Disaster Movie (2008)

Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events.

Directors:

Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

Writers:

Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

Stars:

Matt Lanter, Vanessa Lachey, Nicole Parker

Bottom 100 #1 | 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Lanter	...	Will
Vanessa Lachey	...	Amy (as Vanessa Minnillo)
Gary 'G. Thang' Johnson	...	Calvin (as Gary 'G-Thang' Johnson)
Nicole Parker	...	Enchanted Princess / Amy Winehouse Look-A-Like / Jessica Simpson Look-A-Like
Crista Flanagan	...	Juney / Hannah Montana
Kim Kardashian	...	Lisa
Ike Barinholtz	...	Wolf / Javier Bardem Look-A-Like / Police Officer / Hellboy / Batman / Beowulf / Prince Caspian
Carmen Electra	...	Beautiful Assassin
Tony Cox	...	Indiana Jones
Tad Hilgenbrink	...	Prince
Nick Steele	...	Underwear Model
John Di Domenico	...	Dr. Phil Look-A-Like / Love Guru
Jason Boegh	...	Male Carrie
Valerie Wildman	...	Samantha
Abe Spigner	...	Flava-Flav Look-A-Like

Storyline

Will, Lisa, and two of their friends attempt to flee man-made and natural disasters and encounter Batman, Hancock, The Hulk, Indiana Jones, Hannah Montana, Michael Jackson, Beowulf, the Love Guru, Iron Man, rabid chipmunks amongst others in their seemingly vain efforts to seek help and shelter from unknown threats.

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Plot Keywords:

disaster | natural disaster | cell phone | hit with a frying pan | woman shot in the forehead | 

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Taglines:

Not another shallow Hollywood movie.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, drug references and comic violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [au]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 August 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Goodie Two Shoes

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£925,655 (UK) (5 September 2008)

Gross:

$14,174,654 (USA) (17 October 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, Grosvenor Park Media, 3 in the Box

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 88 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Many of the films spoofed in this film had not been released when the script was written.

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Goofs

Juney sings "I just sold the baby to the highest bidder on eBay," but the website she's on is called "Upay" not eBay.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Will: [after falling face-first into a pile of feces in his dream] Oh, shit.

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Connections

References An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Where They At"
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore), Mike Klein and Julian Davis
Performed by Sizzle C
Courtesy of DeeTown Entertainment

User Reviews

Disastrous

OK, so "Disastrous" isn't an imaginative barb for this movie, but then there's not a shred of wit to the movie, so....

I saw this movie for free. A friend who said he "pissed his pants" at the trailer had free passes. I think he's incontinent.

A spoof of disaster movies might have been fun. This is not it. A couple disaster movies get referenced, not really spoofed. Instead, the "spoofing" is of recent movies of all genres, and of aspects of current pop-culture. Then again, how current is women's wrestling or the "Head On" commercials?

If there's anything about it that's good, there's the 70 minute or so running time (where did they get 90 minutes?) and Nicole Parker seems like she might be good, if she had good material.