G-Sale

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G-Sale
Directed byRandy Nargi
Written byRandy Nargi
Produced byJessi Badami
StarringJessi Badami
Scott Burns
Tracey Conway
Distributed byBogwood Films
Release date
  • January 28, 2003 (2003-01-28)(Sarasota Film Festival)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

G-Sale is a 2003 mockumentary film about garage sales and the people who are obsessed by them. The film is reminiscent [1] of the movies of Christopher Guest and won several film festival awards.

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Plot

Bogwood, Washington is a pleasant suburban community with a special distinction—it has more garages per capita than any other town in America. Not surprisingly, Bogwood is also the "Garage Sale Capital of the U.S.A."

When retirees Doris & Clayton Fenwick decide to empty their nest of retro-modern antiques, they set the wheels in motion for a frantically funny "g-sale" involving Bogwood's most avid garage sale junkies: Angela Cocci (an obsessive market researcher), Ed LaSalle (a beleaguered computer programmer and creator of the cult fantasy roleplaying game "Caves & Beasts"), Dick Nickerson (a retired star of the 60s sitcom "Pot o' Gold"), and BJ Harwood & Helen Ziegler (partners and owners of a trendy retro-modern antique store).

These colorful characters try to outmaneuver each other to score their ultimate garage sale treasure: an antique board game worth a fortune.

Location

Bogwood was filmed on location in Seattle, Bellevue, and Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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