Blue State Page #2

Synopsis: On the eve of John Kerry's 2004 defeat, campaign volunteer John Logue, canvasing in Ohio, says he'll move to Canada if Bush wins. His pledge gets televised, so when John returns to San Francisco - where his old job and girl-friend evaporate - his friends expect him to deliver on the promise. He gets a call from marryacanadian.ca, accepts their invitation to come to Winnipeg, interviews traveling companions, picks Chloe (she with a nose ring), and sets out. Both John and Chloe have secrets, revealed one at a time, and Winnipeg in 2004, with men and women willing to help US ex-pats gain citizenship, may not be what either needs. Echoes of the Vietnam war help them decide.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Marshall Lewy
Production: Fox Home Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
R
Year:
2007
88 min
Website
50 Views


And we're an organization set up

to help Americans establish roots here

after last week's tragic election.

We heard about what you're doing,

and we'd love to help.

So, give us a dingle at 204-555-7328,

and ask for Gloria. Thanks so much, then.

"Liberal ladies and gentlemen

of the US,

"now that George W. Bush will be with us,

tragically, for another four years,

"single American liberals

will be desperate to escape. "

Dude, I swear I didn't sign you up.

Then how'd they find me?

They didn't read it on your blog.

How do you know? Maybe they did.

Dude, nobody reads your stupid blog.

And besides...

Oh, screw you.

So, what's her name?

Oh...

Hello?

Hi, is this MarryACanadian. Com?

You mean dot C-A.

This is John Logue. Somebody

from your organization called me.

Oh, that was me. I'm so glad you called.

And you found my number how?

A friend of mine heard

from another friend of mine

who saw on TV that you were planning

on moving to Canada

if Bush won the election.

So, we thought we'd give you a ring.

What are you, the CIA?

No. Canada doesn't have

any invasive organizations like that.

We let people enjoy their privacy.

So, we've got people coming up

as soon as tomorrow.

Well, I haven't even decided if...

I haven't even decided if I'm going.

If you wanna come up here,

we'd be more than happy

to help you get accustomed

to living here in Winnipeg,

including finding a Canadian

to marry for your citizenship.

Did you get a chance

to look at the profiles on our website?

Yeah, I...

I thought it was a joke.

We've had some American news

organizations treating it like a joke.

And these women are willing to marry me?

Well, it's a little more involved

than that. I mean, they gotta like you.

Look, this is really...

This is really nice of you, Gloria.

Well, we're nice up here sometimes

for no good reason.

Thank you, I'll be in touch.

I wanna get out

of corporate America, man.

You know, you've got a computer,

they'll read your files.

Track everything you do.

I got my FBI file once

under the Freedom of Information Act.

This f***ing thick, man.

My girlfriend lives in Vancouver,

and I've got a week's vacation.

Tall latt, no fat, extra foam.

So I saw your post,

and I thought a road trip would be neat.

Last road trip I took, I listened to

Neil Diamond, like, 70 of the trip.

Something about it

just clicked with the landscape.

Right.

You got those multinationals

just pouring propaganda into your brain.

And what are your political views?

Yeah, I saw that on the flier.

Does it really matter?

You voted for Bush, didn't you?

So, it's cool if I bring my pet snake?

Well, you know...

Marry a Canadian, huh?

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