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Filmed on location, in sequence, in 10 days with an initial budget of ten thousand dollars. By May 2005, filming of THE CABIN MOVIE was complete and by September 2005 it was travelling to the TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL for its world premiere as part of the "Canada First! Features" program.
*Written by Kris Elgstrand
*Directed by Dylan Akio Smith
*Company: THE WHATEVER INSTITUTE (Founders are Kris Elgstrand, Dylan Akio Smith and Brad Dryborough)
*Produced by: Hybrid Films (Rob Riley), Karen Powell and The Whatever Institute.
*Starring: Arabella Bushnell, Ben Cotton, Brad Dryborough, Ryan Robbins, Justine Warrington and Erin Wells.
*DOP: James Liston *Score by Clinton Shorter *Edited by Chris Bizzochi
*Distribution: MONGREL MEDIA (Canada)
*DVD's available in Blockbuster Video's "FESTIVAL COLLECTION"...AMAZON.com..plus more...
*Television debut: MovieCentral - fall 2006
*NOMINATIONS: *Best Ensemble Cast / Best Original Screenplay - MethodFest 2006, *Best Supporting Actress (Justine Warrington) - The Leo Awards 2006
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"What's right, what's wrong? Who you can fuck and who you can't… it's just sex."
- Ginny, on the need to free oneself of sexual hang-ups...
PLOT:::::::Three couples go up to a secluded cabin to revitalize, experiment and have a weekend of sex and swinging. Maybe they'll even shoot a porn video on the camcorder one of them has brought. Sounds like fun. But The Cabin Movie is so much more: it is daringly honest and graced with six brave and talented actors willing to push their personal boundaries to explore their relationships and sexuality.
Ken (Ryan Robbins) and Maria (Arabella Bushnell) are a seemingly stable couple who have been together for seven years. Katherine (Erin Wells), who hasn't had sex with her husband Mark (Brad Dryborough) in a year, is tired of her boring life. Mark is stressed about work and not so sure he can go through with this weekend's plans. Jason (Ben Cotton), rather than bringing his long-time girlfriend, shows up at the cabin with a bisexual vixen named Ginny (Justine Warrington), whom he met at a party the previous weekend. The group decides to start slowly, with some party games. Sexual acts and participants are picked randomly from a bowl. All is fair game: ear-nibbling, French kissing, fondling privates, dry humping and, of course, going all the way.
The Cabin Movie is funny, emotionally gruelling and awkwardly truthful.
Continuing to work with a group of close collaborators, Dylan Akio Smith follows up his award-winning short Man Feel Pain, which screened at the Festival in 2004, with another smartly realized dark comedy, focusing again on the intricacies of script and performance. Shot in only ten days, the strength of his first feature relies on his sharp direction and the unselfconsciousness of its cast. Through the subjectivities of his flawed characters, Smith inquires into the darkness of desire and the role that environment plays in people's actions. Will Mark's repression put a hamper on the festivities? And will anyone respond to Katherine's politely Canadian plea: "Will someone fuck me, please?"
- Stacey Donen
