous antics. The script, co-written by Abrams and Brendan Gall, is filled with jokes that will surely offend some as everything from physical disabilities to the homeless is fair game.
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Unfortunately, they need to raise $98 for the bus tickets out of town, a task that proves to be a tougher challenge than either anticipates.Ī hilarious dark comedy full of energy and crude humor, The Go-Getters is a delight from beginning to end. Fresh out of the hospital after OD’ing, and nothing to her name but a dirty bra and a hospital gown, the disheveled Lacie cannot even get work from her former pimp and frequent drug dealer Cerebral Paulie (James Cade).ĭesperate for money and sharing a common distaste for each other and the city, Owen and Lacie devise a scheme to flee the city. The only person who he seems to be doing slightly better than is a junkie prostitute named Lacie (Tommie-Amber Pirie). A drunk who cannot seem to do anything right, Owen has been reduced to living in the leaky boiler room of his brother Kevin’s (Kristian Brunn) bar. In the eye of many in The Go-Getters, the man’s assessment is not too far off. Courtesy of Walker Entertainment.“Sorry, I thought you were garbage” says a man to Owen (Aaron Abrams) after peeing on the piece of cardboard he has been sleeping under. Image L to R: Jordan Walker and Jeremy LaLonde. The film will be distributed in Canada by Northern Banner. The Go-Getters is produced by Walker, with Abrams, Gall and Ryan Goldhar executive producing. Walker ultimately hopes the film will premiere at Sundance or SXSW next year, and added that he doesn’t believe it will be ready for TIFF. D), Kate Hewlett ( The Girlfriend Experience) and Jonas Chernick ( Borealis). Adding to the cast are Kristian Bruun ( Orphan Black), James Cade ( Blue Mountain State), Christine Horn ( Hyena Road), Scott Thompson ( Kids in the Hall), Ennis Esmer ( Red Oaks), Tony Nappo ( Born To Be Blue), Amy Jo Johnson ( Flashpoint), Suresh John ( Mr. The film stars Abrams and Tommie-Amber Pirie ( Pretend We’re Kissing) as Owen and Lacie. on Indiegogo, with the remainder of the budget coming from private investors. The film surpassed its $50,000 goal and raised just over $53,000 U.S. Walker said he avoided traditional funding bodies for Go-Getters and instead turned to crowdfunding to make the low-budget indie. When you’re not making a $150 million comic book movie, you’ve got to aim for a smaller, niche audience and give them something that they won’t get anywhere else.” They give us crowdfunding money,” he said. “They become your supporters and they buy your T-shirts. He’d rather those seven people hate his film, so long as the remaining three love it. He adds that “there’s no business plan” in making a film that seven out of 10 people think is pretty good.
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I want to push the envelope further than these great TV shows are going,” he said. I want to make something that you simply cannot make on TV. “I’m tired of features getting their butts kicked by television. They just have to scam and steal enough bus fare to get there.įor Walker, Go-Getters fits with his company’s mandate to produce films that push the envelope.
The film follows Owen and Lacie, two addicts who want to escape the big city in favour of Lacie’s grandma’s small-town home.
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“It’s the funniest, edgiest, dirtiest comedy script I’ve ever read,” said Walker, who also produced How to Plan an Orgy, in an interview with Playback Daily. The feature, which will shoot in Toronto until June 7, was written by Aaron Abrams ( Young People F*cking) and Brendan Gall ( Blindspot).
Production on director Jeremy Lalonde’s latest feature The Go-Getters is underway and while the film’s title might not be as risque as his previous directorial effort, How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town, producer Jordan Walker promises the comedy is “guaranteed to offend some people.”
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