Shy Darius, an intern at Seattle Magazine, goes to investigate an awkward guy who placed an ad calling for a companion for a time travel adventure.

Janet and I saw this for our 32nd anniversary. What a wife!
—Michael Main
Stormtoopers don’t know anything about lasers or time travel. They’re blue collar workers.

Variants

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  1. Safety Not Guaranteed by Derek Connolly, directed by Colin Trevorrow (Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah, 22 January 2012).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Derek Connolly
    John Silveira (other contribution)
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . directed by Colin Trevorrow

Previous Works
inspired by a joke classified ad by John Silveira (1997)

Indexer Notes

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  1. Credits—from the IMDb. I added John Silveira as a contributing author based on his classified ad in Backwards Home Magazine, and I vaguely remember that he was credited in the movie, but I have no way to check just now.