Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)

Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course. In order to make the money back, they then attempt to revitalize a failing shopping mall.

Directors:

Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim

Writers:

Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim,

Stars:

Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Robert Loggia

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bill A. Jones	...	Serious Announcer
Jeff Goldblum	...	Chef Goldblum
Bob Odenkirk	...	Schlaaang Announcer
Frank Slaten	...	Super Seat Customer
Bob Ross	...	Himself
Ronnie Rodriguez	...	Diamond Jim / Johnny Depp
Nancy Stelle	...	Woman on Paris Street
Jean-Michel Richaud	...	Paris Policeman
Marilyn Porayko	...	Woman Being Ticketed
Erica Durance	...	Paris Waitress
Tim Heidecker	...	Himself
Eric Wareheim	...	Himself
Robert Loggia	...	Tommy Schlaaang
William Atherton	...	Earle Swinter
Michael Gross	...	Narrator

Storyline

Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course. In order to make the money back, they then attempt to revitalize a failing shopping mall.

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Plot Keywords:

shopping mall | money in title | reference to steven spielberg | restaurant | fake commercial | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong crude and sexual content throughout, brief graphic nudity, pervasive language, comic violence and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 March 2012 (Iceland)

Also Known As:

Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Filming Locations:

Wagon Wheel Motel and Restaurant, Oxnard, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$87,475 (USA) (2 March 2012)

Gross:

$200,803 (USA) (13 April 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

2929 Productions, Abso Lutely, Absolutely

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ronnie Rodriguez, who played the Johnny Depp impersonator, is actually a photography double for the actor.

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Goofs

When Eric is holding the coin that he is about to throw into the fountain, as the shots change, the face of the coin also changes. Going from Heads to tails.

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Quotes

Serious Announcer: If you look at Tim and Eric's show, one of the wonderful things about them was how absurd the right and left turns are; one piece to another. But yeah, this has a story. An absurd story.
[from IFC interview]

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Crazy Credits

After the credits, Michael Gross briefly introduces himself and puts a fictional lengthy e-mail address for contact information.

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Connections

References Top Gun (1986)

User Reviews

Tim and Eric are at it again... With somewhat satisfactory results.

Tim and Eric are back, several years after the demise of their regular program on adult swim, and have somehow found their way to the big screen. With all of the offensive gusto, in-your face silliness, and revolting subject matter they can muster, they manage to stretch their form of ridiculous sketch comedy out into a feature length production with mixed results.

By its very nature, Tim and Eric's regular show barely lends itself to a half hour time slot, let alone a full length feature. Thus, the results of their first foray into film is not far removed from other recent, 'short term sketch comedy' experiments on the silver screen, including Macgruber, most of which have been largely unsuccessful. Many of their regular gags are brought in here -- but stretching these gags out merely makes the film seem long and uninspired.

For die hard fans of Tim and Eric, however, there are some laugh out loud scenes, such as the unexpected explosion of a few characters toward the end of the film. John C. Reilley also delivers a sufficiently pathetic performance as a sickly mall maintenance worker, and other supporting actors ham it up with funny results.

Ultimately, Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie is a mixed bag at best. For fans of the show, it should partially please with some of the right elements, but will no doubt fail to satisfy, as many of the gags have been seen already on the show. For non fans, it's best advised that you skip this one, as it will likely confuse and revolt you more than anything.