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RUNNING MATES

After 15 years away, Archie Fenton suddenly returns to his hometown of Shoulder and announces his candidacy for mayor. He runs into his childhood best friend, Reg who now runs the local tow truck company. Reg barely recognizes Archie in his fancy suit and non-mullet big-city haircut but friendship is forever. So after a night of catching up, the boys are fished out of the drunk-tank by their angry wives. Archie is told by his wife that if he ever hopes to be mayor, he can’t hang out with his old buddies. Reg is crushed. To get back at Archie, he decides it’s time to get into politics and runs against his old best friend for mayor of Shoulder.

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Thomas Michael
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Thomas is an award-winning writer, actor, and filmmaker. At the age of 17, he landed his own comedy series, Y B Normal? on the Comedy Network. Since 2005, he has made three feature films: the bilingual comedy Greg & Gentillon, international cult hit Hank and Mike (with Joe Mantegna and Chris Klein), and most recently his directorial debut, Running Mates. Thomas wrote, produced, and starred in all his films, which have won awards and been released theatrically in several countries. In 2008, Playback Magazine named Michael one of the Next 25 – Canada’s Rising Stars and Dealmakers.