Movie 43 (2013)

A series of interconnected short films follows a washed-up producer as he pitches insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

Directors:

Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill

Writers:

Rocky Russo, Jeremy Sosenko

Stars:

Emma Stone, Stephen Merchant, Richard Gere

4 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dennis Quaid	...	Charlie Wessler (segment "The Pitch")
Greg Kinnear	...	Griffin Schraeder (segment "The Pitch")
Common	...	Bob Mone (segment "The Pitch")
Charlie Saxton	...	Jay (segment "The Pitch")
Will Sasso	...	Jerry (segment "The Pitch")
Odessa Rae	...	Danita (segment "The Pitch")
Seth MacFarlane	...	Seth MacFarlane (segment "The Pitch")
Mike Meldman	...	Mike Meldman (segment "The Pitch")
Hugh Jackman	...	Davis (segment "The Catch")
Kate Winslet	...	Beth (segment "The Catch")
Julie Claire	...	Pamela (segment "The Catch")
Katie Finneran	...	Angie (segment "The Catch")
Roy Jenkins	...	Ray (segment "The Catch")
Rocky Russo	...	Waiter Jake (segment "The Catch")
Anna Madigan	...	Abby (segment "The Catch")

Storyline

Ineffectual, 'has-been' film-maker (Dennis Quaid) swindles his way into an interview with a film executive (Greg Kinnear) in order to pitch an outrageous and controversial comedy manuscript. After pitching the first of his thirteen offbeat fables, the dejected artist forces the rest of his disjointed allegory on the executive at gunpoint. He tells stories of a woman on a blind date with a man who has testicles growing from his neck, in another a smitten woman offers her neck to her boyfriend to 'poop' on -as a sign of commitment and love. In yet another two parents take home-schooling to a whole new level of indecency, striving to give their isolated teenage son all the 'regular' torment and humiliation of puberty by bullying, peer-pressuring and even seducing him themselves. An off-beat, elephant-in-the-room type film.

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Plot Keywords:

awkwardness | irreverence | shame | embarrassment | gross out | 

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Taglines:

Comedy. Exposed.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong pervasive crude and sexual content including dialogue, graphic nudity, language and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Truth or Dare

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,805,878 (USA) (25 January 2013)

Gross:

$8,828,771 (USA) (8 March 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Relativity Media, Virgin Produced, GreeneStreet Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat Dolby (Professional Reference Monitor)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stephen Merchant stated that he signed on mainly to be around Halle Berry.

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Goofs

Throughout the skit, "The Proposition", Anna Faris's character is called Julie and Chris Pratt's character is called Doug. In the credits, they are called Vanessa and Jason.

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Quotes

Robert: It's very important to us that Kevin has a normal and complete high school experience.

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Crazy Credits

The "Beezel" segment runs in between the segment credits and the rest of the credits.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.75 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Bright Red Chords
Written by William R Loomis
Performed by Loomis and the Lust

User Reviews

I would be embarrassed if I were starring in this movie

I have to be honest- I walked into this movie with pretty low expectations to begin with. It is only on a rare occasion anymore that I actually buy a ticket for a movie with any hope that it might actually provide entertainment, which is a shame. This movie, however, just lowered the bar- by a LOT. Hands down one of the worst movies that I've ever seen- and that's saying something. It is just a gaggle of actors working on an acid-trip of a script. Every bit of comedy is based on shock value, which wears thin on your patience very early on. It's gross, lewd, and utterly lacking of any wit or connection with the audience. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this to anyone- as I nearly went up to the box office and demanded a refund. It isn't even that I'm a prude or hate gross-out humor, I'm 18 for crying out loud- I just have the ability to recognize when someone put actual effort and thought into making a movie funny and when Hollywood is laughing AT US, instead of vice versa. Miss this one. 1/10