Two Tickets to Paradise is a 2006 film starring John C. McGinley, D. B. Sweeney (in his directorial debut), Paul Hipp, and minor roles for Moira Kelly and Ed Harris.
The story revolves around three 40-ish lifelong friends from Pennsylvania who go on a road trip in search of themselves. The friends have just two tickets to a major college bowl game in Florida, and along the way the friends run into a few surprises, and some serious self-discovery.
The film includes music by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and American Minor
The cast also includes ESPN reporter Jenn Brown as a Hooters waitress, and cameos by Vanna White as herself, Gerald McGinley, John's father, as the dentist, and Jean Jones, Janet Jones' mother, as her mother.
The film contains much scenes shot near Interstate 95 and in southern California, particularly in the San Diego area.