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The Onion Movie (2008)

80 min  -  Comedy   -  7 January 2008 (Brazil)
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Satirical interpretations of world events and curious human behavior.

Directors:

Tom Kuntz, Mike Maguire
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Chacón Daniel Chacón ...
Young American / Cock Puncher
Ken Takemoto ...
Sensei
Steven Seagal ...
Cock Puncher
Don McManus ...
Kate Fuglei ...
Abigail Mavity ...
Reid Weaver Reid Weaver ...
Brian Powell ...
Typical Neighbor Husband
Adele Robbins ...
Typical Neighbor Wife
Jason L. Miller Jason L. Miller ...
Sooty Firefighter
Brendon Baerg Brendon Baerg ...
Sooty Child
Len Cariou ...
Larissa Laskin ...
Scott Klace ...
Barbara Pilavin ...
Alzheimers Old Lady
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Storyline

We watch the Onion News, America's Finest News Source, with Dana Dobbs, Senior Correspondent Kip Kendall, and award-winning anchor Norm Archer. In addition to watching the news, we see the program's commercials, some commentary on the film as it proceeds, and we watch some terrorists in training. Behind the scenes, Onion News's corporate owner, Global Tetrahedron, seeks synergy by promoting its other products within Norm's news broadcast. Norm doesn't like it, especially when a toy penguin (think Energizer Bunny) waddles across his desk promoting a Global Tetrahedron film starring Steven Seagal. But Norm may end up needing Steven's help. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Penguin | Commercial | Terrorist | Penis | Interview  | See more »

Taglines:

America's finest news source.

Genres:

Comedy

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

News Movie See more »

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

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Trivia

Originally filmed in late 2003, this was subsequently shelved for many years and never released theatrically (allegedly after poor test screening). Finally released directly to DVD in June 2008. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Liz Anne has a cut on the left side of her forehead which disappears when Armed gunman is promoted to customer advisor. See more »

Quotes

Norm Archer: The internet went down for three hours this morning, plunging the nation into productivity. The outage, which caused major work startages from New York to California, prevented an estimated 120 million American employees from messing around on the web at work.
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Crazy Credits

Watch after the credits as Norm Archer comes on screen sitting at his news-desk saying "For the Onion News, this is Norm Archer. Fuck you and Good Night". See more »

Connections

References Network (1976) See more »

Soundtracks

"Shoot Your Love All Over Me"
Written by Asche & Spencer
Performed by Lisa Marie Furth See more »