77 Minutes – Drama
Language: English
Release date: November 7, 2008
DVD release date: February 10, 2009
Canadian Distributor: Maximum Films
Real Time is about a hit man (Randy Quaid) who gives a compulsive gambler (Jay Baruchel) one hour to live. The movie takes place in real time and its ultimate subject is what we do with the time we have in this world. The film begins when Andy, a hyperactive compulsive gambler, is plucked off the street by the calm yet imposing Reuban. Reuban tells Andy that he’s been dispatched to kill him. Andy doesn’t believe him at first. He figures it’s just another one of Reuban’s scare tactics to get him to pay off his gambling debt. After a few punches to the head and a gun held to his face, Andy finally gets it. Reuban is really going to kill him – but not before Andy gets an hour to do whatever he’d like before he dies. Reuban is a little surprised when Andy chooses to spend his hour looking for a hooker, seeking revenge on a former boss and trying to find his old Playdough barber shop toy at Grandma’s. But as we move closer to the deadline, we see there is more to Andy than we first thought and Reuban turns out to have a secret or two of his own.
Julia Rosenberg
Paula Devonshire
Ari Lantos
Rudolf Blahacek
Michael Pacek
Jim Guthrie
Randy Quaid
Jay Baruchel
Jayne Eastwood
Lucy Filippone
Jeff Pustil
Ella Chan
Reuban
Andy
Grandma
Prostitute
Donny
Kwan
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