Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)

A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps, and become a porn star.

Director:

Tom Brady

Writers:

Adam Sandler, Allen Covert

Stars:

Nick Swardson, Don Johnson, Christina Ricci

Bottom Rated Movies #64 | 1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nick Swardson	...	Bucky Larson
Christina Ricci	...	Kathy McGee
Don Johnson	...	Miles Deep
Stephen Dorff	...	Dick Shadow
Ido Mosseri	...	J Day
Kevin Nealon	...	Gary
Edward Herrmann	...	Jeremiah Larson
Miriam Flynn	...	Debbie Larson
Mario Joyner	...	Claudio
Tyler Spindel	...	Jimmy
Meredith Giangrande	...	Blueberry
Nicholas Turturro	...	Antonio (as Nick Turturro)
Mary Pat Gleason	...	Marge
Jackie Sandler	...	Casting Director
Dana Goodman	...	Gretchen (as Dana Min Goodman)

Storyline

Living in small town Iowa, Bucky Larson is a simple minded, uneducated, beaver toothed young man still living with his protective parents, Jeremiah and Debbie Larson. Initially saddened when he is fired from his job as a bagger at a supermarket, he eventually sees it as a sign that he is destined for greatness in some other field. Based on some information he learns, Bucky believes that destiny is to become a porn star, despite he being a virgin and only having recently learned what masturbation is. With his parents' blessing, Bucky hops on a bus to Los Angeles to make it big there as a porn star. He is taken under the wings of a few people in LA. On the professional side, he meets the reigning king of porn, Dick Shadow, who only sees in Bucky a laughing stock. But washed up porn director Miles Deep stumbles across what he sees as an untapped niche market for Bucky's limited talents. Miles has the challenge of trying to convince investors who only see in Bucky the antithesis of porn. ...

---

Plot Keywords:

diner | masturbation | buck teeth | porn star | shooting a pornographic movie | 

---

Taglines:

There are no small actors. Just small parts.

---

Genres:

Comedy

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive crude sexual content, language and some nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 September 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Filming Locations:

Guinness World Records Museum - 6764 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,415,023, 11 September 2011

Gross USA:

$2,529,395

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,530,394

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, Miles Deep Producitons

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (as Datasat Digital Sound) SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Swardson defended Bucky Larson in an October 2011 interview, in which he blamed its poor financial showing on the difficulties of advertising the material: "To promote an R-rated movie, with commercials, with this character, it was just really, really hard. It was hard to get the movie across to people. The trailer in theaters was really tame because we couldn't show any of the insanity, and even if we did it, it wouldn't hit because it had no context. It was just really frustrating." He predicted the film would find more appreciation on DVD. Swardson also dismissed the negative reviews. "I knew the critics were going to bury us because of the acting, how it was written and directed, none of those reviewers was psyched to see Bucky Larson and laugh. They go in with the mentality 'fuck these guys for making another movie.' They go in there to kind of headhunt. It makes me laugh because it's just so embarrassing. It makes them look like such morons."

---

Goofs

at 22 minutes in, Bucky is in the bushes, the cookie he's holding changes shape over and over.

---

Quotes

Dick Shadow: Nothing grows in my crotch shade. Nothing.

---

Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.206 (2011)

---

Soundtracks

Get You Alone
Written by Rodrigo Enrique Bustos and Paul Cecchinelli
Performed by Bustos
Courtesy of LoveCat Music

User Reviews

THIS Movie made me cry

This movie was digusting and unfunny for most of the part. This movie is about a red neck,bucked tooth,goofy kid name Bucky who dreamed of being a pornstar in California after realizing his parents were famous pornstar during the 1970's.He soon became famous for his really small microscopic penis.

The worst part was that this movie had a lack of storyline.It had no climax.It wasn't exciting. It was goofy and it made my grandma cry also.She had only 2 hours left to live and she watch this movie leaving her only 25 minutes left of enjoying her life.

lease save your money for a better movie than this.