Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story

Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
Directed by	Brant Sersen
Starring	Rob Corddry, Paul Scheer, Dannah Feinglass, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Ed Helms, Curtis Gwinnn, Seth Morris, and DJ Hazard
Distributed by	The 7th Floor
Release dates	January 1, 2004 U.S. release
Running time	91 min
Language	English
Budget	low-budget

Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story is a 2004 film by Brant Sersen in his directorial debut. It is an improvisational comedy set in the world of paintball starring Rob Corddry, and featuring Paul Scheer, Dannah Feinglass, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Ed Helms, Curtis Gwinnn, Seth Morris, and DJ Hazard.

Plot Summary

Template:Spoiler Paintball's first superstar, Bobby Dukes, led his team, the River Rats, to an unprecedented three consecutive victories at The Hudson Valley National Paintball Classic. On May 28, 1993, The River Rats were competing for their fourth "Classic" victory when disaster struck. Bobby, attempting one of his signature moves, was shot. Desperate to stay in the game, Bobby intentionally wiped the paint from his jersey, thus committing paintball's most heinous crime, "wiping". A zealous referee spotted the wipe and ejected Bobby from the game. The three-time champ was banned from the game for ten years and became the laughing stock of the paintball community. Deemed a cheater, disgraced and humiliated, Bobby disappeared.

Ten years later an older and wiser Bobby returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past. He enters the 2003 Classic but finds no self-respecting paintball player will be caught dead on his team. On the verge of giving up hope, Bobby joins forces with the most unlikely of allies; the referee that caught him cheating.

Now, the two improbable partners must recruit a team of paintball misfits and take back the Hudson Valley Paintball Classic. Template:Endspoiler

Trivia

• On May 27, 2006, there was a DVD release party at Windham Mountain Invasion Paintball, in New York.

Awards

This film won the Audience Award at the 2004 South By Southwest Film Festival and the 2005 Boston Independent Film Festival.

External links

• BlackballedTheMovie.com - Official Site
• Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story at IMDb
• Rotten Tomatoes review