Overview
Gerry is about two hiking companions who both go by the name "Gerry". "Gerry" is also a slang term used throughout the misadventure by both protagonists, meaning "to screw up". Van Sant revealed in interviews that Damon and Ben and Casey Affleck already had used the term before the movie had been named.
The plot of the film shares some commonalities with the events surrounding the death of David Coughlin, who was killed by his friend after the two became lost in Rattlesnake Canyon in New Mexico.
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