Book Store - "One Week"
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Doug Mathieson
N 43° 38.736 W 079° 24.717
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Ben(Joshua Jackson) is back in Toronto after his cross country trip and ponders the bookstore display of his book chronicling his trip
Waymark Code: WM9WZ1
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/07/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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Wikipedia - One Week

Wikipedia - One Week

One Week is a 2008 Canadian film directed by Michael McGowan and starring Joshua Jackson, Liane Balaban, and Campbell Scott. The film debuted at the Toronto Film Festival on September 8, 2008 and was released theatrically on March 6, 2009.
Jackson plays Ben Tyler, who has been diagnosed with cancer. Requiring immediate treatment, he instead decides to take a motorcycle trip from Toronto through the Canadian prairies to Vancouver Island. Along the way, he meets several people that help him reevaluate his relationship with his fiancée Samantha (played by Balaban), his job and his dream of becoming a writer.
The scenic backdrop of the Canadian landscape as well as an all-Canadian soundtrack serve as prevalent influences in the film.

 

Here is a screen capture from the end of the film. Ben(Joshua Jackson) is back in Toronto after his cross country trip
He is looking at his book chronicling his trip

 

Here is a shot of the same scene from my Aug 31,2010 trip to Toronto.
The location is a Queen St W Bookstore

 

One Week Trailer You Tube

Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) is an elementary school English teacher living in Toronto, Ontario. Sitting across from his doctor, Ben is told that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in its fourth and final stage. With a ten percent chance of survival and likely two years to live, the doctor recommends that he go into treatment immediately to give himself the best odds.
Soon after leaving his doctor's office, he encounters an elderly man selling his 1973 Norton Commando motorcycle from out of his garage in a back alleyway. Ben is offered a test drive, but explains that he is not in the market for a motorcycle. The narrator notes that his fiancée, Samantha Pierce (Liane Balaban), despises motorcycles. Nevertheless, he inevitably takes up the offer and upon returning from his test drive, buys the motorcycle. Finishing a Tim Hortons coffee, he rolls up the cup's rim, as part of the fast-food chain's popular yearly promotional contest, to a message that reads "Go west young man."
After celebrating his father's 60th birthday with his family, he breaks the news of his cancer to Samantha, as well as his desire to take a two-day vacation riding his newly-purchased motorcycle. She implores Ben to reconsider a vacation, reasoning that the longer he waits to go into treatment, the worse his chances for survival are. Unwilling to "become a patient", possibly for the remainder of his expectedly short lifetime, he asks Samantha to come with him.
Ben ultimately sets out from Toronto by himself on a journey across Canada

 

 

Movie or TV Show: One Week

Year Released or First Aired: 2,008.00

IMDB Link: [Web Link]

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