“HIGH LIFE” TO BE SCREENED @2009 WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL – December 5, 2009 at 1pm

Toronto – Union Pictures, in association with Triptych Media and Buffalo Gal Pictures are pleased to announce the screening of Gary Yates’ comedy feature High Life at the 2009 Whistler Film Festival at December 5th at 1pm. Starring Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Joe Anderson and Rossif Sutherland, this comedic heist features the music of April Wine, Creedence Clearwater Revival, 3 Dog Night and New Order. Co- star Stephen Eric McIntyre will be in attendance. Ticket Passes and Packages are now on sale. For more information, please visit http://www.whistlerfilmfestival.com/

High Life premiered at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival, and was well received at the Shanghai and Edinburgh Film Festivals before having its North American Priemere at the Toronto International Film Festival. It will be released in theatres across Canada on January 15, 2010.

Based on the play by Lee MacDougall, High Life is a comedic heist story from the flip-side of the 80’s consumer dream. It’s 1983 and Dick and his pals have been botching jobs and racking up prison time for years, but this time Dick has the perfect plan for the perfect heist and enough dough to buy he and his posse some “self-respect”. With the arrival of his slightly unhinged cell-mate, Bug, on the scene its going to take all Dick has just to keep his crew from killing each other, let alone pulling off the heist. Ripe with humour and manic, high-wire tension, High Life’s lovable losers will stop at nothing as they bungle their way through their pipe dream of easy money and easy street.

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For more information, please visit  www.highlifethemovie.com