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Ready, Set, Bag! (2008/2010)
Also Known As: Paper or Plastic?
Opened: 08/06/2010 Limited
| Limited | 08/06/2010 | |
| Central Cinema... | 08/06/2010 - 08/12/2010 | 7 days |
| Hollywood Thea... | 10/04/2010 - 10/10/2010 | 7 days |
| DVD | 11/02/2010 |
Trailer: Click for trailer
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
Rated: Unrated
Short Synopsis
Every February competitive grocery baggers from across the country meet in Las Vegas to vie for the title of National Best Bagger. READY, SET, BAG! explores the lives of eight state champions, following these delightfully fun, quintessentially American characters from local contests to their moment on the national stage.
Long Synopsis
Every February competitive grocery baggers from across the country meet in Las Vegas to vie for the title of National Best Bagger. READY, SET, BAG! explores the lives of eight state champions, following these delightfully fun, quintessentially American characters from local contests to their moment on the national stage.
No matter where we are in life or what we do for a living -- we all shop at the grocery store. And the checker or bagger is often the last personal contact we have with an employee. It is here at the end of the checkout aisle that READY, SET, BAG! shows the pride and effort these individuals put into their job to be the best at what they do - capturing the spirit of working class Americans.
But Americans don't only work hard, they also like to have fun and the world of competitive grocery bagging is often bizarrely entertaining and unexpected. Contestants unveil their competitive side as they train and take the competition - but never themselves - seriously. Spanning the US, they are the heart of the bagging competition, their workplaces and of READY, SET, BAG!
You'll meet Jacob, the once shy and overweight teenager who blossomed and found friends when he got his first job at the grocery store; Brenda, who works beside her devoted daughter and rides Harleys with her hunting-obsessed husband; James, the athletic team player who must survive the "Thunderdome of Bagging"; Kim, whose posse of 45-80 year-olds gives her a Vegas sendoff she'll never forget; Roger, a Chinese/Trinidadian immigrant who sees the prize money as his gateway to the American Dream; Ryan, the African-American home-schooled farm boy everyone loves; Brian, a returning state champion determined to redeem himself after the mistake that cost him the National title last year; and Jon, the stoic Minnesotan who has one last chance to prove that he can snag the bagging gold before he hits fifty.
These characters prove that speed, accuracy and heart will determine who is best qualified to ask you, "Paper or plastic?"
