Epic Movie (2007)

Directors:

Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

26 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

We Know It's Big. We Measured.

Plot:

A comedic satire of films that are large in scope, reputation and popularity

Plot Keywords:

Orphan | White Bitch | Mutant | Factory | Pirate

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Kal Penn	...	Edward
Adam Campbell	...	Peter
Jennifer Coolidge	...	White Bitch
Jayma Mays	...	Lucy
Faune A. Chambers	...	Susan (as Faune Chambers)
Crispin Glover	...	Willy
Tony Cox	...	Bink
Héctor Jiménez	...	Mr. Tumnus (as Hector Jimenez)
Darrell Hammond	...	Captain Jack Swallows
Carmen Electra	...	Mystique
Fred Willard	...	Aslo
David Carradine	...	Museum Curator
Kevin McDonald	...	Harry Potter
George Alvarez	...	Ron
Crista Flanagan	...	Hermoine

Also Known As:

Bob Bailey (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and some comic violence.

Runtime:

86 min | 93 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43041) | Spain:18 | Norway:11 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:12 | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18 (unrated version) | Portugal:M/12 | UK:12A | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 (video release) | Germany:12 (also unrated version) | South Korea:18 (unrated version) | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

New Regency Pictures

Trivia:

When the White Bitch is on her Myspace page, it says she is listening to Fall Out Boy.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Edward drinks what he thinks is chocolate from the sewer line, his face is drenched in the brown liquid. When he comes over near Willy just seconds later, his face is clean.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: This is the story of four orphans brought together by fate. They didn't know it yet, but there was something more greater in store for them, something epic.

Movie Connections:

References Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Soundtrack:

Kung Fu Fighting

why do studios accept to make movies like this?!?

There is nothing original here whatsoever-same old big breast jokes, oral sex jokes; sloppy tongue-kissing, spoofing of movies not necessarily worth spoofing, and using the same old actors (i.e. Adam Campbell) from other horrible spoofing movies. It is disappointing to see that actors who have received some acclaim from both critics and the public alike have starred in this-the worst movie ever made-worse than Grease 2. And only a few minutes longer than a regular TV show except without interesting commercials, it is highway robbery to make anyone pay to see this half-baked movie where writers, producers, actors and directors have only put half an effort to do something that at least would be satisfactory. And half is giving them too much credit. Unfortunately for Kal Penn, Jennifer Coolidge, Faune A. Chambers and Crispin Glover (you waited for this movie to return to the big screen? where were you last couple of years? in detox?), I won't be running to the theatre any time soon to see one of their movies any time soon.

Studio decision-makers have to take a stand against these movies-and so does the industry. Pre-teens, teens and young adults have shown that they have interests in seeing well-written, acted, developed and intelligent movies. Don't take the easy way out to do these useless piece of junk.