A series of interconnected short films follows a washed-up producer as he pitches insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.A series of interconnected short films follows a washed-up producer as he pitches insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.A series of interconnected short films follows a washed-up producer as he pitches insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations total
Storyline
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- TriviaThe movie was filmed over a span of four years. Production took so long because filming had to be done around the actors' busy schedules. The segment with Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman was the first to be filmed, and producer Charles B. Wessler used it to secure the financing for the rest of the movie. He called in a lot of favors to get as many high-profile actors as possible for the other short films, most of them willing to work for a few days on something unconventional. However, almost none of the actors knew completely what the other segments were about, or how the full movie would be. When it came out, none of the major actors wanted to promote it.
- GoofsIn the second segment, the guy is pouring coffee into a cup being held, after the scene change, the cup is on the coffee table.
- Quotes
Nathan: [segment "Middleschool Date"] Hello, 9-1-1? Yeah, my friend is bleeding out of her vagina!
Dad (segment "Middleschool Date"): Nathan, Nathan, listen.
Nathan: Why are you laughing at me?
- Crazy creditsThe "Beezel" segment runs in between the segment credits and the rest of the credits.
- Alternate versionsThe wraparound involving the segments being movie pitches was replaced in the UK Alternate Cut Version, released on the UK Blu-Ray, with an alternate wraparound about two teenagers and an 11-year-old trying to find the most banned movie in the world.
- ConnectionsEdited from Dante's Peak (1997)
Featured review
There's some fun moments in there. If you just ignore the silly premise that ties all the stories together and enjoy them for the fun little skits that they are, you'll enjoy it a lot more. It is pretty much all silly American potty humour. You can tell the creators don't take it too seriously but often to their detriment as a fair few skits ran the joke dry.
What kept me watching was partly fuelled by nostalgia and the fun performances from many recognisable actors from the early 2000s.
For me, this is a late night flick, best enjoyed while scrolling on your phone or having on in the background while cooking.
What kept me watching was partly fuelled by nostalgia and the fun performances from many recognisable actors from the early 2000s.
For me, this is a late night flick, best enjoyed while scrolling on your phone or having on in the background while cooking.
- ObscureNameDigit
- Nov 19, 2023
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,840,453
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,805,878
- Jan 27, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $32,443,111
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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