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Is Pee Wee Herman criticizing films for Charlie Kaufman's FRANK OR FRANCIS?
Hello ladies and gentlemen, Muldoon here with a piece of cool casting news via VARIETY which claims Paul Reubens (PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE) has just signed on to Charlie Kaufman's new movie, FRANK OR FRANCIS. He'll be taking on the role of "an old-school film critic" alongside Elizabeth Banks (ZACK AND MIRI), Nicolas Cage (ADAPTATION), Kevin Kline (THE ICE STORM), Steve Carell (40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN), Jack Black (TENACIOUS D), and Catherine Keener (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH).
The film is a musical satire poking fun of Hollywood in the age of the internet blogger. The flick centers on Steve Carell's character, a fancy pretentious film director, getting into a heavy dispute with Jack Black's character, an internet blogger who still lives at home.
The film sounds like a lot of fun. With the addition of Mr. Reubens, the incredible cast on board, and the fact that Kaufman's steering it - I'm sure it'll be far from your average comedy.
- Mike McCutchen
"Muldoon"
Mike@aintitcool.com
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BITCHEZ!
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...an internet blogger who still lives at home.
Hollywood is SOOOOOO original I almost forgot to laugh.
Let me guess, he's going to be a nerdy guy who is a loser in real life but is a god among men online or so he thinks, he likes sci-fi stuff, has no girlfriend or if he does she's gonna be one ugly passive waste of time, and if he has a job at all it's in a video store or a fast food place or a dry cleaners or something like that.
OH THIS SHIT JUST WRITES ITSELF!
SEEN IT BEFORE.
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Good to see this news. I know you are but what am I?
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When I was a young lad and asked my mother why Pee Wee Herman was arrested, she told me that he had mooned a movie audience. Close enough.
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Do you have something to share Crazy Larry?
Pee-wees Big Adventure, still cracks me up.
I like the cast of this, and the director.
Betcha, it is going to be good. Or, at least strange. -
Wow, I'm so impressed with your knowledge. You're just the all-seeing dumbfuck from hell. I think you should practice yoga so that some day (hopefully soon) you can suffocate in your own asshole.
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Jan 28, 2012 12:13:52 AM CST
Is "Frank or Francis" some kind of spoof on "Glen or Glenda"?
by shiftyeyeddog
I mean, is Carrell's character like an Ed Wood-type guy?
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Jan 28, 2012 12:19:01 AM CST
This will come & go faster than one of Harry's hard ons
by borock_a_boomer
Bargain bin bullshit
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It doesn't sound like the plot of a Charlie Kaufman movie, but the man is full of surprises.
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too much recycling from the HBO special 20 years prior. Just forced nostalgia without the edge and wit.
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Yeah. Hollywood employs idiotic stereotypes even when those stereotypes are only a few years old! I suppose Black will be in his PJays the whole time, too? It seems stupid already.
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Jan 28, 2012 1:23:37 AM CST
Predict this ends up being Charlie Kaufman's 'great failure'
by spaghettiwall
I mean, 'Human Nature' was a failure but he didn't direct it.
As for Synecdoche, New York? Well, it wasn't that good either (despite what Roger tells you) but imagine a guy who can't even write music getting behind the camera and doing something WORSE. -
By this point, I'm gonna assume it's a lot.
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Jan 28, 2012 1:38:51 AM CST
Someone's complaining because they think a Kaufman film is going to employ a stereotype?
by johnfordsmissingeye
Haven't seen many Kaufman films, have you?
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FRANCIS!
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..but not as Kaufman... this is going to be weird. Keener had a small role in Synecdoche, but remained unnoticed for the most part.
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because normal people usually live in a .. ? a cave? a hotel? a space station? a bench?
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...an eviscerated tauntaun carcass. That's normal, right?
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This sounds awful - a bunch of Hollywood navel gazing using a hackneyed blogger stereotype. Who knows, maybe it will be the next ED WOOD, but I doubt it.
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I haven't seen him in a while, and he can turn in some fun comedic performances.
He alone may seal the deal for me on seeing this.
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I wonder if Jack Black is going to sport a red wig and fat suit?
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OH, REALLY? WHERE ARE THEY HOSING HIM DOWN?!
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The guy is lame.
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Man, call the fat girl "fat" and see how fast she gets pissy and defensive.
If the shoe fits, "internet bloggers"...
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Dude, just chill. Nothing you can say or do will change the fact that your mother loves me very much, and that she is going to have my baby.
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how can any of you judge what the finished film will be like based on that short description?
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Or Francis from "Pee Wee's Big Adventure"
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I will consider that a side step for Mr. Kaufman. Every year there is a film that I disagree with the critics with. This year it is "Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy"...in 2008 it was that piece of shit.
Listen, I love film and constantly have to defend my love for good film with my friends who are your average movie goers. I don't mean that as an insult either. I enjoy mainstream films from time to time.
Pretentious is not even the word for Synedoche, Ny. I hated that film so much. It was smug and cold.
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Jan 28, 2012 10:50:05 AM CST
Can't they just title it "HARRY KNOWLES VS. MICHAEL BAY"?
by has_snyder_been_fired_from_superman_yet
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So dorky compared to non-Internet bloggers.
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Am I the only one who gets the eebie jeebies from her?
Felt that way ever since seeing Death to Smoochie on the big screen. Yes, that did happen. -
-- When she was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel and brought out Quentin Tarantino with her because she was completely terrified of Terry Bradshaw, who was on before her and had remained on stage. Hilarious.
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-- still a freaky bitch though.
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Buncha morons. Synecdoche was brilliant. This cast is amazing. Kevin Kline plays dual roles, and one of them is AN ANIMATRONIC HEAD. If you don't want to see this movie, I don't want to know you.
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For me though, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Its pure originality was awe inspiring. No one can say they have ever seen a movie like that, because a movie like that has never existed. I can understand how it can rub people the wrong way, though, as it is a challenging experience, but how anyone can think that somehow, with this new movie, Charlie Kaufman is going to suddenly start relying on pure cliché is baffling to me. Do you not know who Charlie Kaufman is? A new Charlie Kaufman movie is always something to look forward to. He is one of the few writers working today that is truly trying to find something new to say.
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Jan 28, 2012 2:00:28 PM CST
^^^ If only he had some new characters to say it.
by siouxcitysarsaparilla
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Christ. I never comment, but this annoyed me to no end. Now I can sleep easy. My work here is done.
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Jan 28, 2012 4:09:14 PM CST
That big white body and those short shorts in Teen Wolf haunt me to this day
by melgibsoncalledmethenword
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Sorry, that was my brain fart. I even watched the clip again to make sure it wasn't crazy.
Ahh well, thanks for correcting me.
AMAZING LARRY! -
that comment is completely stupid.
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It's going to be very meta. Nic Cage will play Nic Cage with a wooden hand and he'll be a famous anonymous blogger. The irony being blogging with a wooden hand is impossible unless you're anonymous because, how will they know you have a wooden hand, really?
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Just saying.
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