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When Pigs Fly
- Terry Podnar
- Unrepped
- Available
- Comedy
- Scouted
- 70.2
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When a freeloading slacker goes to work on a farm after the initiation of a new government program for the unemployed, he discovers that the farmers are trying to sabotage the workers’ success so that they can get back to receiving government subsidies instead of the new program and decides to expose the farmers’ devious plot.
A perpetual slacker is shipped off to work at a farm after a new government program demands the unemployed unwillingly carry out hard labor, and once situated in his new work environment, he finds himself challenged by a cantankerous farmer who wishes to drive him away by giving him increasingly difficult duties.
A lazy and entitled young man is forced into a grueling government farm labor program, where he must overcome ridiculous challenges, sabotage, and his own ineptitude to find a sense of purpose.
Film
Mainstream (studio), Comedy, Conspiracy, Cop/FBI/CIA, Work Related, Broad Comedy, Social Commentary, Dysfunctional Family, Agent, Alcohol, Boyfriend/Girlfriend, Dating, Father, Father/Son, Fish-Out-Of-Water, Friends/Friendship, Husband/Wife, Mother, Mother/Son, Parent, Relationship, Son
101
R
Medium
M
Unspecified
20
Average
Son-in-Law, City Slickers, Stripes, Office Space
Contemporary, Roughly a Few Months
Ohio, Residential Homes, Business District, Wood Product Store, Iowa, Farm, Farmhouse, Drive-In, Forest, Campsite, Government Buildings
In a modest home in Independence, Ohio, GORDON TINKLER (20s), a lazy, entitled twenty-something, lives with his parents, CHUCK (50s) and KAREN (50s). Gordon is a freeloader. He is jobless, recently flunked out of college, and is unapologetic about his lack of direction. When Chuck catches Gordon having sex in the living room and consuming his parents’ resources without remorse, their relationship reaches a boiling point. Chuck gives Gordon an ultimatum: find a job or move out.
Meanwhile, on national television, PRESIDENT MANN (70s) announces a new employment initiative, "Operation: Sodbuster," aimed at eradicating unemployment by forcing those on benefits to work on farms. Farmers, in turn, will receive free labor. Gordon initially dismisses the program, but his unemployed status lands him squarely in its crosshairs. With no other option, Gordon begrudgingly accepts his fate and is assigned to work on a remote farm in Iowa.
Gordon arrives at Bell’s Farm in Fishcreek, Iowa. The property, owned by the authoritarian and grizzled FARMER BELL (60s), exudes hardship. Bell wastes no time asserting dominance, assigning Gordon to a dirty, cluttered basement instead of a proper room. Gordon is thrown into a grueling routine with no preparation or sympathy.
Gordon meets...
Meanwhile, on national television, PRESIDENT MANN (70s) announces a new employment initiative, "Operation: Sodbuster," aimed at eradicating unemployment by forcing those on benefits to work on farms. Farmers, in turn, will receive free labor. Gordon initially dismisses the program, but his unemployed status lands him squarely in its crosshairs. With no other option, Gordon begrudgingly accepts his fate and is assigned to work on a remote farm in Iowa.
Gordon arrives at Bell’s Farm in Fishcreek, Iowa. The property, owned by the authoritarian and grizzled FARMER BELL (60s), exudes hardship. Bell wastes no time asserting dominance, assigning Gordon to a dirty, cluttered basement instead of a proper room. Gordon is thrown into a grueling routine with no preparation or sympathy.
Gordon meets...