Run Fatboy Run (2007)

Regista:

David Schwimmer

Writers:

Michael Ian Black (screenplay) &
Simon Pegg (screenplay) ...

Data di uscita:

28 marzo 2008 (USA)

Genere:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

Slogan:

Love. Commitment. Responsibility. There's nothing he can't run away from.

Plot:

Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.

Plot Keywords:

Underdog | Running | Sports Announcer | Friendship Between Men | Second Chance

Premi:

2 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Perfect British rom com

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Cast

Simon Pegg	...	Dennis Doyle
Thandie Newton	...	Elizabeth Olivia 'Libby' Odell
Hank Azaria	...	Whit
Dylan Moran	...	Gordon
Harish Patel	...	Mr. Goshdashtidar
India de Beaufort	...	Maya Goshdashtidar
Matthew Fenton	...	Jake
Simon Day	...	Vincent
Ruth Sheen	...	Claudine
Tyrone Huggins	...	Grover
Nevan Finegan	...	Mickey
Iddo Goldberg	...	News Reporter
Ameet Chana	...	Taxi Driver
Chris Hollins	...	Himself
Denise Lewis	...	Herself

Alias:

Run, Fatboy, Run (UK) (alternative spelling) (USA) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some rude and sexual humor, nudity, language and smoking.

Durata:

100 min

Nazionalità:

UK | USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Divieti:

Canada:PG | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | Germany:6 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43323)

Luoghi delle riprese:

Cannons Health Club, Endell Street, Covent Garden, London, England, UK

Company:

Entertainment Films

Curiosità:

David Schwimmer's motion picture directing debut.

Errori:

Personale o equipaggiamento visibile: In the shot where Dennis is talking to himself in the mirror, both film crew and filming equipment is visible in the reflection of the television against the wall.

Citazioni:

Gordon: Go on then, run!
Dennis: Isn't there some kind of like... special technique?
Gordon: Well... yeah... you put one leg in front of the other over and over again really really fast.

Movie Connections:

Parodia di Rocky (1976)

Colonna sonora:

Be My Love

Perfect British rom com

There have been many British rom coms in the past couple of decades, many of them including Hugh Grant and his slightly off putting foppish hair.

I have personally found that the Simon Pegg take on romance to be far more personable and less likely to make you throw up over other people in the audience.

Yes it was predictable, yes it wasn't original but the humour was spot on, the characters were believable and the directing was brilliant in my eyes as it captured the English town vibe without seeming like a low budget British soap.

Although it contained every cliché in the book from the genres of rom com and 'training to win something' movies it didn't seem forced to me and was light hearted and genuinely funny.

It also had some of my favourite actors from Bristish comedy in it.

Basically if you like spaced (one of the best series ever) and you don't mind the obvious plot and just sit back and enjoy the movie then you may find, like me, that this is just a purely brilliant movie.