Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)

Director:

D.B. Sweeney

Writers (WGA):

Brian Currie (written by) &
D.B. Sweeney (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Good Friends...Good Times...Great Seats!

Plot:

Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened before they were twenty. A spontaneous road trip adventure gives them a chance to balance the ledger.

Awards:

13 wins

Cast

John C. McGinley	...	Mark
D.B. Sweeney	...	Billy McGriff
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ned Bellamy	...	Stan
Jenn Brown	...	Hooter Girl
Mandy Brown	...	Dancer On Bar
Brian Currie	...	Collector
Dilsey Davis	...	Janice
Tad Dowd	...	Scalper
M.C. Gainey	...	Barbosa
Tristan Gretzky	...	Hayden
Ed Harris	...	Melville
Pat Hingle	...	Mark's Dad
Paul Hipp	...	Jason Klein
Dutch Hofstetter	...	Young Mark
Janet Jones	...	Sherry
Nina Kaczorowski	...	Scarlett
Moira Kelly	...	Kate
Rex Linn	...	Karl
Tanya Mayeux	...	Jade
Mark Moses	...	Football Dad
Giulia Pagano	...	Judy
Tim Parati	...	Lazy Pete
Zack Rockefeller	...	Young Jason
Nick Vallelonga	...	Bar manager
Ed Wagenseller	...	Slick
Vanna White	...	Herself
Austin Whitlock	...	Young Billy

Also Known As:

Life's a Trip (Europe: English title)
Two Tickets to Paradise (USA) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language including crude sexual references, and some drug use.

Runtime:

90 min (d.b. sweeney)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Scrudge LLC

Goofs:

Factual errors: The car in which the friends travel is shown with Pennsylvania license plates in both front and back. Pennsylvania is a state which only issues/requires license plates on the rear of the vehicle.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Your Latest Trick

Screened w/ D.B. Sweeney!

D.B. Sweeney is traveling overseas with the USO allowing service-members to screen Dirt Nap. I got the opportunity to watch the film with D.B. and about 30 others in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.

The movie was well written with some great one-liners (some are raunchy, but not gratuitous). A "late-in-life-coming-of-age" film that shows the that some friendships do endure; success in life requires more than minimal effort; and anything goes good with 42 beers. Funny yet poignant, the movie tugs at the heartstrings at times and knocks you in the funny bone at others. I found myself laughing out loud during quite a few scenes. D.B. validates himself as a writer/director/producer with this film. Do yourself a favor and go watch it (when it gets released, that is).