High Life is a 2009 Canadian film based on the stage play by Lee MacDougall, written by Lee MacDougall and directed by Gary Yates. Starring Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Joe Anderson and Rossif Sutherland, High Life is a comedic heist movie from the flip-side of the 80’s consumer dream. Set in 1983, just after the birth of the Automated Teller Machine, High Life is a story of kinship, loyalty, and honour amongst thieves. In a busy downtown hospital, a visit from his former socio-pathic cellmate Bug has just gotten Dick fired from his job as a hospital janitor. Unemployed... and in need of fast cash Dick gets the idea to rob one of the day’s brand new ATM's, to “buy a little self-respect”, announces Dick to Bug and the team. Enter the charismatic, criminally-minded Donnie, and the front-man, the sexy, sleepy-eyed charmer Billy, and all of the pieces are in place. “It’s a precision job,” says Dick the night before the heist: “No violence.
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| Release date: | 2010 |
| Directed by: | Gary Yates |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 80 Minutes |
| Producer: | Anna Stratton, Robin Cass, Morris Ruskin |
| Editor: | Jeff Warren |
| Music by: | Jonathan Goldsmith |
| Cinematography: | Michael Marshall |
| Genre: | Comedy |