Scouts Are Cancelled (2007)

Director John Scott crafts this look at the curious life of his longtime friend John Stiles — an aspiring writer and former telephone marketer whose midlife meltdown worked wonders for his career. Stiles was down on his luck working as a telemarketer in Toronto when, one day, he threw out his pre-written script and began speaking to customers in curious character voices inspired by his upbringing in Nova Scotia. That month, Stiles made the most sales of any employee and earned a free DVD player for his efforts. In the following years, Stiles threw caution to the wind, venturing out to local open mic nights — where he developed a substantial cult following — and later publishing a pair of books with Insomniac press.

Released April 25, 2007 72 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.one-actor, tmdb.telemarketing, tmdb.dialect, tmdb.accents, imdb.nova-scotia-canada, imdb.poetry, imdb.telemarketing + 3 more, imdb.annapolis-valley, imdb.world, aspectratio.1-66-1