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Although the film was released and screened in 1999, Offer was ruined financially by 2002 and home video distribution plans were shelved. Offer, who had previously been a successful vegetable chopper salesman and businessman, resumed selling vegetable choppers at swap meets to support himself and raise money to complete his film project.<ref name="ew.com">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294037,00.html LOW-RENT RIOT | The Underground Comedy Movie | Movie News | Movies | Entertainment Weekly<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Within a few months, he had earned enough to resume production, and the movie was finally completed, released, and marketed entirely on late-night infomercials that Offer paid for with his earnings from the swap meet vegetable chopper sales. The film has sold in excess of 100,000 copies and Offer has used the proceeds from sales to file a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology.<ref name="prnews" /> |
Although the film was released and screened in 1999, Offer was ruined financially by 2002 and home video distribution plans were shelved. Offer, who had previously been a successful vegetable chopper salesman and businessman, resumed selling vegetable choppers at swap meets to support himself and raise money to complete his film project.<ref name="ew.com">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294037,00.html LOW-RENT RIOT | The Underground Comedy Movie | Movie News | Movies | Entertainment Weekly<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Within a few months, he had earned enough to resume production, and the movie was finally completed, released, and marketed entirely on late-night infomercials that Offer paid for with his earnings from the swap meet vegetable chopper sales. The film has sold in excess of 100,000 copies and Offer has used the proceeds from sales to file a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology.<ref name="prnews" /> |
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On July 31st 2010 a trailer and website went viral showing that Offer had completed the filming of brand new scenes to be included in an updated version of his 1999 movie.<ref name="undergroundcomedy2010">[http://www.undergroundcomedy2010.com/= Official Underground Comedy 2010 website<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The "Underground Comedy 2010" trailer showcases many of the same skits from its predecessor with additional skits filmed in 2010 with actress [[Lindsay Lohan]] and model [[Joanna Krupa]].<ref name="gawker">[http://gawker.com/5600950/lindsay-lohan-shoots-paparazzi-with-guns-in-comedy-sketch= Lindsay Lohan Shoots Paparazzi with Guns in Comedy Sketch<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The film is slated for a theatrical release.<ref name="smartbrief">[http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aaaa/industryPR-detail.jsp?id=D8706F93-C755-4340-AC98-4711C236930F= Lindsay Lohan and Vince 'The Shamwow Guy' Team up in 'Underground Comedy 2010'<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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In 2004, Offer sent out a press release through prnews.com announcing his intention to sue the Church of Scientology. In 1997, while production was ongoing, the [[Church of Scientology]] had allegedly begun a large-scale [[smear campaign]] against Offer and his film (Offer was a Scientologist at the time).<ref name="prnews">[http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-11-2004/0002171569&EDATE= Filmmaker Sues Church of Scientology<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
In 2004, Offer sent out a press release through prnews.com announcing his intention to sue the Church of Scientology. In 1997, while production was ongoing, the [[Church of Scientology]] had allegedly begun a large-scale [[smear campaign]] against Offer and his film (Offer was a Scientologist at the time).<ref name="prnews">[http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-11-2004/0002171569&EDATE= Filmmaker Sues Church of Scientology<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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The director claimed the Scientologists' "[[Celebrity Center]]" in [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] labeled him a "criminal" (based on the rules of Scientology) and threatened his Scientology friends in the movie business with "condemnation" punishment that could be lethal to their careers if they did not write malicious reports against Offer.<ref name="prnews"/> |
The director claimed the Scientologists' "[[Celebrity Center]]" in [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] labeled him a "criminal" (based on the rules of Scientology) and threatened his Scientology friends in the movie business with "condemnation" punishment that could be lethal to their careers if they did not write malicious reports against Offer.<ref name="prnews"/> |
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Revision as of 20:55, 31 July 2010
| The Underground Comedy Movie | |
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| Directed by | Vince Offer |
| Written by | Vince Offer Dante |
| Produced by | Maria Levin Jeff Jaeger Mark Shlomi |
| Starring | Vince Offer Slash |
| Cinematography | Michael Hofstein |
| Edited by | Vince Offer Luis Ruiz |
| Music by | NOFX Guttermouth |
Release date | 14 May 1999 |
Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $170,000 |
The Underground Comedy Movie is a 1999 film directed by Vince Offer, starring the director himself in many of the primary roles. It features music by NOFX and Guttermouth, among others.
The film mainly consists of crude lowbrow skits (such as Gena Lee Nolin loudly using the restroom and a superhero named "Dickman," who dresses in a giant penis costume and defeats his enemies by squirting them with semen) created by the director, based on sketches Offer originally performed on a cable access show he had hosted. The film went direct to video and consistently rates in IMDB's bottom 100 movies. Lawrence Van Gelder in The New York Times wrote a scathing review, saying the movie "stands as a monument to ineptitude and self-delusion."[1]
Although the film was released and screened in 1999, Offer was ruined financially by 2002 and home video distribution plans were shelved. Offer, who had previously been a successful vegetable chopper salesman and businessman, resumed selling vegetable choppers at swap meets to support himself and raise money to complete his film project.[2] Within a few months, he had earned enough to resume production, and the movie was finally completed, released, and marketed entirely on late-night infomercials that Offer paid for with his earnings from the swap meet vegetable chopper sales. The film has sold in excess of 100,000 copies and Offer has used the proceeds from sales to file a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology.[3]
On July 31st 2010 a trailer and website went viral showing that Offer had completed the filming of brand new scenes to be included in an updated version of his 1999 movie.[4] The "Underground Comedy 2010" trailer showcases many of the same skits from its predecessor with additional skits filmed in 2010 with actress Lindsay Lohan and model Joanna Krupa.[5] The film is slated for a theatrical release.[6]
Cast
- Vince Offer
- Slash
- Gena Lee Nolin
- Karen Black
- Angelyne
- Joey Buttafuoco
- Mongo Brownlee
- Rebecca Chaney
- Barbara Snellenburg
- Lightfield Lewis
- Michael Clarke Duncan
- Bobby Lee
Litigation history
On September 23, 1998, Vince Offer filed a suit against 20th Century Fox and the co-directors of There's Something About Mary, Bobby and Peter Farrelly. Offer claimed that 14 scenes in Mary were lifted from his film. The Farrellys released this statement: "We've never heard of him, we've never heard of his movie, and it's all a bunch of baloney."[7] The case was dismissed with prejudice on a motion for summary judgment by order of the court in 2000, and Twentieth Century Fox was awarded $66,336.92 in attorneys' fees.[8]
In 2000, Offer successfully sued Anna Nicole Smith for $4 million, claiming that Smith had agreed to be in his movie, but backed out in 1996 over fears that appearing in the movie would be detrimental to her career.[9] Offer won the lawsuit, but the case was settled anyway.
In 2004, Offer sent out a press release through prnews.com announcing his intention to sue the Church of Scientology. In 1997, while production was ongoing, the Church of Scientology had allegedly begun a large-scale smear campaign against Offer and his film (Offer was a Scientologist at the time).[3] The director claimed the Scientologists' "Celebrity Center" in Hollywood labeled him a "criminal" (based on the rules of Scientology) and threatened his Scientology friends in the movie business with "condemnation" punishment that could be lethal to their careers if they did not write malicious reports against Offer.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Lawrence Van Gelder. "15 Minutes (Count 'Em) of Infamy", The New York Times, May 28, 1999.
- ^ LOW-RENT RIOT | The Underground Comedy Movie | Movie News | Movies | Entertainment Weekly
- ^ a b c Filmmaker Sues Church of Scientology
- ^ Official Underground Comedy 2010 website
- ^ Lindsay Lohan Shoots Paparazzi with Guns in Comedy Sketch
- ^ Lindsay Lohan and Vince 'The Shamwow Guy' Team up in 'Underground Comedy 2010'
- ^ Monitor | Pop Culture News | News + Notes | Entertainment Weekly
- ^ Offer v. Farrelly, Case No. CV 98-7697 RAP(RCx) (C.D. Cal. Jan. 13, 2000); id. (Mar. 14, 2000).
- ^ Movie & TV News @ IMDb.com - WENN - 23 October 2000