Knocked Up (2007)

Director:

Judd Apatow

Writer (WGA):

Judd Apatow (written by)

Release Date:

1 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Save the due date

Plot:

For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.

Plot Keywords:

One Night Stand | Condom | Pot | Dancing | Party

Awards:

3 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Seth Rogen	...	Ben Stone
Katherine Heigl	...	Alison Scott
Paul Rudd	...	Pete
Leslie Mann	...	Debbie
Jason Segel	...	Jason
Jay Baruchel	...	Jay
Jonah Hill	...	Jonah
Martin Starr	...	Martin
Charlyne Yi	...	Jodi
Iris Apatow	...	Charlotte
Maude Apatow	...	Sadie
Joanna Kerns	...	Alison’s Mom
Harold Ramis	...	Ben's Dad
Alan Tudyk	...	Jack
Kristen Wiig	...	Jill

Also Known As:

Untitled Judd Apatow Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, drug use and language.

Runtime:

129 min | 133 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Ireland:16 | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:12 | UK:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-13 | USA:R (certificate #43288) | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Hong Kong:IIB | Sweden:7 | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Malaysia:18PL (cut) | Philippines:R-18 | France:Unrated | Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | Taiwan:R-12 | Norway:11 | Denmark:7 | Singapore:M18 (also unrated version) | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-15 | Norway:10 (TV rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (theatrical rating)

Filming Locations:

Del's Saloon - 12238 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Jay Baruchel is terrified of roller-coasters. In the opening sequence where they are at the amusement park he was forced to go on it by Judd Apatow. He only agreed to ride it once, whereas the rest of the cast rode the coaster 7 more times to get all the right takes.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie when Alison is driving her sister's two daughters to school, the older daughter is shown wearing her seat belt, but then the camera cuts back and she is not wearing a seat belt anymore. Then for the remainder of the scene, she is wearing a seat belt again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jay: I got to get off! I got to get off! Got to get off! Got to get off!

Movie Connections:

References Deep Impact (1998)

Soundtrack:

Helicopter

Young America In The Eternal City

As I lived part of my life in the US, both coasts. I was able to read between the lines of the dubbed-into-Italian breakthrough Judd Apatow comedy and laugh. Most people dismissed it at the movie theater in Rome where I saw it. Thought it was vulgar and old hat. Vulgar? The Italians of the Massimo Boldi comedies thought it was vulgar?! "Knocked Up", besides making me laugh out loud and amusing me no end taught me a really important cultural lesson. We, in Italy, ride a very high (non existent) horse. I think the time has come for us to get off the horse and start looking at ourselves for what we really are - like we used to in Dino Risi, Pietro Germi and Mario Monicelli's films. "Knocked Up" is ultra sophisticated and yet, it reached a vast audience in the States because the sophistication is so amazingly smart. Seth Rogen is a real find. His eyes when he realizes Katherinre Heigl is going to stay with him that first and fatal night made me fall in love with his unlikely character. Katherine Heigl is another incredible discovery. Superb and stunning and classy to boot. Now, all this praise and I haven't even seen it in its original English version. I can't wait.