The Onion Movie
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| The Onion Movie | |
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| Directed by | Tom Kuntz Mike Maguire |
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| Produced by | David Zucker |
| Written by | Todd Hanson Robert D. Siegel |
| Starring | Steven Seagal Ken Takemoto Daniel Chacón Don McManus Kate Fuglei Abigail Mavity Ahmed Ahmed |
| Music by | Asche & Spencer |
| Cinematography | Maryse Alberti Neil Shapiro |
| Editing by | Frederick Wardell |
| Studio | Regency Enterprises New Regency 3 Arts Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| Release date(s) | DVD Jun 3, 2008 |
| Running time | 80 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Onion Movie is a comedy film written by The Onion writers Robert D. Siegel and Todd Hanson along with the Chicago-based writing staff of the paper. It was filmed in 2003 and released on June 3, 2008 direct-to-video.
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[edit] Plot
The plot revolves around an Onion television news anchorman, Norm Archer, who is forced to face the inevitability of a corporate takeover. This plot serves as a springboard, in typical Onion fashion, for various satirical, ironic and bizarre comedy skits.
[edit] Production
In 2003, New Regency Productions and Fox Searchlight Pictures were on board to produce and release a movie written by The Onion staff. Tentatively titled The Untitled Onion Movie, it was to be directed by music video director Tom Kuntz and Mike Maguire and written by then Onion editor Robert Siegel and writer Todd Hanson with the rest of the Onion staff. After delays and previews to test audiences, the film was shelved and eventually dropped by Fox. New Regency Productions continued on with project. Then, the film's fate was in limbo with studio heads at odds with current Onion management as to what to do with the film. Reportedly the studio wanted to keep one hour of already completed footage in the final film and film new material to flesh it out, while current Onion management was rumored to be leaning towards scrapping all shot footage and starting from scratch.
In a March 15, 2007 interview, Scott Aukerman said that the Onion movie was at a "dead standstill". Within two weeks, the listing for The Untitled Onion Movie at the Internet Movie Database had disappeared.[1] Additionally, Onion, Inc. President at the time, Sean Mills, indicated The Onion was no longer associated with the film project.[2][3] In August 2007, the IMDb listing was restored.
In November 2007, then-President Sean Mills told Wikinews that the movie was a dead project. Although the studio Fox Searchlight had an option to release it on DVD, there was no immediate announcement of plans to do so. Eventually, the trailer appeared on the DVD for The Darjeeling Limited. [4] The trailer also appeared on the Hitman, Charlie Bartlett and Alien Versus Predator: Requiem DVDs.[5]
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released The Onion Movie DVD on June 3, 2008.[6]
The UK release's packaging styles the movie News Movie, aka The Onion Movie, presumably to link the film to the unconnected series of spoofs that began with Scary Movie.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Fun Bunch: Do you believe in inevitabilities!?: 2007 That Other Paper Article". http://thatotherpaper.com/austin/the_fun_bunch_do_you_believe_in_inevitabilities.
- ^ "Onion launching video newscast: March 26, 2007 Variety Article". http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961820.html?categoryid=14&cs=1.
- ^ "20 Movies Not Coming Soon to a Theater Near You". http://www.premiere.com/features/3861/20-movies-not-coming-soon-to-a-theater-near-you-page13.html.
- ^ An interview with The Onion, David Shankbone, Wikinews, November 24, 2007.
- ^ The Onion Movie - Debuting At A DVD Player Near You - Silicon Alley Insider
- ^ Onion Movie, The UNRATED DVD: Steven Seagal (Marked for Death), Len Cariou (1408), Daniel Dae Kim (TVâ s Lost)
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