Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004)

While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone persists, a group of unprofessional thieves endeavor to make the truth known.

Director:

Adam McKay

Writers:

Will Ferrell, Adam McKay

Stars:

Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Ferrell	...	Ron Burgundy
Christina Applegate	...	Veronica Corningstone
Paul Rudd	...	Brian Fantana
Steve Carell	...	Brick Tamland
David Koechner	...	Champ Kind
Kevin Corrigan	...	Paul Hauser
Fred Willard	...	Ed Harken
Chris Parnell	...	Garth Holliday
Chuck D	...	Malcolm Y
Maya Rudolph	...	Kanshasha X
Kathryn Hahn	...	Helen
Fred Armisen	...	Tino
Chad Everett	...	Jess Moondragon
Tara Subkoff	...	Mouse
Michael Coleman	...	Construction Worker (as Mike Coleman)

Storyline

This "alternate film" companion to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) was compiled from dropped subplots and alternate takes. While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone continues, a group of unprofessional thieves, better known as "The Alarm Clock" try to make the truth known, whatever that may be.

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Plot Keywords:

alarm clock | news satire | improvisation | multiple cameos | frat pack | 

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Taglines:

The Adventure continues...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 December 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anchorman: Wake-Up Ron Burgundy

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Apatow Productions, DreamWorks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was assembled from excised footage for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004).

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Goofs

Obvious dummy of bear that Ron and Brick confront.

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Quotes

Paul Hauser: [the Alarm Clock is robbing a bank... he approaches a teller] We got guns! Now fill this sack with cash!
Bank Teller: Uh... what do your masks mean?
Paul Hauser: Just fill this sack with cash!
Bank Teller: Just what point are you trying to make? Do you not like Lincoln?
Paul Hauser: Of course we like Lincoln. He freed the slaves.
Bank Teller: [looking at their masked faces] So you like Lincoln, and uh... Nixon, and uh, werewolves?
Paul Hauser: What?
Bank Teller: I mean Nixon, whatever... he's kind of a creep. But werewolves? Werewolves are the walking undead... they're bloodthirsty ...
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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.102 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Going in Circles
Written by Anita Poree and Jerry Peters
Performed by Friends of Distinction
Courtesy of Spirit Music Group
Under license from Dominion Entertainment, Inc.

User Reviews

Probably not of any interest to a non-Anchorman fan.

Anchorman was my favorite Will Ferrell movie before Blades of Glory, so ever since I learned of this DVD "movie" years ago, I had wanted it. However it was unfortunately only available as a bonus disc to the original movie and not readily available on region 1, and it wasn't even released on region 3. Hence I was quite happy to finally buy this (with Anchorman) in Oz.

Was it worth the wait? Yes, and no. I hadn't known beforehand that this "movie" was made of various cut extended scenes and deleted scenes and such, and so it's not quite as coherent as a normal movie. Still, there's effort put into the cutting and pasting, and the result is indubitably more fun (and easier) than watching the individual scenes as standalones the way they are typically relegated as in DVD bonus features, which I don't even bother to watch, usually.

So yes, I'm quite happy that I got this DVD, but I doubt it would be of any interest to anyone who didn't like (or watch) Anchorman. 6