Waydowntown

2000
R
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.9K

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Comedy

A group of young employees bet a month's salary, winner takes all, on who can last the longest without going outside.A group of young employees bet a month's salary, winner takes all, on who can last the longest without going outside.A group of young employees bet a month's salary, winner takes all, on who can last the longest without going outside.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 6 wins & 5 nominations

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Waydowntown

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Waydowntown: Tom Encounters Unhinged Woman

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Waydowntown: Tom Encounters Unhinged Woman

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Waydowntown: Tom And Kathy Redux

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Waydowntown: The Bet

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Waydowntown: Introspective Conversation In Flight

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Waydowntown: Sexual Outlets

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Storyline

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Trivia
As the movie progresses, Tom Bennett's shirt and tie change colors.

Goofs
In an early scene, Tom and Ralph mention that they are on day 24 of their bet. When Tom gets to his desk, the next "cross off" on his calendar marks day 27.

Quotes
[Tom is on the phone speaking to who he believes is Curt, but he's really speaking to Brad]
Tom Bennett: Listen, Curt, I'm not saying competition is a bad thing, OK. I mean, certainly it's got its good points. I mean you don't want to turn out like 'Sadly I'm Bradley' or anything.
Brad: Sadly, I'm Bradley.
Tom Bennett: Yeah, it's pretty funny, huh?
Brad: Sadly, I *am* Bradley.

Connections
Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)

Soundtracks
Devil Doll
Written by Joe McCaffery
Performed by Straight

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Featured review

similar to Office Space, but a little darker

One of my top 20 movies for sure.

The characters are what make this movie. And the touch or surrealism. The premise is that four coworkers make a bet that whoever is the last to remain inside wins a month's salary. Until then they live their entire lives inside this bubble.

One of my favorite props is that even the smokers can live their entire existence indoors; they smoke in these little tubes inside the building.

Some of the characters are a kleptomaniac boss, a suicidal cubicle slave, a directionless young office worker, and the initiator of the bet, who had succeeded living indoors for something like a year.