Get Him to the Greek (2010)

A record company intern is hired to accompany out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater.

Director:

Nicholas Stoller

Writers:

Nicholas Stoller, Jason Segel (characters)

Stars:

Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss

12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Russell Brand	...	Aldous Snow
Rose Byrne	...	Jackie Q
Tyler McKinney	...	African Child in Video
Zoe Salmon	...	Zoe Salmon
Lino Facioli	...	Naples
Lars Ulrich	...	Lars Ulrich
Mario Lopez	...	Mario Lopez (as Mario López)
Pink	...	Pink
Billy Bush	...	Billy Bush
Kurt Loder	...	Kurt Loder (as Kurt F. Loder)
Christina Aguilera	...	Christina Aguilera
Colm Meaney	...	Jonathan Snow
Ray Siegle	...	Paparazzo in LA
Chad Cleven	...	Paparazzo in LA
Jonathan Chris Lopez	...	Paparazzo in LA

Storyline

English rock star Aldous Snow relapses into drugs and booze after a break up and a disastrous record. In L.A., Aaron Green works for a record company stuck in recession. Aaron's boss gives him a career making task - to bring Aldous from London to L.A. for a concert in 72 hours. That day, Aaron's girlfriend Daphne tells him she wants to finish her medical residency in Seattle. Aaron's sure this ends their relationship. In London, things aren't much better: Aldous delays their departure several times, plies Aaron with vices, and alternates between bad behavior and trenchant observations. Can Aaron moderate Aldous's substance abuse and get him to the Greek? What about Daphne?

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Plot Keywords:

concert | record company | rock star | recession | drugs | 

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Taglines:

Arriving This Summer (Hopefully)

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 June 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

American Trip

Filming Locations:

550 S. Flower St, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£1,569,556 (UK) (25 June 2010)

Gross:

$60,923,325 (USA) (6 August 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Spyglass Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min 114 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Russell Brand nearly chipped a tooth while filming 'The Clap' performance scene.

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Goofs

The night of his concert at The Greek, Aldous suffers a compound fracture in his left arm where bones are sticking out of his skin. At the Storytellers concert six months later, he has no visible scars on his arm.

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Quotes

Jonathan Snow: I'm responsible for your talent, son. I wrote all your songs off the tip of my cock.
Aldous Snow: Yeah, I just don't get how talent can be contained in one's spunk.

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Crazy Credits

After the end credits role, Aaron Green's hallucination of Sergio's head appears saying, "Go home. Get the fuck out of the theater. The movie's over."

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Connections

References Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

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Soundtracks

Fuck Your Shit Up
Written and Produced by Lyle Workman
Performed by Jumbo Shrimp

User Reviews

Ughh!

I haven't reviewed any movies on IMDb in the last few years, but I just had to return and warn the world after spending just under an hour of my life watching "Get Him To The Greek". Yes. I walked out halfway through. Does that entitle me to write a review, considering I haven't seen the entire movie? I think it does.

I normally give a movie 10-15 minutes to "get going", and usually they do. "Superbad" started out looking like a bore, but suddenly got very funny and eventually got hilarious.

This didn't.

The plot is simple. Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) has 72 hours to get Russell Brand's character, "Aldus Snow" a hard-drinking, self-absorbed, washed-up rock star, from London to L.A. so he can play a comeback gig and revive his career and make millions for the record company. After flying to London and making contact with Aldus, Aaron suddenly realizes this is going to be tougher than expected. Aldus Snow seems more interested in showing Aaron the "best night of his life", so off they go on an almighty all-day bender. After this intense night of partying and missing about 4 flights, he finally gets him on to the plane and he can finally relax, mission accomplished.

This was the end of the movie, for me. Nobody laughed. I walked into the cinema expecting to have a bit of a chuckle but this was just a poor, weak, desperate attempt to make Russell Brand into a huge movie star, which I now hope he never ever becomes, having starred in this unfunny joke.