We have new clips in standard and high definition for Samuel Goldwyn Films' Knucklehead comedy/drama which opens on October 22nd in limited areas. Michael W. Watkins directs from the writing by Bear Aderhold, Tom Sullivan and Adam Rifkin. The film is rated PG-13 and produced by Michael Pavone. The story follows con artist Eddie Sullivan (Mark Feuerstein), who, after incurring a large debt with a local bookie (Dennis Farina), creates a get-rich-quick scheme by enlisting a sweet gentle giant named Walter (Paul “The Big Show” Wight) as his unwitting accomplice. Walter’s orphanage—the only home he’s ever known—also needs funds desperately. Upon overhearing Walter’s predicament, Eddie convinces the no-nonsense head nun, Sister Francesca (Wendie Malick), that Walter can win the money as a fighter and pay off the church’s debts...
- 10/7/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Comedian Bill Engvall and crooner-turned-actor Billy Ray Cyrus are set to star in the comedy feature "Bait Shop" for Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
The story centers around a small town bait shop owner (Engvall) who finds his beloved tackle shop at risk of foreclosure.
In an attempt to raise money to save his business, he enters a high-profile fishing tournament, which finds him competing against his nemesis, the self-promoting fishing pro Hot Rod Johnson (Cyrus).
C.B. Harding "Delta Farce" is directing the film, which also stars Harve Presnell ("Fargo") and Richard Riehle ("Grounded for Life").
J.P. Williams of Parallel Entertainment and Alan Blomquist are producing the film, which was written by Engvall, Tom Ryan, Bear Aderhold and Tom Sullivan.
Production on the film, which will be distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment as a DVD original feature, is set to begin today in Orlando, Fla.
The story centers around a small town bait shop owner (Engvall) who finds his beloved tackle shop at risk of foreclosure.
In an attempt to raise money to save his business, he enters a high-profile fishing tournament, which finds him competing against his nemesis, the self-promoting fishing pro Hot Rod Johnson (Cyrus).
C.B. Harding "Delta Farce" is directing the film, which also stars Harve Presnell ("Fargo") and Richard Riehle ("Grounded for Life").
J.P. Williams of Parallel Entertainment and Alan Blomquist are producing the film, which was written by Engvall, Tom Ryan, Bear Aderhold and Tom Sullivan.
Production on the film, which will be distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment as a DVD original feature, is set to begin today in Orlando, Fla.
- 1/27/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Summit Entertainment has nabbed Bear Aderhold and Tom Sullivan's broadly comic spec script Mental and has committed Mandalay Pictures to produce the feature.
Mental follows an orderly who is promised part of a $3 million inheritance from a mentally disturbed patient in his care -- but only if they can break out of an asylum and get to court to collect the loot. On the way from the Pasadena institution to Santa Monica, the seemingly stable patient begins to reveal personality disorders that make for a disastrous road trip.
Summitt president of production Erik Feig and vp production Jean Song are overseeing the project for the studio.
"We were excited to read (the) terrific comic two-hander and to find a second picture to make with our friends at Summit," Mandalay president Cathy Schulman said. Her company also is producing the Summit release Get Some. Mandalay executive vp David Zelon is on location in Orlando overseeing the shoot.
Mental follows an orderly who is promised part of a $3 million inheritance from a mentally disturbed patient in his care -- but only if they can break out of an asylum and get to court to collect the loot. On the way from the Pasadena institution to Santa Monica, the seemingly stable patient begins to reveal personality disorders that make for a disastrous road trip.
Summitt president of production Erik Feig and vp production Jean Song are overseeing the project for the studio.
"We were excited to read (the) terrific comic two-hander and to find a second picture to make with our friends at Summit," Mandalay president Cathy Schulman said. Her company also is producing the Summit release Get Some. Mandalay executive vp David Zelon is on location in Orlando overseeing the shoot.
- 7/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This review was written for the theatrical release of "Delta Farce".NEW YORK -- The way cinema studies are going, it's admittedly possible that future film historians will study "Delta Farce" to see exactly how it fits into the oeuvre of its star, Larry the Cable Guy. They will certainly note that his screen persona has been slightly adjusted since his starring debut in "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector"; that he more evenly shares screen time, in this case with co-stars Bill Engvall (his "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" partner) and D.J. Qualls; that in this one he actually gets the girl; etc.
As for today's audiences, well, you can pretty much determine their potential enjoyment by whether they come from the blue or red states.
The premise of the film -- which opened Friday, wisely without being screened for the press -- is that three less-than-bright Army reservists, Larry, Bill and Everett (as if to emphasize the two comedians' lack of acting cred, their characters have the same names), are suddenly summoned for a tour of duty in Iraq.
After a little basic training in which they're browbeaten, "Officer and a Gentleman"-style, by the bullying Sgt. Kilgore (Keith David), the trio is shipped on a plane to the Middle East but through circumstances too inane to mention wind up in Mexico.
Unaware of the mishap, they set off through the desert to kill terrorists. Instead, they wind up in a small Mexican village -- they're surprised to find tacos in Iraq -- where they find themselves battling a group of bandits led by -- insert rim shot here -- "Carlos Santana" (reliable movie baddy Danny Trejo).
Forgetting the poor taste inherent in creating an inane military comedy like this one while American soldiers are still dying overseas, "Delta Farce" isn't funny enough to justify its existence. Neither Larry nor Engvall have strong enough comic personas to translate effectively to the big screen, and even the normally amusing Qualls is reduced to, for the most part, simply standing around and looking stupid.
There's the usual high quotient of bodily function jokes, mispronounced words (the guys go looking for "Turds and Shitites") and sex gags, with Mexico apparently having a very high percentage of predatory gays.
Ironically, it is the normally menacing David and Trejo who get the biggest laughs, even if the former is consistently humiliated, at various times being made to wear sheer red chiffon lingerie and warble Sonny and Cher's "I Got You, Babe".
The hilariously dirty insult comic Lisa Lampanelli shows up all too briefly as Engvall's shrewish wife.
DELTA FARCE
Lionsgate Films
Credits:
Director: C.B. Harding
Screenwriters: Bear Aderhold, Thomas F.X. Sullivan
Producers: J.P. Williams, Alan Blomquist
Executive producers: Emily Wolfe, Tom Ortenberg
Director of photography: Tom Priestley Jr.
Production designer: Cabot McMullen
Music: James S. Levine
Costume designer: Louise De Teliga
Editor: Mark Conte
Cast:
Larry: Larry the Cable Guy
Bill Little: Bill Engvall
Everett Shackleford: D.J. Qualls
Carlos Santana: Danny Trejo
Marla: Marisol Nichols
Sgt. Kilgore: Keith David
General: Glenn Morshower
Running time -- 89 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
As for today's audiences, well, you can pretty much determine their potential enjoyment by whether they come from the blue or red states.
The premise of the film -- which opened Friday, wisely without being screened for the press -- is that three less-than-bright Army reservists, Larry, Bill and Everett (as if to emphasize the two comedians' lack of acting cred, their characters have the same names), are suddenly summoned for a tour of duty in Iraq.
After a little basic training in which they're browbeaten, "Officer and a Gentleman"-style, by the bullying Sgt. Kilgore (Keith David), the trio is shipped on a plane to the Middle East but through circumstances too inane to mention wind up in Mexico.
Unaware of the mishap, they set off through the desert to kill terrorists. Instead, they wind up in a small Mexican village -- they're surprised to find tacos in Iraq -- where they find themselves battling a group of bandits led by -- insert rim shot here -- "Carlos Santana" (reliable movie baddy Danny Trejo).
Forgetting the poor taste inherent in creating an inane military comedy like this one while American soldiers are still dying overseas, "Delta Farce" isn't funny enough to justify its existence. Neither Larry nor Engvall have strong enough comic personas to translate effectively to the big screen, and even the normally amusing Qualls is reduced to, for the most part, simply standing around and looking stupid.
There's the usual high quotient of bodily function jokes, mispronounced words (the guys go looking for "Turds and Shitites") and sex gags, with Mexico apparently having a very high percentage of predatory gays.
Ironically, it is the normally menacing David and Trejo who get the biggest laughs, even if the former is consistently humiliated, at various times being made to wear sheer red chiffon lingerie and warble Sonny and Cher's "I Got You, Babe".
The hilariously dirty insult comic Lisa Lampanelli shows up all too briefly as Engvall's shrewish wife.
DELTA FARCE
Lionsgate Films
Credits:
Director: C.B. Harding
Screenwriters: Bear Aderhold, Thomas F.X. Sullivan
Producers: J.P. Williams, Alan Blomquist
Executive producers: Emily Wolfe, Tom Ortenberg
Director of photography: Tom Priestley Jr.
Production designer: Cabot McMullen
Music: James S. Levine
Costume designer: Louise De Teliga
Editor: Mark Conte
Cast:
Larry: Larry the Cable Guy
Bill Little: Bill Engvall
Everett Shackleford: D.J. Qualls
Carlos Santana: Danny Trejo
Marla: Marisol Nichols
Sgt. Kilgore: Keith David
General: Glenn Morshower
Running time -- 89 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 5/11/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Indie production company Wind Dancer Films has hired writers for two feature comedies -- the first projects launched with Wind Dancer's recently announced private-equity development fund.
Bear Aderhold & Tom Sullivan have been hired to pen "Fear Less". The comedy writers behind the sequel to Eddie Griffin's "Undercover Brother" and the upcoming Lionsgate film "Delta Farce" will pen a script centered on a fearful man who after a freak accident can no longer experience fear. Aderhold & Sullivan most recently worked on the pilot "Homeland Security" for WBTV and NBC. Aderhold & Sullivan are repped by Ryan Saul at Metropolitan, as well as Chris Ridenhour & Brad Kaplan at Evolution.
Erik Lindsay has signed to write "Little Bastards", a buddy comedy about a couple of devious twentysomething cousins whose outlaw lifestyle comes to a grinding halt when their dying grandmother curses them with "goodness." Lindsay is repped by Benderspink, UTA and Eclipse Law.
Wind Dancer films was created by Matt Williams, David McFadzean and Carmen Finestra.
Bear Aderhold & Tom Sullivan have been hired to pen "Fear Less". The comedy writers behind the sequel to Eddie Griffin's "Undercover Brother" and the upcoming Lionsgate film "Delta Farce" will pen a script centered on a fearful man who after a freak accident can no longer experience fear. Aderhold & Sullivan most recently worked on the pilot "Homeland Security" for WBTV and NBC. Aderhold & Sullivan are repped by Ryan Saul at Metropolitan, as well as Chris Ridenhour & Brad Kaplan at Evolution.
Erik Lindsay has signed to write "Little Bastards", a buddy comedy about a couple of devious twentysomething cousins whose outlaw lifestyle comes to a grinding halt when their dying grandmother curses them with "goodness." Lindsay is repped by Benderspink, UTA and Eclipse Law.
Wind Dancer films was created by Matt Williams, David McFadzean and Carmen Finestra.
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