Your Beautiful Cul de Sac Home (2007)

Although having a promising future in the profession, Ben McCleary, disillusioned with it, sabotages his law career by purposefully failing the bar exam - three times - which results in him... See full summary »

Director:

Cameron Kirkwood

Writer:

Cameron Kirkwood

Stars:

Jeff Geddis, Scott Beaudin, Valerie Buhagiar

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeff Geddis	...	Ben McCleary
Scott Beaudin	...	The Kid
Valerie Buhagiar	...	Therapist
Charles Officer	...	Frances 'Church' Churchill
Ennis Esmer	...	Phil Goodfellow
Cameron Kirkwood	...	Trevor Brinkman
Terra Vnesa	...	Alyssa
Vince Carlin	...	Ben's Father
Meg Walter	...	Ben's Mother
Leslie Carlson	...	Harry Peale
Cairo Noble	...	Otis Churchill
Shakira Harper	...	Anita Churchill
Matt Gordon	...	Greg Fulton
James Kirchner	...	Shifty-Looking Man
Miles Zimmerman	...	The Pig

Storyline

Although having a promising future in the profession, Ben McCleary, disillusioned with it, sabotages his law career by purposefully failing the bar exam - three times - which results in him quitting his law job, needing to pay back the signing bonus with the firm, and without money forcing him to go back and live with his parents in the home in which he grew up in the suburbs. Based on advice from his high school friend Frances Churchill, the two who with Trevor Brinkman were known as the revolutionaries in high school, Ben decides his new career is going to be in environmentally sound lawn mowing. When that doesn't pan out due to lack of demand, Church reminds Ben of a manifesto he and Trevor wrote in high school which can enhance the strategy. The house and the car are not the status symbols of the suburbs, but rather the perfect lawn. Thus, in taking over the world, one only needs to take over the lawns. Following the basic tenets of the manifesto, Ben needs to manufacture a ...

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Plot Keywords:

lawn care | breakdown | manifesto | slacker | independent film

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Taglines:

An Environmentally Friendly Comedy...About An Unfriendly Environment

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 December 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 70,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pushmower Pictures Inc.

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Taxi Driver (1976)

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