EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN
Year: 2006
USA: First Independent Pictures
Cast: Paulo Constanzo, Steph Song, JR Bourne, Aidan Devine, Susan Hogan, Tom Butler, Peter Kelamis, Michael Woolvett, Katharine Isabelle, Chiu-Lin Tam, Camyar Chai, Tara Wilson, Jennifer Kitchen, Alexus Dumont, Don Thompson, Chang Tseng, Mark Gibbon, Melanie Blackwell, Kit Koon, Cree Molison, Terry Weaver
Director: Paul Fox
Country: Canada
USA: 95 mins
USA Rated: R for some language, sexual material and drug content
USA Release Date: 20 April 2007 (Limited Release - Los Angeles)
USA Release Date: 13 April 2007 (Limited Release - New York)
Synopsis
EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN is the first story from popular writer Douglas Coupland (GENERATION X) written specifically for the screen.
Ryan (Paulo Constanzo), late-twenties and not getting any younger, is tempted into a money-laundering scheme but struggles with his ill-gotten gains while trying to find happiness. In this comedy, Ryan tries hard not to try hard but is surrounded by over-achievers. His hippie friend has gone capitalistic in a not-so-legal way. His older brother has always been capitalistic in a legal if not-so-ethical way. His father (Tom Butler), after losing his job and his faith in the system, has found profitable promise outside of the establishment. Even the woman he desires is comfortable to be cared for by a big-time car thief.
As Douglas Coupland has done in the past, new questions are raised about the period we live in. Is it possible to just drift into the new century? Are the middle-class facing extinction? When is "enough" enough? And is there any hope that not everyone wants to be a millionaire.