Going the Distance (2004)

In order to prevent a recent high school graduate from getting engaged, two friends intervene by taking him on a cross-country road trip.

Director:

Mark Griffiths

Writers:

Eric Goodman (screenplay), Kelly Senecal (screenplay)

Stars:

Christopher Jacot, Joanne Kelly, Shawn Roberts

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

He may have just graduated but Nick has it all figured out - marriage, a lucrative career and a totally different lifestyle from that of his West Coast hippy parents. When he discovers that his future wife may be falling prey to a powerful and oversexed music producer, Nick is determined to fly to Toronto to win her back. Lifelong buds and dedicated surfers Tyler and Dime have other ideas for their staid best friend - the road trip adventure of his life. With only three days to make it to the MuchMusic Video Awards, the unlikely road warriors head off. Two sexy hitchhikers, Sasha and Jill, complicate matters and a series of accidents, orchestrated by a malevolent stranger, sabotage the trip turning Nick's future plans upside down.

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Plot Keywords:

caught having sex | road trip | oral sex under a table | voyeurism | voyeur | 

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Taglines:

Dangerous Curves Ahead

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 August 2004 (Canada)

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's Going the Distance

Filming Locations:

299 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$333,126, 22 August 2004

Gross USA:

$1,230,897

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,752,950

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brightlight Pictures, Chum City

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Quotes

Tyler: Remember, it's just like porn. Four positions, three minutes on each one and then go for the face.

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Crazy Credits

After the movie ends, a series of bloopers are shown before the credits begin to roll.

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Connections

References Army of Darkness (1992)

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Soundtracks

Firesuite
Performed by Doves
Written by Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams, Andy Williams
Published by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP)
Licensed courtesy of EMI Music Inc.

User Reviews

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!).