A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps, and become a porn star.A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps, and become a porn star.A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps, and become a porn star.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
Nicholas Turturro
- Antonio
- (as Nick Turturro)
Dana Goodman
- Gretchen
- (as Dana Min Goodman)
Mike O'Connell
- Rory
- (as Michael O' Connell)
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- TriviaSwardson 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."
- GoofsWhen Bucky is in the bushes at 22 minutes in the cookie he's holding changes shape over and over.
- Quotes
Bucky Larson: I'm the son of two movie stars. That's like a super-duper movie star!
- Crazy creditsThe guitar riff that is played as Bucky enters the stage on The Jimmy Fallon show is from the song Medium Pace, by Adam Sandler. A nod to Happy Maddison productions
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.206 (2011)
- SoundtracksWalkin' in the Sunshine
Written and Performed by Roger Miller
Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC & Tree Productions
Featured review
"Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star" bombed big time when it was released to theaters. It may have been because it was released in the beginning of September, when there are few people going to movie theaters. It may have been because the movie is about the porn industry, which has never been a popular movie topic for mainstream moviegoers. It may have also been because the relentless television commercials for the movie were very annoying. But I think the main reason why it bombed was that the audience smelled it for the stinker that it was. There are no laughs anywhere to be found in the movie, for one thing. But it also has a weird tone, like it was written by a dirty-minded and mean-spirited eight year old. It's not very audience-friendly, to put it mildly. The cast is spirited, but they can do absolutely nothing with the terrible script.
Oh, one more piece of evidence for its badness: The end credits for this 2011 release list a 2010 copyright, suggesting that Columbia Pictures didn't know what to do with the movie for quite some time.
Oh, one more piece of evidence for its badness: The end credits for this 2011 release list a 2010 copyright, suggesting that Columbia Pictures didn't know what to do with the movie for quite some time.
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- Release date
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- Language
- Also known as
- Бакі Ларсон: Народжений бути зіркою
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,529,395
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,415,023
- Sep 11, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $2,530,394
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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