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Original name: epic film

Director: Jason Friedberg Jason Friedberg

Aaron Selzer Aaron Seltzer

Screenwriter: Jason Friedberg Jason Friedberg

Aaron Selzer Aaron Seltzer

Starring: adam campbell adam campbell

Kal Penn Carpan

Jennifer klinger jennifer coolidge

Genre: adventure/comedy

Length:103min

Grade: PG- 13 (sex jokes, swearing and violence with comic effect)

Release: 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox.

Release date: 65438+20071October 26th.

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Plot introduction:

This film is a spoof comedy, at least spoofing Superman Return, X-Men 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, The Legend of Narnia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Crazy Priest, The Da Vinci Code, Snakes in Flight, Harry Potter and Polat.

This film is about four "orphans" who are not young: one is raised by the curator of the Louvre (there is an albino assassin lurking in the Louvre), but he wanders around because the curator is assassinated by the assassin. The other is a Mexican refugee who used to be a Mexican wrestler, the third is a female suspect who brought a snake on the plane, and the third is a "normal" X mutant. Willie's chocolate factory brought them together. In the factory, they entered a magic closet and entered the "Kingdom of Ghana". There, they met a flamboyant captain and an enthusiastic magic student, Potter.

Comment in a word:

There is no heavy thinking and no so-called meaning in life, and the only standard is funny.

You should feel gratified, because the film is only 90 minutes long, and the last film "date movie" by directors Jason Friedberg and aaron seltzer received a lot of bad comments, which should sound the alarm for them. Unfortunately, they don't seem to realize that this kind of spoof film has bored the audience.

-"City Film Archives"

It's all caused by the "scream" series. In fact, the audience of this pure spoof film is very small, and it is even more difficult to shoot new ideas. A few years is just right, and now the shooting density is a bit too high.

-Hollywood life

Behind the scenes production:

Small movies have great wisdom.

Epic Movie is a real "big" production, because it contains all the elements that an epic should have-a discerning person can see this from the stills. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the new masters of parody, played tricks on all romantic comedies in date movie, and then set their sights on box office production, including epic films, sci-fi films with computer special effects and action films. Friedberg and Seltser, as two of the six screenwriters in Scream and Laughter series and the director of date movie, are rooted in the film Mining, which is a very small genre. As for why Hollywood blockbusters were chosen this time, it stems from the phenomenon that too many blockbusters were "crowded together" last year. The two have repeatedly said that they are committed to letting the audience see the "other side" of these familiar films and are very proud of their achievements. ...

In the last 30 years, from Airplane to Hot Shot to Scream series, talented comedy experts who are good at spoofing like to start with a special type of film. Last year, there were many big productions that hit the box office list, which almost became the trend and standard of summer and Christmas files. Therefore, directors Jason Friedberg and aaron seltzer feel that the time is just right, and it is time to pay attention to the abnormal phenomenon of "overload" in the film industry. So they caught the latest action films, comic adaptation films and fantasy films, which was enough to make the audience laugh.

Friedberg and Seltser came up with the idea of making another similar film while filming the movie "Dating". Together with producer Paul Schiff, they think this idea is very feasible: "We have had a lot of fun in the process of making movies, and we hope to continue this fun and convey it to the audience, so we don't want to stop. So we used our brains as much as possible and began to classify movies to see which movie type is more suitable for malicious imitation. "

After discussion, they decided to take the story of The Legend of Narnia as the basic framework and content outline of their new work. Therefore, there will be four characters, Edward, Peter, Susan and Lucy-the difference is that they are four orphans who are not related by blood. In the process of searching, they inadvertently came to a magical country called Geithner, where they fought to the death with the "white bitch" and a group of evil thugs under her. In the whole process, they will meet all kinds of characters, all of which come from recently acclaimed box office works, including The Da Vinci Code, Superman Returns, X-Men and Crazy Father ... For Friedberg and Seltser, it is a very interesting experience to mix so many completely different story elements into the same movie, but the story is very interesting.

Because of their outstanding performance in date movie, adam campbell, jennifer coolidge, Tony Cox and Fred Willard were solemnly invited back to continue to play in this epic film, and there were "numerous and powerful" new faces around them to support the film. The two directors said that the reason why the four actors of "date movie" "returned" had nothing to do with "living on their laurels", but were fascinated by their performances, and it was also lucky for the film to accept all the invitations. As Jason Friedberg, one of the directors, said: "The film has nothing to do with individuals, but needs a very strong collective performance force, and interspersed among them are the different personalities that actors can bring." Indeed, a film director with a little brain and a little normal will definitely not let these four people become the leading roles, because they look not only quite ordinary, but also a little odd: Kal Penn's role is Edward, who is confused by the curse of "white bitch" and goes astray; Adam campbell plays Peter, a guy who always wants to be a real leader. In fact, he is born timid. Faune A. Chambers (Faune A. Chambers) became Susan, too rigorous and practical, with very strong self-control; Jayma Mays, who plays Lucy, is an idiot without much description.

About actors and roles

It can be seen from the name that the role of Edward is basically based on Edmund in The Legend of Narnia. He was jealous of his younger brother Peter, but he didn't realize that he was also a member of this big family. Strictly speaking, this character represents "betrayal" and "infidelity". He believes that the "White Witch" will make him the king of this magical land. Although his actions hurt his brothers and sisters, he has always chosen this difficult road because he has no sense of belonging. Fortunately, at the end of the story, Edmond was reunited with his family and defeated the witch together. For its actor kal penn, the real significance of being able to appear in such a spoof film lies in being able to ridicule something once considered great, while the epic film is respected because it is willing to say "no" to the popular culture that has occupied the mainstream film industry.

In the movie "Dating", adam campbell, who became the "doppelganger" of romantic love hero hugh grant, continued his British accent this time and played Peter who likes to put on airs. However, unlike the Narnia legend, Peter here is a cautious coward who is easily anxious, nervous and afraid. He is a "mutant" boy, but the final result is the same. He regained his courage and became a great man.

Jayma Mays once played an important role in "Red-eye Flight" starring Rachel McAdams, and here she plays Lucy, which is based on the youngest girl in Narnia legend. Lucy found that the only relative in her life had been killed. Following the clues left by the murderer, Lucy vowed to find out the truth, but in the end she found her family. She has always been an orphan and can have a warm family. In Jayma Mays's view, Lucy is a simple girl, but she is relatively slow. It takes longer than others to accept new things. ...

Susan is the most responsible and practical role among the four orphans-the role was finally given to Faune A. Chambers by two directors-and she performed well in The White Snake and The Frontier. As for why she chose Chambers, she mainly wanted to balance Lucy's stupidity played by Jayma Mays. Chambers thinks Susan is a poor girl: "Since she was sensible, she knew that she was an unloved orphan, so she didn't dare to expect beautiful things. We can feel how excited she was when she found out that there were tickets in Phnom Penh. In the end, she found a warm little family that she had never had before and became a member of it. "

Jennifer coolidge's White Bitch was inspired by the main villain in The Legend of Narnia-the White Witch. Although couric also participated in date movie, her most famous works are Thinking for You and Two Goldilocks. In her opinion, playing a bad girl is far more interesting than playing a kind role.

How hot is Johnny Depp? You can guess a thing or two from his extremely high exposure, so for him, the two directors spent a lot of money and found two actors to explain them separately: the most imitative comedian Darrell Hammond spoofed Depp's "rogue" side, and the prototype was of course Captain Jack in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. On the other hand, crispin glover represents Depp's "grotesque" side, which seriously undermines his role as Willie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

As for the last fred willard, his performance is limited to the tongue, because his role is Ren Ye, a computer-generated digital lion, also from the Narnia legend. However, Willard's Ren Ye is a lecherous lion, always secretly looking at beautiful women ... In order to better express the difference between lions and people, Willard visited many zoos, but he just didn't eat and sleep with lions.

Trivia:

Nicolas Cage has also made many big productions, and he once planned to spoof himself in movies.