Underplayed Gems

Jimmywork (2004)

Jimmywork poster
Directed by
Simon Sauvé
Genre
mockumentary
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man named Jimmy W on the verge of turning 50 tries to reinvent himself as a big shot American producer. He pitches a scheme to a small town rodeo but gets rejected. Angry and humiliated, he plans an elaborate revenge plot from his kitchen.

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What happens

Jimmywork is a 2004 mockumentary film written and directed by Simon Sauvé and produced by Atopia. On the eve of his 50th birthday Jimmy W finds himself at the cross roads of his existence. For him it's now or never. The time has come to become rich and maybe even famous. Pretending to be an American Producer, he offers his services to the St-Tite Rodeo to develop an ad campaign to attract American tourists. Charmed as much by his demeanor as well as by his proposition, the Rodeo organizers call him in for a meeting to present his project. The meeting turns out to be a complete fiasco. Suspicious about Jimmy, they politely turn him down. Jimmy returns home furious and determined to get his revenge. Operating from his kitchen, he plans an elaborate scheme to extort the beer stock from the Rodeo valued at a quarter of million dollars. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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