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Waydowntown(2002)
Status: Released
Date: 2002-01-25
57%
26 Votes
Time: 1h 24m
Welcome to life at the bottom of the food chain.
Overview:
Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the maze that is the downtown core of a large city, glass skywalks connect apartment buildings, office towers and shopping malls. Its day 28 of the bet and over the lunch hour, as the office prepares for the company founder's retirement party, things start to seriously unravel.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada
Budget: $555,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Burns Film Ltd.
CITY-TV
Canadian Television (CTV)
Odeon Films
Movie: Waydowntown
Top 10 Billed Cast
Fab Filippo
Tom Bennett
Don McKellar
Brad
Marya Delver
Sandra West
Gordon Currie
Curt Schwin
Tammy Isbell
Kathy
Xantha Radley
June
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Overview
Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the maze that is the downtown core of a large city, glass skywalks connect apartment buildings, office towers and shopping malls. Its day 28 of the bet and over the lunch hour, as the office prepares for the company founder's retirement party, things start to seriously unravel.
Release Date
2002-01-25
Average
5.731
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
Welcome to life at the bottom of the food chain.
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