Personal Effects

Plot Summary

Based on Rick Moody's story "Mansion on the Hill," found in his collection, "Demonology." "The Mansion on the Hill" follows the adventures of narrator Andrew Wakefield as he tries to come to terms with his sister's death - she was killed in a car accident just before her wedding. Coincidentally finding himself employed at a ritzy wedding-planning business, Andrew alternates memories of the past with clunky product-speak descriptions of his job.

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Pimped and punk'd out in Vancouver

Metro Canada has filed a report on Personal Effects and its production in the Vancouver area.
"Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher has been spotted sporting a new twist to the classic yellow raincoat in rain-drenched Vancouver.
A chicken suit-clad Kutcher was seen on the set of Personal Effects, an adaptation of the Rick Moody story Mansion on the Hill, that has been filming in the city since November.
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