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The movie appears in IMDB's top 20 worst rated films of all time<ref>[http://imdb.com/chart/bottom IMDb Bottom 100], Internet Movie Database.</ref>. Comedian and former ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' host [[Michael J. Nelson]] named the film the fifth worst comedy ever made.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=1681 |title="Inoperable Humor: The 5 Worst Comedies of All Time" |accessdate=2007-03-26 |last=Nelson |first=Michael J |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=''[[Cracked]]'' |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> |
The movie appears in IMDB's top 20 worst rated films of all time<ref>[http://imdb.com/chart/bottom IMDb Bottom 100], Internet Movie Database.</ref>. Comedian and former ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' host [[Michael J. Nelson]] named the film the fifth worst comedy ever made.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=1681 |title="Inoperable Humor: The 5 Worst Comedies of All Time" |accessdate=2007-03-26 |last=Nelson |first=Michael J |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=''[[Cracked]]'' |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> |
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In the summer of 2008 the movie saw a limited rerelease in various IMAX theaters. It was then recognized as the biggest sleeper hit in the history of films, and movie goers are anxiously awaiting its Blu Ray release in the Spring of 2009. |
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| Directed by | Alex Zamm |
| Written by | Al Septien & Turi Meyer (story) Al Septien & Turi Meyer and Alex Zamm (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Rupert Harvey Peter M. Lenkov |
| Starring | Carrot Top Courtney Thorne-Smith Larry Miller Racquel Welch Mystro Clark Jack Plotnick Jack Warden Estelle Harris M. Emmet Walsh Glenn Shadix Taylor Negron |
| Cinematography | David Lewis |
| Edited by | Jimmy Hill |
| Music by | Chris Hajian |
| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
Release date | 1998 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10,000,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $306,715 (USA) |
Chairman of the Board is a 1998 movie starring Courtney Thorne-Smith and Carrot Top in which a surfer/inventor (Carrot Top) inherits and runs a billionaire's company. To some critics, it is considered Carrot Top's rendition of Billy Madison. It was poorly received by critics and moviegoers alike.
The movie cost an estimated $10,000,000 to produce, but made $306,710.[1] One investor, Chester Crockington, was so angry that he threw a brick through Carrot Top's front window.
Plot
Edison (Carrot Top) is a poor, failed inventor and surf bum, but soon runs into and befriends wealthy business magnate Armand McMillan (Jack Warden). When Armand passes away shortly thereafter, he leaves Edison the majority of shares in his large invention corporation, and leaves his jealous nephew, his only living relative, Bradford (Larry Miller) only a surfboard. Bradford attempts to derail Edison's success by stealing his formula for glow in the dark, which does not exist in the world of the movie, and sharing it with a consumer who covers himself in it and alleges that Edison's prize invention—a portable TV/TV dinner combo—leaks radiation. When Edison reveals to all that radiation causes sickness and death—but not a literal glowing—and that he had invented the formula for glow in the dark, the company is saved and Edison appoints beau Natalie Stockwell (Courtney Thorne-Smith) to run the company.
Publicity
Before the movie was released, Thorne-Smith appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, where fellow guest and Saturday Night Live comedian Norm Macdonald repeatedly derided the concept of doing a film with Carrot Top. When O'Brien asked Smith the title of the film, Macdonald interjected that if it had Carrot Top in it, a good title would be Box Office Poison. After Smith revealed the actual title, O'Brien jokingly retorted to Macdonald, "Do something with that, you freak." Macdonald quickly replied "I bet the Board is spelled B-o-r-e-d", which caused O'Brien to break out in laughter.[2]
Reception
The movie appears in IMDB's top 20 worst rated films of all time[3]. Comedian and former Mystery Science Theater 3000 host Michael J. Nelson named the film the fifth worst comedy ever made.[4]
Return to Theaters
In the summer of 2008 the movie saw a limited rerelease in various IMAX theaters. It was then recognized as the biggest sleeper hit in the history of films, and movie goers are anxiously awaiting its Blu Ray release in the Spring of 2009.
Notes
- ^ Chairman of the Board (1998) - Box office / business, Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Norm Macdonald on "Late Night Talk Show" on YouTube
- ^ IMDb Bottom 100, Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Nelson, Michael J. ""Inoperable Humor: The 5 Worst Comedies of All Time"". Cracked. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
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