Knocked Up (2007)

For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.

Director:

Judd Apatow

Writer:

Judd Apatow

Stars:

Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd

8 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Seth Rogen	...	Ben Stone
Katherine Heigl	...	Alison Scott
Paul Rudd	...	Pete
Leslie Mann	...	Debbie
Jason Segel	...	Jason
Jay Baruchel	...	Jay
Jonah Hill	...	Jonah
Martin Starr	...	Martin
Charlyne Yi	...	Jodi
Iris Apatow	...	Charlotte
Maude Apatow	...	Sadie
Joanna Kerns	...	Alison's Mom
Harold Ramis	...	Ben's Dad
Alan Tudyk	...	Jack
Kristen Wiig	...	Jill

Storyline

When Alison Scott is promoted in E! Television, she goes to a night-club to celebrate with her older married sister Debbie. Alison meets the pothead reckless Ben Stone and while having a small talk with Ben, Debbie's husband Pete calls her to tell that their daughter has chicken pox. Debbie leaves the place but Allison stays with Ben, drinking and dancing along all night; completely wasted, they end up having a one night stand. Ben does not use a condom and eight weeks later, Allison discovers that she is pregnant. She calls Ben and they decide to try to stay together and have the baby. However, Ben needs to grow up first to raise a family of his own.

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Plot Keywords:

panties pulled down | one night stand | female frontal nudity | unplanned pregnancy | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

Save the due date

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, drug use and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The kids who play Debbie and Pete's children are the real-life children of Leslie Mann and her husband, director Judd Apatow.

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Goofs

The night Ben and Alison meet at the club, her hair alternates between neatly up and down. When they decide to leave the club, her hair is neatly tied back. When they exit the club, it's down.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jay: I got to get off! I got to get off! Got to get off! Got to get off!

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Crazy Credits

Baby photos of the cast and crew are shown during the closing credits.

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Alternate Versions

In the UK theatrical release, during the first scene where the guys work on their website, the material regarding Short Cuts was replaced by a skit on Total Recall and the three breasted lady, containing Jason's impression of Arnie saying "damn it Cohaagen, give dem di ayer". This scene is absent from both region 1 and 2 DVDs, and only the Short Cuts is included. The Total Recall bit doesn't even appear in deleted scenes, meaning it seems to have vanished.

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Connections

References Wyatt Earp (1994)

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Soundtracks

Y'All Know Me
Written by Mike Fratantuno, Brian Lapin, Terence Yoshiaki (as Terence Yoshiaki Graves) and Josef Lord
Performed by Transcenders featuring J7 D'Star
Courtesy of Transcenders, LLC

User Reviews

Vulgar, Sure, But Certainly Not Stupid.

I've noticed a lot of the negative comments about this title tend to focus on this movie's vulgar, 'stupid' humor. Now let's get one thing straight. Knocked Up is vulgar, absolutely it is, but is is not stupid. Stupid humor is crap like "Mr. Woodcock" and "Good Luck Chuck," movies with no real craft to any of their jokes.

"Jessica Alba fell down!!! Ahahahahahaha!"

"He yelled 'sex' really loud!!! Pssshhahahahahaaheheheheeee!"

No. Die.

Knocked Up, on the other hand, is actually pretty clever most of the time. And even the movie's vulgarity isn't done in an over-the-top, simply-for-gross-out way (cite the fat bitch from Good Luck Chuck). It's what I guess you could call 'relevant vulgarity.' Anyway, the movie is extremely funny. Every joke is naturalistic, but not expected. The movie's characters are all convincing and multi-dimensional, and above all likable. Seth Rogan really does make the movie, though. He is hilarious, but he comes off more like a real nice, frank, down-to-Earth guy. Just the kind of guy you'd like to sit down and have a beer with. The kind of guy you'd more than like to get smashed with. The kind of guy you'd really like to have ill advised unprotected sex with. The kind of guy you'd love to raise a bastard child with. Needless to say, he's the reason the movie works.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Judd Apatow Project

Filming Locations:

Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino - 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$30,690,990, 3 June 2007

Gross USA:

$148,768,917

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$219,922,417

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Apatow Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min 133 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1