Going the Distance

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Going the Distance

Directed by	Mark Griffiths
Produced by	Stephen Hegyes Shawn Williamson
Written by	Eric Goodman Kelly Senecal
Starring	Christopher Jacot Joanne Kelly Shawn Roberts Mayko Nguyen Ryan Belleville Katheryn Winnick August Schellenberg and Jason Priestley
Music by	Patric Caird
Distributed by	Seville Pictures (Canada)
Release date(s)	August 20, 2004 (Canada)
Running time	93 min.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Going the Distance is a 2004 Canadian teen/comedy film directed by Mark Griffiths, and written by Eric Goodman and Kelly Senecal. A road movie set across Canada, its tagline was They came. They saw. They came. The film was released in Canada as Going the Distance, but for American release the film's title was expanded to National Lampoon's Going the Distance. The Canadian DVD release retains its original release title.

Produced by Brightlight Pictures and the first film underwritten in part by MuchMusic, Going the Distance was a brand extension for the music television channel and a foray into theatrical feature films by MuchMusic's corporate parent CHUM Limited.

Recent changes to Telefilm Canada funding rewarded the producers of domestic films that were commercial successes in English Canada, and Going the Distance was a bid for such success. Released at the same time as Without a Paddle, a Hollywood movie attracting the same male-skewing teen comedy demographic, Going the Distance performed much more poorly at the Canadian box office in spite of wide promotion, and was considered a box office bomb.

[edit] Plot summary

Nick (Jacot), whose life seemed to be going perfectly, realizes he may lose his girlfriend to a famous music producer (Priestley). He sets out on a roadtrip from the west coast to go to the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto, along with two buddies, for the road trip of their lives.