Trailer Park Boys: The Movie

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Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
Directed by Mike Clattenburg
Produced by Mike Clattenburg
Ivan Reitman (executive producer)
Written by Mike Clattenburg
Robb Wells
Starring Robb Wells
John Paul Tremblay
Mike Smith
Distributed by Odeon Films (2006) (Canada)
Release date(s) October 6, 2006 (Canada)
Country Canada
Language English
Budget $ 5,000,000 (estimated)
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Trailer Park Boys: The Movie, also known as Trailer Park Boys: The Big Dirty, is a 2006 Canadian comedy film based on the hit television series Trailer Park Boys. The film follows characters Ricky, Julian and Bubbles creating a plan for The Big Dirty, the largest heist of their lives. The film is directed by Mike Clattenburg, produced by Barrie Dunn and Mike Volpe and executive produced by Ivan Reitman. It was released in Canada on October 6, but releases in other countries are still to be revealed.

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[edit] Plot

Kicked out from jail days before the guard/inmate ball hockey final, Ricky, Julian and Bubbles return to Sunnyvale trailer park with a plan for The Big Dirty, the largest heist of their long criminal history: a dimwitted scheme to steal vast quantities of change – since it’s untraceable.

Meanwhile, Ricky is pondering taking his relationship with longtime girlfriend Lucy to the next level when he discovers that Lucy has some newly enhanced anatomy and a job at the Gentleman’s Club. Later, visiting the club, Julian meets and falls for the beautiful featured dancer Wanda and the Boys have their first encounter with Sonny, the dangerous owner of the club.

As the day of the Big Dirty approaches, The Boys train less-than-able assistants Cory and Trevor. But before their plan can succeed, they will have to outrun helicopters, survive shootouts and face down drunken Trailer Park Supervisor Mr. Lahey and his cheeseburger-loving assistant Randy in a deadly game of Sunnyvale Chicken.

[edit] Box Office

Trailer Park Boys was the highest grossing movie in Canada for its first weekend in release October 7-8, 2006. The movie grossed an estimated $1.3 million at the box office in its opening weekend becoming the 11th top grossing film in North America. It had a per-screen average of $6,632 over the three-day weekend, and played on over 200 screens.[1] As of November 19th the film has grossed $3.8 million.[1]

[edit] Cast

Actor Role
Robb Wells Ricky
John Paul Tremblay Julian
Mike Smith Bubbles
Jonathan Torrens J-Roc
Cory Bowles Cory
Lucy Decoutere Lucy
Sarah E. Dunsworth Sarah
Gerry Dee Donny
Hugh Dillon Sonny
Alex Lifeson Cop #1
Gord Downie Cop #2
Patrick Roach Randy
John Dunsworth Jim Lahey
Nichole Hiltz Wanda
Michael Jackson Trevor
Lydia Lawson-Baird Trinity
Scott Marson Bouncer
David Miller Bike cop

[edit] Differences Between The Movie & The TV Series

  • Cory and Trevor's transportation: In the TV series, Cory and Trevor ride with either Ricky or Julian. In the movie, Cory and Trevor have a snowmobile with regular wheels instead of treads as a use of transportation.
  • Sarah: In the TV series, Sarah spends most of her time with Cory and Trevor. In the movie, Sarah is a lesbian that was with Lucy at the start at the movie, but after Lucy married Ricky, she found another woman to have a relationship with.
  • Bubble's shed: In the TV series, Bubbles lives in a store bought shed. The first one was burnt down by Ricky and now has a new shed thanks to Julian. In the movie, he lives in a shed made out of lumber, plywood, and a plastic roofing. The first one was destroyed when Mr. Lahey backed up his car into it, but thanks to the Big Dirty, he got the material to build a new one
  • Julian's Lovelife: In the TV series, Julian had three relationships that ended short. One with Candy, one with Tanya (which was just a trick to steal the hash from him), and one with Erica Miller. In the movie, when he went to the Gentlemen's club with Ricky, he met Wanda and had a relationship with her. Turned out that she was a wanted criminal and was sent to jail, but Julian waited until she got out.
  • Trinity: In the TV series, Trinity was played by Jeanna Harrison, and in the movie she is played by Lydia Lawson-Baird. Also, in the movie, she steals BBQ, fixes them up and sells them at flea markets, she doesn't do it in the TV series.
  • How Lucy Got Her Boob Job: In the TV, she got it from the money that she got from Cory and Trevor when they took it from the boys. In the movie, she got it from Sonny, the owner of the Gentlemen's club.

[edit] Trivia

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  • Most of the titles at the movie theatre are The Tragically Hip songs titles, as shown when Julian orders tickets to "The Dark Canuck", a song from the album In Violet Light. As well, some of the titles are Rush song titles, and 2112 is printed on the Money Ball they steal.
  • The Tragically Hip's lead singer Gordon Downie and Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson also have cameos in the movie, as the police officers who arrest Ricky and Julian in the initial chase scene.
  • In the court scene at the end of the movie, the man who played the harsh prosecutor in the trial in "If I Can't Smoke And Swear I'm Fucked" is the now the kind-hearted judge, and the woman who played the kind-hearted judge in the same episode plays the boys' unenthusiastic defense lawyer in the movie.
  • When Wanda is released from prison at the end of the movie, Julian sets his glass of rum and coke on his car in order to hug her. This is something he almost never does.
  • Originally the original creators of Trailer Park Boys did not want to include nudity in the film, they wanted to keep it close to the show format, but Ivan Reitmann insisted, saying that they needed to open the eyes for a new audience [citation needed]

[edit] Soundtrack

Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie cover
Soundtrack
Released October 10, 2006
Genre Soundtrack
Label Anthem
  1. "Big Dirty Drums"
  2. "I Fought The Law" by The Big Dirty Band
  3. "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush
  4. "Trailer Park Life" by J-Roc
  5. "Credulence"
  6. "Sweet Leaf" by Alexisonfire
  7. "All Touch" by Rough Trade
  8. "Shithawks"
  9. "I'm On Fire For You Baby" by April Wine
  10. "Bobcaygeon" by The Tragically Hip
  11. "Orca" by Wintersleep
  12. "Swamp Water" by Swollen Members
  13. "Ricky's Day In Court"
  14. "Liquor & Whores" by Bubbles & The Shit Rockers

[edit] Other songs in the movie not on the Soundtrack

[edit] References

  1. ^ Trailer Park Boys: The Movie tops Canadian box office. Sootoday.com. Retrieved on 15 October 2006.

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