The Cabin Movie

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The Cabin Movie
Directed by Dylan Akio Smith
Written by Kris Elgstrand
Produced byRob Riley
Starring Arabella Bushnell
Ben Cotton
Brad Dryborough
Ryan Robbins
Justine Warrington
Erin Wells
CinematographyJames Liston
Edited byChris Bizzocchi
Music byClinton Shorter
Production
companies
Cabin Movie Productions
Hybrid Films
Distributed by Mongrel Media
Release date
  • September 15, 2005 (2005-09-15)(TIFF)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Cabin Movie is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Dylan Akio Smith and released in 2005. [1] The film centres on a group of friends who try to reignite their lackluster sex lives by renting a cabin in the woods to have an orgy and record it as an amateur porn film. [2]

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Plot

Ken (Ryan Robbins) and Maria (Arabella Bushnell), a married couple who have not had sex in a year, decide to invite two other couples to an orgy to spice up their sex lives. However, Mark (Brad Dryborough) and Katherine (Erin Wells) arrive dealing with relationship baggage that complicates their ability to participate, with Mark spending much of the event outside on the deck, while Jason (Ben Cotton) has actually broken up with the girlfriend who was formerly part of the group's circle of friends, and instead arrives with his new love interest Ginny (Justine Warrington), a bisexual woman the rest of the group have never met. [3]

Distribution

The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. [4] In 2006, it was one of the first Canadian films to be carried by Blockbuster Video in its Festival Collection. [5]

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References

  1. Glen Schaefer, "The Cabin Movie". The Province , October 10, 2005.
  2. Katherine Monk, "An orgy in a cabin --how Canadian is that?". Vancouver Sun , October 12, 2005.
  3. Joe Leydon, "The Cabin Movie". Variety , October 20, 2005.
  4. Gayle MacDonald, "Toronto film fest rolls out 2005's Cancon". The Globe and Mail , August 3, 2005.
  5. Glen Schaefer, "The Cabin Movie's now a Blockbuster". The Province , June 11, 2006.