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Broken Lizard's THE SLAMMIN' SALMON gets picked up for theatrical release this December!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I recently saw the Broken Lizard guys' live show here in Austin which was a mixture of sketch, audience participation and stand-up. Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme did a great tribute to Patrick Swayze, recalling a horrible first encounter story of their meeting with someone they considered an idol.
Anyway, they mentioned during this show that their new movie was going to be seeing theatrical release this December and now we're getting news of just what that is.
Anchor Bay's theatrical distribution arm will be distributing THE SLAMMIN' SALMON according to Variety. The flick is about a one night competition between a group of waiters where the top seller gets a $10,000 bonus and the loser gets the shit beat out of them by Michael Clarke Duncan who plays the dumb ex-boxer owner of this swanky Miami restaurant.
I saw The Slammin' Salmon at SXSW this year and really dug it (proof here), but I'm an easy sell on Broken Lizard. I haven't loved everything they've done, but I've at least liked everything they've done. Salmon might not top Super Troopers, but it's damn funny in its own right and probably their most successful movie since.
Being this is an Anchor Bay release I'm guessing we won't see a very wide release on this, but I'm sure it'll play key places around the country. More details as they emerge!
-Quint
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I wait tables and this movie should be more than a limited.. thats bull crap. Beerfest is on Com Central once a week....they are great.
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Is that Cobie Smulders I see?
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April Bowlby all the way.
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whats the word on that?
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You're not going to start that again meow are you?
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Well, I kind of like Super Troopers. But other than that, I haven't dug their shit. Beerfest would have been funny if it wasn't two hours long. That is an 80 minute premise at best. And Club Dread? Shit sandwich.
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Holy shit, talk about the minor leagues! Hell, when I worked in a video store for 10 years, AB was the company that put out VHS tapes of near unwatchable quality of no-name crappy flicks.
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Hopefully, it will be abit more funnier, than Beerfest and Club Dread.
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Its about time they made another movie. The only movie I was iffy on but still enjoyed was Club Dread.
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Hope this one is good, but have to wonder when it's been finished for a year and is just now finding distributing.
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Their type of white boy humor is a plenty on such risky shows as the Jay Leno show, Icarly and Park and Recreation. Jay Chandawhatever showed how far his creative vision reaches with Dukes of Hazzard and Club Dredd. Super Troopers was funny 10 years ago, but unless you've established yourself as a true comedic dynamo by this point you really need to fade away - believe me, no one will miss you. The frat boys on your early day tours are now struggling with house payments and learning that maybe they just aren't going to set the world on fire with the wit they discovered between bong hits and body shots. I'm sure you guys in Broken Lizard can relate.
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There was an interview in the Toronto Star last week where they said the script is basically done. It's about the troopers patrolling the canadian border and pissing off mounties.
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Their films have a weird style that fluctuates from subtle comedy to where they really, really force it. Parts of Super Troopers (and Beerfest) are entertaining, but when you re-watch them, they’re not as good as you remember (although the Super Troopers scene where they’ve pulled the guys over is great). I’m always left feeling like these guys are on the verge of doing something hilarious, but it never quite materializes.
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Why the hell would Starz send this out via their primarily horror/foreign/underground brand Anchor Bay when it seems a more natural fit for their "mainstream" Overture label?
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Dick In Ass.
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these guys seem to be the underachievers of ensemble comedy. I really love Super Troopers, and it took awhile but Beerfest grew on me, but Club Dread deserves to be taken to a lonely field somewhere and have a bullet fired in it's brain and left for the crows to handle. Bad, bad movie. I do feel that one day these guys are going to make one mother of a movie, and that is probably what is going to be their downfall. Sucks, but that's life.
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Don't get me wrong, there are definitely fewer laughs in it than Super Troopers or BeerFest, but there are also (strangely) fewer attempts at them. The laughs that ARE there, however, work, and are great. The scene where everyone realizes that Erik's character has been killing people over a bag of weed (even he is like "Wait, there was more to it than that, I think) is still really fucking funny.
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Saw a picture of her recently, what happened to the killer bod?
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Good thing it had some nice tits in it, otherwise there's really nothing to recommend that flick. All their other stuff is terrific though.
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I never noticed she was in that movie. I thought you were talking about Britanny Daniel's character. Looks like it's about time to watch Club Dread. Haha
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Better than Club Dread, at least. I have tickets to their live show next month. Should be interesting.
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it teetered between being scary and funny, like most slashers do, I just took it as making fun of them kind of. Actually, I like Club Dread second after Troopers. I don't get all the hate. I mean, it's not a GREAT movie, but it's a solid B- in my book (the book nobody reads or cares about)
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If you're going to make a slasher movie, slash already.
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If you know what I'm talking about, bully for you! I'm talking about Garth Ennis' seminal take on the Zombie genre; his best effort since Preacher, imo. -
Lots of whininess interrupted on occasion for torture/gore porn. Awful stuff. I dropped it after two issues.
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You'd be whining louder than anyone.
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did make me laugh till I thought I was going to puke, more than once. "Afghanistanimation?" That was pretty priceless.
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He should have got an oscar for that! Bill Paxtons third best part after Aliens and True Lies.
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This is "white boy humor" cause it is about people at work? What a dip shit comment. Moving on. Club Dread was not great and judged even harder against Super Troopers but I think it gets funnier after seeing it again with lowered expectations. Funny and a lot of hot ass. Beer Fest(not League)is funny as fuck at times but I do agree it was a little to long. This will be more of the same and thats not a bad thing. People calling out Broken Lizard as a comedy troop I ask you, What other stage and improv group do you see consistantly putting out movies? None. No, SNL doesn't count.
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People at work = white. You should check and see what color president we have now - try changing the station from Dane Cook or Jimmy Fallon to the news once and a while -. Do you really think blacks, asians or hispanics wait with anticipation for the next broken lizard fiasco - I would say the only one who seems to be waiting is you. Their comedy is aimed at frat boys - you can't argue that. And as for they being the only comedy troop pumping out movies - well, with how successful their moves are (they are not) it looks like maybe there's a reason for that. Can't they borrow money from their parents and make a movie that people actually want to see? I'm only downing these guys because I would much rather see Mr Show or The Kids in The Hall do another film than these guys - the cane has been reaching for them to get off stage since Super Troopers.
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Yeah I'll do that "..once and a while". I'm not the one throwing out the "white-boy" remarks sir. That is YOU being an ass. I understand why you are defensive but its a punk remark. By the way I would love to see another Brain Candy or Run Ronnie Run or something from Tim and Eric but...they aren't making movies. Broken Lizard is. Yeah I like it, so what. My comment isn't how I really feel about race in the work place but your comment obviously reflects your feelings. I called you out, and you can only speculate that I'm a "racist frat-boy" when I KNOW your an asshole.
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You were the one who stated that it's "WHITE comedy because people are working" - So by that you mean people other than whites do not work - that is racist. You really need to open your heart a little - maybe you need to go see Michael Jackson's "This is It" - it's all for love y'know --Was Michael white enough for you when he died? and by the way - this movie has been hanging around begging for a company to pick it up for 2 years - sounds great doesn't it?
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Yeah, I think my comment was a sarcastic joke pointing out what a tool you are? Yup, I'm sure of it. No wonder you don't like this stuff. You don't get jokes of any kind. Why don't you go give your grandfather a lap dance.
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fuck me how many first names does this guy need?
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SUPER TROOPERS is brilliant. BEERFEST has a whole heap of terrible stuff in amongst some really great stuff. But CLUB DREAD was a complete failure on every level.
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yep - that's the best I would expect from a fan broken lizard
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thats actually my favorite of their films.. i though beerfest was kind of dumb actually..
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