3-Day Weekend (2008)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Rob Williams

Writer:

Rob Williams (writer)

Release Date:

8 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Start packing

Plot:

Cast

Chris Carlisle	...	Mac
Joel Harrison	...	Cameron
Gaetano Jones	...	Kevin
Derek Long	...	Cooper
Derek Meeker	...	Simon
Douglas Myers	...	Jason
Daniel Rhyder	...	Andre
Stephen Twardokus	...	Ace

Directed by
Rob Williams

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rob Williams		writer

Produced by
Rodney Johnson	....	producer
Matthew Montgomery	....	producer
Rob Williams	....	producer

Original Music by
Austin Wintory

Cinematography by
Tim Otholt		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Vashi Nedomansky

Makeup Department
Ricky Flores	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Drobinski	....	first assistant director
Valentin Galvan	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Brian Winkeler	....	graphic design

Camera and Electrical Department
Calvin Borden	....	first assistant camera
Bobby Gomez	....	gaffer
J. Allen Holt	....	grip
Adam Robbins	....	key grip

Editorial Department
Vashi Nedomansky	....	colorist

Other crew
Sasha Burger	....	production assistant
Erin Tarasi	....	script supervisor
Angelo Warner	....	craft service

Production Companies

• Guest House Films

Distributors

• Optimale (2009) (France) (all media)
• PRO-FUN media Filmverleih (2009) (Germany) (all media)
• TLA Releasing (2009) (UK) (all media)
• TLA Releasing (2008) (USA) (all media)

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Company:

Guest House Films

Movie Connections:

References The Boys in the Band (1970)

Soundtrack:

Rise (Acoustic)

Thank God it wasn't even 3-hours

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

'3-Day Weekend' seemed like it was dreamt up in a dark gay bar one night by best buds who had a bit too much and Donna Summer's 'Last Dance' was playing signifying it was closing time. The nicest thing I could say about this movie was that, though they attempted to pick some good looking guys and only three actually were (Carlisle, Jones and Harrison,) they did actually pick all-around guys: bears, queens, someone for everyone. That is, if you only like Caucasians. Unfortunately, everything else either tried too hard, such as the clichéd and predictable dialogue, mostly amateur acting or the tired old drama, almost making this a gay-themed Tyler Perry film. Two couples bring four strangers to a beautiful cabin in the desert. Well, they called it the desert – I live in the desert – Phoenix, AZ, and this is not a desert. Prescott or Flagstaff, AZ, perhaps, but not the real desert. Anyways, they invited these four gay guys with four unique personalities "just for fun." Again, drama ensues and couples fight to end or start to build their relationships while having sex or orgies. Yeah, there's a lot of nudity, mostly butts, to look at. But for the most part, it's just blah, blah, blah. I will say this, the best scene of the movie, didn't even make it in the film – and I'm almost 100% sure it wasn't meant to be. Watch the alternative ending. It had me rolling. Typically, I won't judge a film on DVD extras, or things it is not, but this made up for a lot of the bad in the film. (Ironically, if it had made it in the film, it would certainly be a WTF ending and wouldn't have been as funny.)