THE GO-GETTER

Year: 2007
USA: Peace Arch Entertainment
Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone, Nick Offerman, Maura Tierney, Judy Greer, Bill Duke, Kathleen M. Darcy, Colin Fickes, Jsu Garcia, Marissa Ingrasci, Julio Oscar Mechoso, William Lee Scott, John M Ward, Anthony Delgado, Giuseppe Andrews, Saul Huezo, Allison Flashman, Eliska Sursova, Sita Young, Paul Palo, Michael Patterson-Crohn, Vivianne Nacif
Director: Martin Hynes
Country: USA
USA: 93 mins
USA Rated: R for language, some sexual content and drug use
USA Release Date: 6 June 2008 (Limited Release - New York and Los Angeles)


Synopsis

When his mother dies, Mercer White (Lou Taylor Pucci), a 19 year-old teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his half-brother, Arlen (Jsu Garcia) who's he lost contact with long ago. He hasn't gone far in his quest when a cell phone rings out and is none other than the car's owner, Kate (Zooey Deschanel).

Instead of threatening to call the police, Kate strikes a deal with Mercer. In return for using her car he has to phone her and relay his experiences throughout the trip like a daily progress report. So despite ending up with a car from then on virtually nothing seems to go according to plan...

Travelling from the American West - from Oregon to Nevada, through California and ultimately into Ensenada, Mexico - it is Kate who seems to be his mainstay on this life changing pursuit of his brother Arlen.

With a soundtrack boasting some of the biggest names in the indie music scene, a score by M Ward and shot in the beautiful plains of the Mid-West, THE GO-GETTER is a road trip worth taking.