Dinner for Schmucks
| Dinner for Schmucks | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Jay Roach |
| Written by | David Guion Michael Handelman Source material: Francis Veber |
| Produced by | Walter F. Parkes Laurie MacDonald Jay Roach |
| Starring | Steve Carell Paul Rudd Jemaine Clement Jeff Dunham Bruce Greenwood Ron Livingston |
| Cinematography | Jim Denault |
| Edited by | Alan Baumgarten |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures[1] DreamWorks |
Release date | July 30, 2010 |
Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Dinner for Schmucks is an upcoming comedy film, and a remake of the 1998 French film The Dinner Game ("Le Dîner de Cons"), an adaptation of the eponymous Francis Veber play. The film is directed by Jay Roach and written by David Guion and Michael Handelman, and stars Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, who have previously teamed up in Anchorman and The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It is scheduled to be released on July 30, 2010. The movie was also made in Bollywood, it is called Beja Fry.
Plot
Tim (Rudd) is a rising executive who "succeeds" in finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Barry (Carell), for his boss's monthly event: a so-called "dinner for idiots". The gathering offers certain advantages to the executive who shows up with the biggest buffoon.
Cast
- Steve Carell as Barry Speck
- Paul Rudd as Tim Conrad
- Zach Galifianakis as Therman
- Jemaine Clement as Kieran Vollard
- Bruce Greenwood as Lance Fender
- Ron Livingston as Caldwell
- Andrea Savage as Robin
- Lucy Punch as Darla
- David Walliams as Muller
- Stephanie Szostak as Julie
- Rick Overton as The Beard Champion
- P.J. Byrne as Davenport
- Alex Parlar as Santiago Perez
- Jeff Dunham as Lewis
- Chris O'Dowd as Marco (credited as "Christopher O'Dowd")
- Kristen Schaal as Susana
- Patrick Fischler as Vincenzo
- Randall Park as Henderson
- Larry Wilmore as Williams
Production
The film is inspired by The Dinner Game, a French black comedy which is itself based on the French play Le Dîner de Cons.
Filming of the dinner scene took place at the same location as was used for Wayne Manor in the Batman television series.[2]
Release
Dinner for Schmucks was pushed back a week to July 30, 2010, to avoid competition with Salt and Inception.[3][4]
Marketing
As part of promoting the film the website Funny or Die featured videos of Jemaine Clement in character as Kieran Vollard.[5][6]
References
- ^ http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?view=AllCategoryCredits&project_id=4822205
- ^ Yvonne Villarreal (May 2, 2010). "Summer Sneaks: 'Dinner for Schmucks'. Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, together again". Los Angeles Times. p. 2.
- ^ http://screencrave.com/2010-06-09/dinner-for-schmucks-delayed-runs-from-salt-inception/
- ^ Variety magazine, June 9, 2010
- ^ http://screencrave.com/2010-07-16/new-dinner-for-schmucks-clip-and-character-features/
- ^ http://www.funnyordie.com/dinner_for_schmucks
External links
- Official website
- Dinner for Schmucks at IMDb
- Template:Amg movie
- Dinner for Schmucks at Box Office Mojo
- Dinner for Schmucks at Rotten Tomatoes
- Dinner for Schmucks at Metacritic