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Synopsis: Wilby is the name of a small island in the Canadian Maritimes and the name of the main town located on the island. According to residents, there are two types of people who live on Wilby: islanders (people who were born on Wilby) and non-islanders. Among the townsfolk of Wilby are: single mom and recently returned islander Sandra Anderson, who was known as the girl in town with the reputation, something that has not changed in her adult years; Sandra's teen-aged daughter, Emily, who doesn't want to end up like her mother but can only think about making out with her new boyfriend; Buddy French, the local police officer who is having unspoken marital problems with his non-islander wife, Carol, the town realtor whose controlling behavior is pushing her and others around her on the verge of a nervous breakdown; the Mayor, Brent Fisher, who is secretly planning for his life post politics; dyslexic Duck McDonald, the town handyman; and recently separated non-islander Dan Jarvis who, because
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Daniel MacIvor
  2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
NOT RATED
Year:
2004
99 min
75 Views


After 3:
00 I'll be getting

ready for an open house,

so drop by there.

Now you go on.

I'll call you

if there's any news.

Oh, my god, oh!

Oh god, oh no!

Up next is news,

followed by "Memory Lane"

- I just thought

- Sponsored by Dover Beach Cabins,

Wilby's getaway

from the fast Lane.

Today's seventh caller to identify

our "blast from the past"

That sounds good.

Yep, okay, bye.

- escape to Dover Beach.

- Don't want to be going to Dover Beach.

- Why's that?

- That's where the queers hang out.

Ever since they got the

boot off the watch,

now they hang around the

change rooms for the beach.

- Give it a rest, Irene.

- It's true.

My cousin works

for the "Sentinel,"

I've got the inside

on the whole story.

Did you ever hear of "live

and let live," Irene?

We don't do that here,

thank god.

- Are you smoking?

- What? No

You smell like smoke.

Does he smoke?

- Shut up, mom.

- What's his name?

- Shut up.

- Honey, what's his name?

Taylor.

Mr. Jarvis?

Oh, Jenny. Hi there, hi.

How are you?

Sorry, I thought

you'd checked out.

Uh no, no, no

not till tomorrow.

Oh.

I was just checking the

Seems pretty sturdy.

Sorry, I

How's your mom,

your dad, everyone?

Deena, did Mayor Fisher

call yet?

Well, did you get in touch

with the town council?

What have you been doing?

What kind of flowers?

Oh, that sounds good.

Oh no, oh

Nothing,

I'll call you right back.

Oh, no, no, no

No!

Hi, it's Carol French

from the merchants' committee.

What do you mean,

everybody's at lunch?

Yes, it's an emergency.

Thanks for stopping by, boys.

So, where's the problems?

Same place?

- Yeah.

- Mind if I grab a coffee first?

I'll take care of this,

Stan, don't worry about it.

Emily, can you get Stan

a cup of coffee?

And if you want a doughnut,

take a doughnut.

- Great.

- Okay.

There's nothing

missing or anything,

but there's something funny with

the lock on the door again.

- Same as last time?

- Pretty much.

Worse a bit.

Can I help you

with something, Irene?

Those Hawaiian fresh?

- So it's worse, is it?

- Yeah, a bit, quite a bit.

- Quite a bit worse?

- Worse worse.

- Worse worse?

- Yeah.

Crazy worse.

- We can't keep doing this.

- We haven't done anything yet.

Not here.

I'm closing up at 6:00.

- 6:
00?

- 6:
00.

- Ahem

- What are youse doing out here?

- The window.

- The window.

It's not locked.

Well then, there you go.

It's not locked.

True enough.

There you go then.

We better get investigating.

Carol and I used to

come here all the time.

She loved it here.

She said it was

a very important place,

because when you looked out there

you could see where you came from.

And if you can see

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Daniel MacIvor

Daniel MacIvor (born July 23, 1962) is a Canadian actor, playwright, theatre director, and film director. He is probably best known for his acting roles in independent films and the sitcom Twitch City. more…

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