While driving, Mercer finds Kate's YMCA card in the trunk of her car and, now knowing what she looks like, describes a dream to her in which he, Joely, and Kate are dancing in a re-enactment of Bande à part 's dance sequence. Joely asks Mercer if he can drive her cousin Buddy ( Colin Fickes) and his friend Rid ( William Lee Scott) to Mojave, California, where they are building their own car. Later he finds himself on the set of a pornographic film, where the director ( Julio Oscar Mechoso) tells him that Arlen left to work at a pet store in Sacramento, California. In Reno, they take ecstasy and almost have sex before Mercer resumes his search for Arlen. He passes through Fallon, Nevada to meet up with the seductive Joely ( Jena Malone), his middle school crush. Mercer travels to a bohemian pottery-making commune in Shelter Cove, California where Arlen once lived, but learns that he moved to Reno, Nevada. Soon after leaving, a cell phone in the car rings, and Mercer finds himself talking to the owner of the car, Kate ( Zooey Deschanel), who lends him her car on the condition that he calls regularly to describe his trip to her. One ordinary day, 19-year-old Mercer White ( Lou Taylor Pucci) steals a Volvo station wagon from a car wash, and leaves Eugene, Oregon to find his estranged half-brother Arlen, who is unaware that their mother has recently died. Critics were divided in reaction to the film some praised the performances, the dialogue and the cinematography, while others thought it was unoriginal, forgettable, and poorly acted. Its run lasted just three days, and it grossed only US$11,931. The Go-Getter debuted on January 22, 2007, at the Sundance Film Festival and was given a limited theatrical release on June 6, 2008, by Peace Arch Entertainment. Ward provided most of the music for the film, complemented by songs from The Black Keys, Elliott Smith, The Replacements, and Animal Collective. Filming took place between October and November 2005 in Oregon, Nevada, California, and Mexico. Before production began, Hynes and three other crew members traveled to almost every location visited in the film to perform a test shoot, trying various filming styles and techniques. After his mother died, and his marriage ended, he took a road trip of his own and wrote "different things," some of which came together in the script for The Go-Getter. The story was based partially on Hynes's own experiences.
He communicates with the car's owner, Kate (Deschanel), via her cell phone while he travels. In the film, 19-year-old Mercer (Pucci) steals a stranger's car to embark on a road trip to find his estranged brother and tell him that their mother has died. The film stars Lou Taylor Pucci, Zooey Deschanel, and Jena Malone. The Go-Getter is a 2007 American independent road film directed and written by Martin Hynes.
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