Going the Distance (2004)

Director:

Mark Griffiths

Writers:

Eric Goodman (writer)
Kelly Senecal (writer)

Release Date:

20 August 2004 (Canada)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They came. They saw. They came.

Plot:

He may have just graduated but Nick has it all figured out - marriage, a lucrative career and a totally...

Plot Keywords:

Road Trip | Toronto | Train | Cross Country | Marijuana

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Christopher Jacot	...	Nick
Joanne Kelly	...	Sasha
Shawn Roberts	...	Tyler
Mayko Nguyen	...	Jill
Ryan Belleville	...	Dime
Katheryn Winnick	...	Trish
August Schellenberg	...	Emile
Matt Frewer	...	Farmer Joseph
Jackie Burroughs	...	Mother Libby
Andrew Airlie	...	Jerry
Lynda Boyd	...	Toni
Jay Brazeau	...	Store Clerk
Andy Jones	...	Portly Customer
Jason Priestley	...	Lenny Swackhammer
Christie Laing	...	Sexy Girl (scenes deleted)

Also Known As:

Get On (USA) (working title)
Much Music Movie (Canada: English title) (working title)
National Lampoon's Going the Distance (USA) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, crude humor, language and drug use.

Runtime:

Canada:93 min | Argentina:93 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:12 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Québec)

Filming Locations:

Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Brightlight Pictures

Trivia:

Both Shawn Roberts and Christopher Jacot appeared on Degrassi: The Next Generation on The N as Paige Michalchuk's (Lauren Collins) love interests. Shawn Roberts played Dean, a guy who was interested in Paige and then raped her and Jacot played Matt Oleander, Paige's teacher who later dates her, and then dumps her.

Quotes:

Nick: [Nick overlooks the coastline] Oh wow! It's beautiful.
Sasha: Yeah! Trees, rock, ocean, iceberg.

Movie Connections:

References The Exorcist (1973)

Soundtrack:

Someday

Fun & silly with great Canadian scenery -- what more could you want?

I was really pleased with this film -- sure, it's teen sex-comedy pap, but at least the actors are respectable, the dialogue believable and the scenery terrific. As the genre goes, it's right up there with the rest, and in some ways even better -- i.e., as much as we wanted it to happen, when did Stifler ever really literally get it in the end? Tyler did (and Shawn Roberts looked really, REALLY great in that role)and they never bowed to cheapening the joke by making it into something that a straight guy would never recover from -- they even went so far as to have him like it! Unlike the American comedies, where the macho guys pull pranks to have a laugh at the expense of their friends, the characters here were supportive of each other, and watched out for each other (very noble, very Canadian). And did I mention that Shawn Roberts is really HOT! This movie is worth seeing (shame it didn't do too well at the box office) -- and when was the last time we got a Canadian road movie that clearly was shot in Canada?! Well done MUCH -- I hope you continue with similar films that put a Canadian twist on American (Pie) movie styles, even if they are low-brow. And to those of you who think Canadians shouldn't be making or watching low-brow -- get over it! There's room out there for us to watch all movie types, and whereas sometimes you want a movie that moves you, other times you just wanna see some hotties put into positions the American movie-makers won't touch (thank you "Cougars" scene!).