Safety Not Guaranteed is a 2012 American comedy film[3][4] directed by Colin Trevorrow and inspired by a 1997 Backwoods Home Magazine classified ad[5]—itself written as a joke filler by Backwoods employee John Silveira[5]—by a person asking for someone to accompany him in time travel. It was screened at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.[6]
