{{Infobox film | name = Hank and Mike | image = Hank and Mike poster.jpg | caption = Poster | director = Matthiew Klinck | writer = Paolo Mancini<br />Thomas Michael | producer = Thomas Michael<br />Nicholas Tabarrok<ref>[https://variety.com/2008/scene/people-news/nicholas-tabarrok-1117991541/ Nicholas Tabarrok] by Jennie Punter at variety.com</ref><br />Pierre Even | starring = Thomas Michael<br>Paolo Mancini<br />Joe Mantegna<br />Chris Klein | cinematography = Glen Keenan | editing = Matthiew Klinck | music = Phil Electric | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2008|01||NATPE NextGen Film Festival|2009|03|27|Canada}} | runtime = 86 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Hank and Mike''''' is a 2008 comedy film directed by Matthiew Klinck, from a screenplay written by Paolo Mancini and Thomas Michael.<ref>[https://variety.com/2008/film/reviews/hank-and-mike-1200508852/ Hank and Mike review] by Robert Koehler at variety.com</ref> The film tells the story of two blue-collar Easter Bunnies who get fired and try their hand at an assortment of odd jobs.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/pair-hops-aboard-bunny-pic-128305/ "Pair hops aboard bunny pic ‘Hank’"] by Borys Kit at www.hollywoodreporter.com</ref>
The film premiered in 2008 at the NATPE NextGen Film Festival and was slated for general audience release on October 24, 2008 in the United States. The film was released in Canada on March 27, 2009.
==Plot== Two blue-collar Easter Bunnies get fired and try their hand at an assortment of odd jobs, failing at each. Fighting depression, debt and eventually each other, their lives start to unravel until they realize that without their job they are nothing.
==Cast== {{castlist| *Thomas Michael as Hank *Paolo Mancini as Mike *Chris Klein as Conrad Hubriss *Joe Mantegna as Mr. Pan *Maggie Castle as Lena *Tony Nappo as Stu *Jane McLean as Brenda *Cynthia Amsden as Really curious office worker *Sandra Ardagna as Chic Office Worker *Andre Arruda as Luiz *Boyd Banks as Leon *Ho Chow as Phil *Jonathan Collard as Keen Co-worker *Tarah Consoli as Depressed Skinny Girl *Tim Dorsch as Arty Guy *Louis Durand as Graham *Dawne Furey as Athena *Derek Gilroy as Liam *Michael Hanrahan as Jenkins *David Huband as Mr. Sulsky }}
==Production== The characters of the two Easter bunnies named Hank and Mike originally appeared in the TV series ''Y B Normal?''<ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2007/03/05/darius-20070305/ "Darius, Cirrus shoot Hank and Mike"] at playbackonline.ca</ref><ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2003/08/04/osc-20030804/ "Tarzan, Lord of Hollywood North/Five easy Faces"] at playbackonline.ca</ref> Shooting began on February 1, 2007 in an abandoned Canadian Tire store in Toronto, Ontario.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2009/03/26/hank_and_mike_pink_miserable_and_unemployed.html "Hank and Mike: Pink, miserable and unemployed"] by Raju Mudhar at www.thestar.com</ref>
==Release== The film premiered in 2007 at the Vancouver International Film Festival<ref name=VIFFRef>[https://playbackonline.ca/2007/09/17/images-20070917/ "Comedy and literary adaps in Canadian Images"] by Cheryl Binning at playbackonline.ca</ref> and was slated for general audience release on October 24, 2008 in the United States. The film was released in Canada on March 27, 2009. [[Image:Matthiew Klinck and Thomas Michael introduce Hank and Mike.jpg|thumb|Matthiew Klinck and Thomas Michael introducing ''Hank and Mike'' at 43rd KVIFF]]
==Festivals== * Karlovy Vary International Film Festival<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/karlovy-vary-unveils-competition-lineup-114377/ "Karlovy Vary unveils competition lineup"] by Vladimir Kozlov at www.hollywoodreporter.com</ref> * CineVegas<ref>[https://variety.com/2008/film/news/cinevegas-rolls-for-rocker-1117985244/ "CineVegas rolls for ‘Rocker’"] by Michael Jones at variety.com</ref> * Palm Beach International Film Festival<ref>[http://www.pbifilmfest.org/2008/features/hank_and_mike/ Hank And Mike] at www.pbifilmfest.org</ref> * Vancouver International Film Festival<ref name=VIFFRef/> * Victoria International Film Festival * Seattle's True Independent Film Festival * Hoboken International Film Festival * Canadian Film Festival<ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2008/03/24/maple-20080324/ "Maple Flavour doc debuts at all-Canadian fest"] by Tracy Nita Pender at playbackonline.ca</ref>
==See also== * List of Easter films
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0814131|title=Hank and Mike}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|hank_and_mike}}
Category:2008 films Category:2008 comedy films Category:Canadian comedy films Category:Easter Bunny in film Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Films shot in Toronto Category:2008 English-language films Category:2008 Canadian films Category:English-language comedy films