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Epic Movie
Promotional movie poster for Epic Movie.
Directed byJason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer
Written byJason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer
Produced byPaul Schiff
StarringKal Penn
Jennifer Coolidge
Adam Campbell
Faune A. Chambers
Jayma Mays
Fred Willard
Tim Lockwood
David Lehre
Distributed byRegency
Release dates
January 26, 2007
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million
For the film genre see Epic film.

Epic Movie is a, American 2007 parody film that was directed and written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer and produced by Paul Schiff. It was made in a similar style to Date Movie and the Scary Movie series.

Plot

Lucy (Jayma Mays), one of the four orphans, is an employee at a Kevin Foster Institute and witnessed the death of Jacques Saunière (David Carradine), in homage to The Da Vinci Code. Lucy is desperate to get "the code" from the dying Saunière, but is unable to understand him. Saunière then breaks out in dance, spelling out Da Vinci for Lucy. She then runs to the Mona Lisa, and finds a ridiculous clue. Through all this, Silas (Kevin Hart) is in the middle of chasing Lucy (hired by the White Bitch as her former henchman), preparing to attack her. However, a chocolate bar falls out of the vending machine, her high heel shoe breaks, and she bends over to pick up her heel before Silas is able to get her. He crashes into the vending machine. Lucy discovers that the chocolate bar is from the Willy factory, and obtains a Golden Ticket inviting her to go on an "Epic Adventure".

Another orphan, Edward (Kal Penn), lives at a Mexican monastery/orphanage, in a homage to Nacho Libre. Edward is the oldest one at the monastery and decides he is going to become a wrestler after declaring he is better than the rest of the orphans. He insults Nacho's (Jareb Dauplaise) cooking and then is beaten up by Chanchito (Rico Rodriguez), to "teach him a lesson", and is thrown down a table. As he is sliding along, he notices a monk pulling a Golden Ticket from a Willy chocolate bar and grabs it. Edward ends up crashing through the window.

The next orphan, Susan (Faune A. Chambers), is in the middle of a flight on her way to her new adoptive parents, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. She requests a glass of water from her flight attendant. The attendant pours a pitcher into a plastic glass, but instead of water, a snake falls in (Snakes on a Plane), and before long, the plane is full of snakes. A Samuel L Jackson-like figure (James Walker Sr.) shows up saying "I've had it with these motherfucking snakes on this mother fucking plane" (in the theatrical version, "goddamn" is used in place of "mother fucking") over and over again because he said the people love it on the internet, and after a brief argument, picks up Susan, and tosses her out of the plane. On the ground, for some unknown reason Paris Hilton (Alla Petrou) is seen walking out of a store proclaiming her own hotness. Susan lands on Paris, crushing her, and taking the Golden Ticket from Paris' purse.

The last orphan, Peter (Adam Campbell), is a mutant, a homage to the X-Men series. He is attracted to Mystique (Carmen Electra) and asks her to be his date to the homecoming dance. She declines the offer, as Wolverine (Vince Vieluf), Storm (Kahshanna Evans), Rogue (Lindsey Kraft), and Cyclops (Tad Hilgenbrink) show up to tell Peter off. Wolverine draws his metal claws and begins to approach Peter. Peter panics and begins to take off his upper clothing, preparing to show his mutant ability. Suddenly, small chicken wings burst out of Peter's back. The other mutants burst out laughing at him. Magneto (Jim Piddock), the headmaster, breaks up the fight and shoos Peter off. However, Magneto uses his abilities to open a locker, smashing Peter right in the face. All the X-Men laugh and leave the scene. A Willy bar falls on Peter, and he recovers a Golden Ticket.

The four orphans meet at the Willy Chocolate Factory (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Willy (Crispin Glover) tells the orphans that the secret ingredient in his chocolate is human parts (possibly a homage to Soylent Green, Motel Hell, or Consuming Passions), and he plans to keep the orphans in his factory to use them for his chocolate. He succeeds in getting the ingredients (Lucy's sweet "heart", Edward's "peanuts", Peter's "surprise" tooth, and Susan's lemon "head", and while pulling it out to the tune of, "Fergalicious"), he then brands Peter's backside, and is now holding the orphans captive.

All four of them are locked in a room together. They are discouraged because of the fact they are all orphans. Willy is heard approaching, calling for the orphans to go to him. Everyone panics, trying to find a place to hide. Lucy wanders out of the room and finds a wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) in another room down the hall. She opens it, and after a massive pile of clutter lands on top of her and a naked blonde runs out (in the theatrical version it is a girl in a bikini.), she climbs inside to meet Mr. Tumnus (Héctor Jiménez). He welcomes Lucy to "Gnarnia" by showing her around his home (as a parody of Cribs) and warns her of the grave danger she is in.

Edward follows Lucy to Gnarnia and meets the White Bitch (Jennifer Coolidge) who Edward describes as a MILF as he stares at her cleavage (homage to American Pie). She sucks Edward's index finger suggestively, says that he shall be king, shows him her castle and gets him to agree to get the other orphans in the same place. Susan and Peter arrive in Gnarnia and find Lucy and Edward. Edward tries to get everyone to stay put, but it does not work. Everyone makes his or her way to Mr. Tumnus' house; a reluctant Edward tags along. There they find it is destroyed. A talking beaver introduces himself as Mr. Tumnus' life partner, Harry Beaver (Katt Williams), after Lucy kicks him. Harry tells the orphans that the White Bitch arrested Mr. Tumnus for protecting Lucy. He also tells them they are all heroes, especially Peter who then has a daydream referencing Superman Returns. He says, "The clues are all around you". Edward leaves just as the others are looking around the house. A painting of The Last Supper hangs on the wall. After examining it, the orphans discover that they are all related to one another, and that the White Bitch killed their parents.

Meanwhile, Edward goes to see the White Bitch at her castle and realizes all she cares about are the other orphans. He realizes that she is evil and refuses to tell her where the other orphans are. Unfortunately, the White Bitch flashes him her chest, and Edward, transfixed, gives her the information unhesitatingly. He is then Punk'd, and locked in the castle prison.

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The orphans meet the beaver.

Because the White Bitch knows where they are located, Lucy, Susan, and Peter have to leave Mr. Tumnus' house. When they leave, they run into Mr. Tumnus. He and Harry Beaver share a passionate kiss. Harry Beaver gets a message on his PDA showing that the White Bitch has acquired a WMD, which will go off in 24 hours. Silas then appears and is after Mr. Tumnus who gets everyone to leave before Silas arrives. Lucy and Susan do not want to leave him, but Peter, being a coward, leads them off. As they distance themselves from Mr. Tumnus, Silas arrives and shoots him in the chest with his handgun ten times. He cries for help from the others, but Peter assures the girls that he is testing them. They then leave the scene deciding Mr. Tumnus is a nice person.

Harry Beaver sends Lucy, Susan, and Peter out of the winter scenery and into the woods to train for the war. They end up meeting a graying Harry Potter (Kevin McDonald), along with a balding Ron (George Alvarez), and a pregnant Hermione (Crista Flanagan). They all help Lucy, Susan, and Peter train for the war.

Back at the White Bitch's castle, her assistant hands her a computer with her MySpace on the screen with an IM from Silas saying that the kids have escaped.

Edward tries to find ways to break out of prison. He meets the very eccentric (and very drunk) Captain Jack Swallows (Pirates of the Caribbean series) (Darrell Hammond), who is difficult to understand, but manages to come up with a plan to get out of the prison cell. He whips out a knife, stabs Edward in the stomach, and cries out "Man down!" (Leaving a wounded Edward shouting, "I could have faked it!") . When the guards come, Swallows picks up Edward and uses his body to knock down the guards, giving them enough time to escape.

Jack leads Edward to his ship and Edward asks Jack what it is like to be a pirate. Swallows and his crew break into song and dance. Edward tells Jack that his family members are on their way to meet Aslo. Jack Swallows sells Edward to the White Bitch and reveals that the ship they are on is an amusement park ride. The White Bitch traps Edward in a prison and then kills Jack Swallows. Edwards grabs the WMD from her but accidentally drops it into the water.

Upon finishing their training, Lucy, Susan, and Peter, head to the camp of Aslo. There they encounter James Bond, Chewbacca, and Borat. They finally meet Aslo, the wise but horny 1/2 man-1/2 lion. He agrees to help them rescue Edward, in return for Group sex. They rescue Edward from prison, killing Silas in the process. The White Bitch then kills Aslo.

Harry Beaver tells the orphans that Aslo is dead, and the orphans feel alone. However, the entire camp will help them fight the White Bitch's army, including Lord of the Rings characters and Peter's X-Men classmates. Peter announces, "Tomorrow we fight... so tonight.... WE PARTY!" Susan, Edward, and Lucy get drunk in a beer-drinking contest. Meanwhile, Peter has sex with Mystique after she shape shifts into Peter's requests: large breasts, a fat behind, a monobrow, grandma's hands and flabby arms. Her eyes go completely yellow in disgust as Peter has sex with her.

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Edward and Jack Swallows.

Upon facing the White Bitch's army, the foursome realize they are outnumbered because nobody came to help them after Susan vomited all over them. Peter's wings flap and he starts to run away, and then turn backs to fight with "the strength of family." They are distracted for a time as Jack Swallows attempts to gain revenge by running over the White Bitch with a giant water wheel. The White Bitch uses her Davy Jones mask to redirect him away from the battle. As the army begins to charge, a few Imperial stormtroopers join in. They heroically charge and all but Peter are fatally wounded in the process. As Peter is about to be struck down, he grabs a remote (Click) off the ground, which he uses to pause time. He heals the injuries of his comrades, and the orphans proceed to kill the army as it is paused. Susan uses her bow and arrow, Lucy uses her magic wand, and Edward wrestles the White Bitch's assistant to the ground.

When the army is destroyed, an earthquake starts and Edward uses the remote's TiVo menu to erase the White Bitch's evil plot.

All that is left is the White Bitch. As the other orphans go to strike her down, Peter stops them, and gives a lecture about how Gnarnia will be a democracy, and that she will be given a fair trial. This lecture is interrupted as the White Bitch is flattened by Jack Swallows. The orphans then become kings and queens of Gnarnia, Peter the Heroic, Susan the Just, Edward the Loyal, and Lucy the Dumb-Shit. In their old age, they rediscover the wardrobe after peeing in the snow. In walking through it they become young again and encounter Borat (Danny Jacobs). Borat pointlessly appears and congratulates them for having a happy ending. As Jack Swallows, still rolling on his cartwheel, flattens them, and then Borat says, "NOT"! and then he smacks his own behind. The credits then start rolling.

Parodies

Television

  • The Love Boat: The initial scene in Jack Swallows's boat.
  • MTV Cribs: Mr. Tumnus' house tour.
  • Punk'd: When the White Bitch shows Edward her breasts to get information out of him and Ashton Kutcher shows up and starts screaming, "You just got Punk'd!" and tells Edward to say "I just got Punk'd". Ashton then proceeds to annoy Edward like on the show until Edward gets pissed off and beats him down (Edward snaps Ashton's neck in the unrated version of the movie).
  • American Idol: Pictures of Fantasia & Ruben Studdard, the winners of the second and third seasons respectively and of Ryan Seacrest, American Idol's host show up during "Lazy Pirate Day"
  • Gilligan's Island: A Gilligan photo appears during the "Lazy Pirate Day" song.
  • Family Guy: Peter Griffin has a photo appearance during the "Lazy Pirate Day" song.
  • Laguna Beach: A sign says "This way to Laguna Beach" also the shows' star Lauren Conrad appears in a cameo in the Mutant Academy scene.
  • Batman: A sign says "This way to Gotham City".
  • South Park: In the unrated version, White Bitch wants to build a new continent from a yellow crystal but she is later told it has been done in a previous movie, which makes reference to the episode Simpsons Already Did It.
  • SNL: The 'Lazy Pirate Day' remake of Lazy Sunday.

People

  • Paris Hilton: Susan crushes a Paris Hilton look-a-like when she falls off a plane.
  • Diddy: The rapper Faun in Mr. Tumnus's house is a Faun version of Diddy (formerly known as Puff Daddy.)
  • Kanye West: During Lucy's briefing through a disposable camera, the look-a-like shows up and says, "The White Bitch does not care about black people"
  • Nicole Richie: Peter makes a stick figure pee drawing in the snow and calls it Nicole Richie (Making fun of how thin she is).
  • Kevin Federline: Silas the monk tells Lucy in the museum that he is going to "Drop her faster than K-Fed".
  • Samuel L. Jackson, a Samuel L. Jackson look-alike says, "Enough is enough. I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane" several times before he tosses Susan out of the plane.
  • 50 Cent: Edward accidentally gets a "50 Cent" tattoo on his back while trying to get a White Bitch tattoo.
  • Ashton Kutcher: During the Punk'd sequence.
  • Flavor Flav: In the Lazy Pirate Day sequence.
  • Mel Gibson: In jail.
  • 2pac: Tattoo "THUG LIFE"
  • Pussycat Dolls: The female pirate singers of the Pirate day, singing a rap song with Beeps.
  • Lauren Conrad: Appears during the school scene as the friend of Mystique.
  • Chuck Norris: Edward says "Chuck Norris rules" when they find the wardrobe once again.
  • Eagles of Death Metal: During the party before the battle.
  • Britney Spears: When Mystique is shapeshifting for Peter, he demands her to have flabby arms, "like a fat, blue Britney Spears."
  • Fall Out Boy: Listed as the White Bitch's favorite band on her Myspace page.
  • Snoop Dogg: During the credits, there is a scene of Edward talking in Snoop's "Izzle" speak.
  • Lindsay Lohan: In an alternate take of the Nicole Ritchie stick-figure joke during the credits, Peter instead refers to her as Lindsay Lohan.
  • Roseanne Barr: During the credits, yet another take of the stick figure joke is shown, with Peter stating dejectedly that he hasn't got enough pee to draw Roseanne.

Songs

Factory Original Soundtrack

Brands & companies

Miscellaneous

During Aslo's fighting scene with Silas, he is very obviously replaced by an Asian actor during several parts of the scene, a reference to the common appearance of this error in Asian movies such as Wheels on Meals.

Actor references

  • Two references are made to Kal Penn's film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle:
    • The White Bitch talks about her White Castle, and a White Castle restaurant is shown, causing Edward (Played by Kal Penn) to quip "I think I've been there before."
    • When The White Bitch's assistant stabs Edward in the stomach, Edward's character is referred to as 'Kumar'.
  • When Lucy is looking for codes on the Louvre, in the Mona Lisa there is writing in invisible ink which says "So lame the hair of Tom", a reference to Tom Hanks and his hair cut in the movie The Da Vinci Code, as well as the riddle "So dark the con of man" in the original book and movie.
  • When Susan is on her way to meet her new adoptive parents, she picks up a copy of Hollywood Life magazine with the cover story "Brangelina Ready for More Kids!", complemented by a picture of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
  • When the White Bitch (Jennifer Coolidge) is first seen by Edward, he exclaims "Wow, Stiflers mom!", alluding to her role in the American Pie films.
  • David Chapelle's line "I'm Rick James, bitch!", was said by Silas.
  • When Lucy sees Jacques Saunière's death, the cut says "THUG LIFE" which is one of Tupac Shakur's tattoos.
  • Superman Returns is referenced when The White Bitch spoofs Lex Luthor's plot involving the green crystal, and Edward (Kal Penn) reacts, saying "Had it with the Superman plot". In fact, Penn did appear in Superman Returns as one of Lex Luthor's henchmen, although he did not have any lines in the film.
  • When Captain Jack Swallows sings the Lazy Pirate Rap, a Finding Nemo blanket, pillow, and bed sheet is seen in the background.
  • Singer Kevin Federline is referenced in the battle between Silas and Jacques Saunière with Silas saying "I'm going to drop you like K-Fed!"

Alternate endings

In the Unrated DVD Version a special extra feature, an alternate ending, was added instead of the Borat ending. It goes like this:

Unrated version

  • In the Snakes on a Plane scene, the Samuel L. Jackson spoof says "I've had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane" multiple times, but in the PG-13 version, "motherfucking" becomes "goddamn".
  • A nude girl with very large breasts runs out of the wardrobe after all the toys fall on Lucy. In the theatrical version, the girl was wearing a bikini.
  • Another nude girl is seen walking away from Aslo, because she and Aslo had sex.
  • In the Nacho Libre parody, when Nacho yells "Nacho!" It is extended quite a few seconds more.
  • The White Bitch has a "Weapon of Mass Destruction" to start a series of earthquakes over Gnarnia spoofing Superman Returns.
  • During the Click scene, after Peter presses the slow button, it cuts from the female jogger, to the fat, hairy jogger. However, in the unrated version, it cuts from the fat jogger to a well-built male jogger in loose-fitting athletic shorts as his comically large penis bobs up and down.

Cast

Actor/Actress Role/Parody of Movie/TV
Kal Penn Edward The Chronicles of Narnia/Nacho Libre
Jennifer Coolidge The White Bitch of Gnarnia The Chronicles of Narnia
Adam Campbell Peter The Chronicles of Narnia/X-Men trilogy
Faune A. Chambers Susan The Chronicles of Narnia/Snakes on a Plane
Jayma Mays Lucy The Chronicles of Narnia/The Da Vinci Code
Kevin Hart Silas The Da Vinci Code
Fred Willard Aslo The Chronicles of Narnia
Carmen Electra Mystique X-Men trilogy
Tony Cox Bob
Héctor Jiménez Mr Tumnus The Chronicles of Narnia
Katt Williams Harry Beaver The Chronicles of Narnia
Danny Jacobs Borat Borat
Gregory Jbara Mel Gibson look-alike
David Lehre Ashton Kutcher Punk'd
Scott L. Schwartz Hagrid Harry Potter series
Kevin McDonald Harry Potter Harry Potter series
Crista Flanagan Hermione Granger Harry Potter series
George Alvarez Ron Weasley Harry Potter
Michelle Misty Lang Blonde Girl
Lauren Conrad Herself
Crispin Glover Willy Wonka Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Darrell Hammond Captain Jack Swallows Pirates of the Carribean
Jim Piddock Magneto X-Men trilogy
Dia Bromwellih Helen Slayton-Hughes

Box office

Epic Movie debuted at #11 at the box office with a gross of $8.6 million over the opening weekend.[1] As of May 8, 2007 the film has grossed $13,583,785, with $9,739,367 of that amount earned domestically, making the film another reasonable financial success in the (genre) Movie films, despite negative reviews from critics.[2] Most of its success was partly due to the film's budget was an estimated $20 million, the same as Date Movie.

Critical reception

Reviews toward the film were overwhelmingly negative, despite the movie's initial commercial success. Mark Heager stated that this film doing somewhat well at the box office was a telling statement about modern moviegoers. The film was the recipient of a 2% "Rotten" rating from Rotten Tomatoes. Recently, it was also ranked as the 13th worst movie ever reviewed on Rotten Tomatoes. As of June 25, 2007, the movie is ranked #65 on the IMDB's Bottom 100 list.

Sequel

Despite Epic Movie's less than successful debut, the writers have officially produced a sequel named "Meet the Spartans". Being released January 25,2008, the movie (Like its predecessor) will parody several popular movies that were released the past 1-2 years (300, Happy Feet, Spider-Man 3 etc). Instead of naming it "Epic Movie 2", the writers chose the title "Meet The Spartans" due to the first film being a financial flop and universally panned by critics.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/epic_movie/numbers.php
  2. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=epicmovie.htm

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