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THE WILD GUYS
Available on DVD and home video
SEPTEMBER 13th, 2005!

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CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BY...

World Of Comedy International Film Festival
WINNER - BEST FEATURE FILM

California Independent Film Festival
WINNER - BEST PICTURE

The Shanghai International Film Festival
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The Waterfront Film Festival
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Newport Beach Film Festival
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San Fernando Valley International Film Festival
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Ojai International Film Festival
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Prince George Film Festival
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Williams Lake Film Festival
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Montreal World Film Festival
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Calgary International Film Festival
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February 17th, 2004
Toronto Press Release

"THE WILD GUYS", "72 FACED LIAR" AND "HARVIE KRUMPET" TAKE TOP AWARDS AT 2004 WORLD OF COMEDY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.... Click here to read the review.

More information email: Margo Raport or call (416) 925-6271

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August 30th, 2003
Montreal World Film Festival
Translated article from ‘La Presse’ newspaper, Montreal, Quebec

The Wild Guys
By William F. Gereghty

Three guys from town – a dynamic young hipster; a bright new-age thinker and a gentleman nearing retirement – accompanied by a fun-loving guide who more-or-less knows where he’s going, are about to spend a “war weekend” somewhere in the wild Canadian frontier and intend to use their “resources” and their “conversational skills” to become “real men”. Nothing happens as it is supposed to, but at the end of the day, these “test cases” have the opportunity to solidify their virile friendship. The Wild Guys is inspired by a successful theatre piece by Rebecca Shaw and Andrew Wreggitt. In the film, the men are determined to find the woodsmen in themselves and try everything “macho” while avoiding all emotions: they must to get back to nature! This comedy has many wonderful moments that are frankly hilarious. For a moment we believe we’re watching the ultimate parody of John Boorman’s Deliverance. But The Wild Guys is also poignant, tragic and swings unexpectedly from farce to drama. Very chatty as it is drawn from a theatre gem, this film is 100% pure Canadian (curling, beer and deer-burgers) and mocks the post-modern, insecure North American male (without getting too complex); worried and indistinct, the ideal candidate for Guy Corneau. But, as we say, ‘he’s not laughing at him but with him’. And we laugh; and that’s what counts. (Aleksi K. Lepage)

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Thursday, October 02, 2003
Calgary Herald Review
© Copyright 2003 Calgary Herald

These Wild Guys find laughter in bush
Bob Clark

The Wild Guys, directed by William F. Gereghty; starring Kenneth Welsh, Hrothgar Mathews, Jackson Davies, Lochlyn Munro. Screened Wednesday at the Calgary International Film Festival. Rating: 3 out of 4.

Four guys find themselves after getting lost in the woods during a weekend camping trip. Sound familiar?

The Wild Guys, a comic stage hit almost everywhere in the years since its premiere at Calgary’s Lunchbox Theatre in the early 1990s, opened Lunchbox’s new season only weeks ago.

Now it’s back, as a film – and a very good and mostly faithful one at that.

The Wild Guys, directed by William F. Gereghty in his feature film directorial debut, treats us to the misadventures of a middle-aged foursome ostensibly bent on a two-day journey of soul-searching and testing their mettle against the elements – including bears.

Grocery executive Andy (Kenneth Welsh), a veteran of the men’s awareness movement, is the organizer of the trip. His companions include the bright-eyed New Ager Robin (Hrothgar Mathews), Andy’s cynical Lawyer Randall (Lochlyn Munro) and Stewart (Jackson Davies, of The Beachcomers fame), a hapless supermarket clerk who is also the group’s guide.

Soon after they set off for Zippermouth Lake, however, Stewart loses his way and Robin rapturously announces he left the food behind -- "so that we can spend the weekend hunting and gathering like countless generations back to the dawn of time itself.”

With Robin’s startling confession, the purpose of the trip takes on new levels of meaning and discussion – everything from the eating habits of grizzlies and the importance of visualizing Clint Eastwood when fording a fast-running river (Robin is afraid of water because his mother sat on him once in a wading pool), to confessions of irrational guilt.

The comedy running through most of The Wild Guys segues nicely into the more serious and poignant moments as the denouement -- with its nasty pair of poachers not present in the play -- unfolds. The well-chosen cast brings a note of sincerity to the humour that make their characters’ collective epiphany near the end all the more gratifying.