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Title: Fanboys (2009)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sam Huntington | ... | Eric | |
| Chris Marquette | ... | Linus | |
| Dan Fogler | ... | Hutch | |
| Jay Baruchel | ... | Windows | |
| Kristen Bell | ... | Zoe | |
| David Denman | ... | Chaz | |
| Christopher McDonald | ... | Big Chuck (as Chris McDonald) | |
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Charlie B. Brown | ... | Myron |
| Isaac Kappy | ... | Garfunkel | |
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Stephen Pina | ... | Simon |
| Seth Rogen | ... | Admiral Seasholtz / Alien / Roach | |
| Tarek Bishara | ... | The Vulcan / Gruvock (as Thom Bishops) | |
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Clark Sanchez | ... | Bartender |
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Stanley Shunkamolah | ... | Thick-Necked Thug |
| Danny Trejo | ... | The Chief | |
Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) before its release.
"Fanboys" is a movie about, well, fanboys. Four childhood friends make a pact on Halloween night in 1998 to infiltrate the Skywalker Ranch in hopes of catching a rough cut of the long-awaited "Star Wars" prequel, "The Phantom Menace." Together in a geeked-out van, armed with dozens of Rush cassette tapes, they make a cross-country trip where they battle with angry Trekkies ("Star Trek" fans, for the uninitiated), stumble into an "all-male" bar, evade an angry pimp and land in jail, while one of their own attempts to make peace with his fate.
The film was pushed back for so long and re-edited so much (re-shoots were done by hack director Steven Brill, which thankfully were dumped from the final product, as directed by Kyle Newman) that it's easy to let the problems that plagued "Fanboys" overshadow the movie. What the movie delivers, though, is an often hilarious, sometimes sentimental and utterly geeky send-up of geek culture. A valentine to "Star Wars" fans, perhaps, it's a film that pokes fun at its core audience without alienating it. There's a wealth of cameos , too, from the likes of William Shatner, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes and three (count 'em, three) roles featuring Seth Rogen. If one thing can be said about the film, it's never a bore.
Sure, the road-trip formula has been used many times before, and yes, the film rarely breaks from the expected, but its subplot revolving around a sick friend keeps it from being just some raunchy teen comedy with a geeky twist. "Fanboys" has heart, and combined with a solid young cast and hundreds of "Star Wars" and other nerdy references, makes it a film worth returning to again and again.