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'''''Bio-Dome''''' is a 1996 American [[film]] directed by [[Jason Bloom (director)|Jason Bloom]]. ''Bio-Dome'' was produced by [[Motion Picture Corporation of America]] on a budget of $15 million and was distributed theatrically by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].
'''''Bio-Dome''''' is a 1996 American [[film]] directed by [[Jason Bloom (director)|Jason Bloom]]. ''Bio-Dome'' was produced by [[Motion Picture Corporation of America]] on a budget of $15 million and was distributed theatrically by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].
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The film stars [[Stephen Baldwin]] and [[Pauly Shore]], and has [[cameo appearance]]s by celebrities such as [[Roger Clinton, Jr.|Roger Clinton]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Patty Hearst|Patricia Hearst]], and [[Rose McGowan]]. [[Jack Black]] and [[Kyle Gass]] first came to global attention in ''Bio-Dome'' in which they performed together as [[Tenacious D]] on-screen for the first time.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article612938.ece | work=The Times | location=London | title= Dude where's my guitar | date=October 29, 2006 | accessdate=April 26, 2010 | first=Jasper | last=Rees}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
The film stars [[Stephen Baldwin]] and [[Pauly Shore]], and has [[cameo appearance]]s by celebrities such as [[Roger Clinton, Jr.|Roger Clinton]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Patty Hearst|Patricia Hearst]], and [[Rose McGowan]]. [[Jack Black]] and [[Kyle Gass]] first came to global attention in ''Bio-Dome'' in which they performed together as [[Tenacious D]] on-screen for the first time.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article612938.ece | work=The Times | location=London | title= Dude where's my guitar | date=October 29, 2006 | accessdate=April 26, 2010 | first=Jasper | last=Rees}} {{subscription required}}</ref>


The film grossed $26 million at the box office in North America.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115683/</ref> ''Bio-Dome'' was widely panned by mainstream critics at the time, but has endured for many fans as a classic goofball comedy.
The film grossed $13.4 million at the box office in North America. ''Bio-Dome'' was widely panned by mainstream critics at the time.


On December 18, 2013, Stephen Baldwin appeared on [[Mancow Muller]]'s radio/TV show, confirming that he is in talks with Pauly Shore about making a sequel to the film revolving around the children of their characters Bud and Doyle.
On December 18, 2013, Stephen Baldwin appeared on [[Mancow Muller]]'s radio/TV show, confirming that he is in talks with Pauly Shore about making a sequel to the film revolving around the children of their characters Bud and Doyle.
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''Bio-Dome'' has a rating of 5% on review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 21 reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title = Bio-Dome (1996) |url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/biodome/ |work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher = [[Flixster]] |accessdate = October 21, 2010 }}</ref>
''Bio-Dome'' has a rating of 5% on review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 21 reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title = Bio-Dome (1996) |url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/biodome/ |work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher = [[Flixster]] |accessdate = October 21, 2010 }}</ref>


[[Metacritic]], a website which aggregates film reviews: As of May 2013, its score of 1/100 (indicating "Overwhelming dislike"). However, non-critics gave the film a much higher score of 6.7 indicating a majority "liked" the film.<ref>{{cite web |title = Bio-Dome (1996) |url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/biodome/ |work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher = [[Flixster]] |accessdate = October 21, 2010 }}</ref>
[[Metacritic]], a website which aggregates film reviews: As of May 2013, its score of 1/100 (indicating "Overwhelming dislike").


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Bio-Dome
Home media release poster
Directed byJason Bloom
Screenplay byKip Koenig
Scott Marcano
Story byAdam Leff
Mitchell Peck
Jason Blumenthal
Produced byBradley Jenkel
Brad Krevoy
Steven Stabler
StarringPauly Shore
Stephen Baldwin
William Atherton
Joey Lauren Adams
Teresa Hill
Rose McGowan
Kylie Minogue
Dara Tomanovich
Narrated byRodger Bumpass
CinematographyPhedon Papamichael, Jr.
Edited byChristopher Greenbury
Music byAndrew Gross
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • January 12, 1996 (1996-01-12)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million
Box office$13.4 million

Bio-Dome is a 1996 American film directed by Jason Bloom. Bio-Dome was produced by Motion Picture Corporation of America on a budget of $15 million and was distributed theatrically by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The plot of the film revolves around two clumsy, dim-witted slackers who, while on a road trip, look for a toilet stop in what they believe is a shopping mall, which in fact turns out to be a "bio-dome", a form of a closed ecological system in which five scientists are to be hermetically sealed for a year. The film has themes of environmentalism, combined with substance abuse, sexual innuendo, and toilet humor.

The film stars Stephen Baldwin and Pauly Shore, and has cameo appearances by celebrities such as Roger Clinton, Kylie Minogue, Patricia Hearst, and Rose McGowan. Jack Black and Kyle Gass first came to global attention in Bio-Dome in which they performed together as Tenacious D on-screen for the first time.[1]

The film grossed $13.4 million at the box office in North America. Bio-Dome was widely panned by mainstream critics at the time.

On December 18, 2013, Stephen Baldwin appeared on Mancow Muller's radio/TV show, confirming that he is in talks with Pauly Shore about making a sequel to the film revolving around the children of their characters Bud and Doyle.

Plot

Bud "Squirrel" Macintosh (Shore) and Doyle "Stubs" Johnson (Baldwin) are best friends who live together in the same house. As the movie opens, Bud wins a round of Rock, Paper, Scissors and gets to hit Doyle in the head with a book. Soon after, their girlfriends Monique (Adams) and Jen (Hill), arrive to take the two boys to an Environmental Party when they discover the injured Doyle. Although they are sympathetic at first, the girls learn that the book was used to injure Doyle as an excuse to not go. Disgusted, the girls decide to exact revenge and call the boys from a payphone to announce they'll be joining some hot swim team guys at a party down by a lake. Jealous, Bud and Doyle drive out to the lake, only to find there is no party, and they have been had.

Driving back home, they pass by the Bio-Dome, where scientist Dr. Noah Faulkner (Atherton) is about to seal his team in for a year without outside contact. Mistaking the Bio-Dome for a mall, Bud and Doyle go inside to use the bathroom, only to be sealed in along with the scientists. Dr. Leaky (Gibson), the project's investor, discovers them and demands that they be kicked out. Dr. Faulkner refuses, claiming it would destroy the purpose of the experiment, and so Bud and Doyle end up remaining. This proves to be a mistake, as Bud and Doyle continue their antics, harming themselves and destroying many of the scientists' projects. The scientists plead to Dr. Faulkner, but he only relents after the two find a secret stash of junk food and experiment with laughing gas. Bud and Doyle are then banished to the desert environment section and after three days of being stuck, they discover a key in the lock of one of the windows, which opens a back door, and they escape the Bio-Dome.

As Bud and Doyle are receiving a pizza delivery at the dome, they learn Jen and Monique are attending an environmental party with other men. In response, Bud and Doyle decide to outdo the party and hold one inside the Bio-Dome to win them back. The party backfires as it completely throws the experiment into chaos and Jen and Monique disavows the boys. As the two mull over what to do, the scientists prepare to exit out the desert through the door. Doyle intervenes and demands they all stay and restore the dome to full health, swallowing the key as a last resort. As the group gets a grip on the situation and begins to fix the dome, Dr. Faulkner, who had disappeared the night of the party, has gone insane and is starting plans to blow up the Dome with homemade coconut bombs. As Earth Day approaches, the team is successful in restoring the dome and on the night before the doors open again, Bud and Doyle discover Dr. Faulkner. He tells the two that he is rigging pyrotechnics for the door opening ceremony and gets them to help plant the bombs. Once Bud and Doyle are on their own with the bombs, they goof off with one of the coconuts and after a failed long pass, discover their explosive nature. They alert the others and try to exit the dome early, but the door cannot be opened until the clock hits zero, when the bombs will go off. Bud and Doyle run back into the dome to find Dr. Faulkner and get him to deactivate the bombs. They wind up finding him and through a chase and struggle, knock him out and use the remote to disable the coconuts.

The team gets ready to exit the now open door, but as they begin to walk out, Dr. Faulkner returns with one last coconut bomb, trips, and the bomb detonates at the entrance. It turns out everyone is ok with Bud and Doyle finally reuniting with Jen and Monique who are proud of what they have been able to achieve. As Bud, Doyle, Jen and Monique drive off, Doyle yet again has to use the bathroom and the car is seen driving toward a mysterious nuclear power plant. Dr. Faulkner, however, has escaped the dome (and the police trying to find him) through the desert window door, having retrieved the key Doyle swallowed, somehow.

Cast

Reception

Produced on an estimated budget of $15 million,[2] Bio-Dome grossed $13.4 million in North America.[3]

Bio-Dome has a rating of 5% on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 21 reviews.[4]

Metacritic, a website which aggregates film reviews: As of May 2013, its score of 1/100 (indicating "Overwhelming dislike").

At the 1996 Golden Raspberry Awards, Shore co-won a Razzie Award for Worst Actor for his work in the film, tied with Tom Arnold for that actor's performances in Big Bully, Carpool and The Stupids.[5]

Sequel

On December 18, 2013, Stephen Baldwin appeared on Mancow Muller's radio/TV show, confirming that he is in talks with Pauly Shore about making a sequel to the film revolving around the children of their characters Bud and Doyle. Baldwin had also stated that he gets recognized more for his role in Bio-Dome than any other film he has done thus far.

See also

References

  1. ^ Rees, Jasper (October 29, 2006). "Dude where's my guitar". The Times. London. Retrieved April 26, 2010. (subscription required)
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115683/business
  3. ^ "Bio-Dome (1996)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  4. ^ "Bio-Dome (1996)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  5. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115683/awards