Dodgeball: True Underdog Story [DVD] [2004] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Lowest New Price: £6.15
  • Lowest Used Price: £2.37
  • Total New: 3
  • Total Used: 9
  • Total Collectible: 0
  • Total Refurbished: 0
  • Actor : Ben Stiller
  • Actor : Christine Taylor
  • Actor : Vince Vaughn
  • Actor : Rip Torn
  • Actor : Justin Long
  • Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Binding : DVD
  • Creator : Ben Stiller
  • Creator : Ben Stiller
  • Creator : Christine Taylor
  • Creator : Jerzy Zielinski
  • Creator : Rawson Marshall Thurber
  • Creator : Alan Baumgarten
  • Creator : Mary McLaglen
  • Creator : Rhoades Rader
  • Creator : Stuart Cornfeld
  • Director : Rawson Marshall Thurber
  • EAN : 0024543172215
  • Format : Closed-captioned
  • Format : Colour
  • Format : Dolby
  • Format : Dubbed
  • Format : DVD-Video
  • Format : Subtitled
  • Format : Widescreen
  • Format : NTSC
  • Is Adult Product? : No
  • Label : 20th Century Fox
  • Languages : Subtitled: English, Subtitled: Spanish, Original Language: English, Dubbed: English, Dubbed: French, Dubbed: Spanish
  • Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox
  • MPN : FOXD2227222D
  • Number Of Discs : 1
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Package Dimensions : 0.70 inches (Height) x 7.50 inches (Length) x 0.15 pounds (Weight) x 5.40 inches (Width)
  • Package Quantity : 1
  • Part Number : FOXD2227222D
  • Product Group : DVD
  • Publisher : 20th Century Fox
  • Region Code : 1
  • Release Date : 2005-07-12
  • Running Time : 92
  • SKU : A024543172215
  • Studio : 20th Century Fox
  • UPC : 024543172215

How's this for impressive trivia: Dodgeball faced off against The Terminal in opening-weekend competition, and 29-year-old writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber aced Steven Spielberg by a score of $30 to $18.7 in US box-office millions. That's no mean feat for a newcomer, but Thurber's lowbrow script and rapid-fire direction--along with a sublime cast of screen comedians--proved to be just what moviegoers were ravenous for: a consistently hilarious, patently formulaic romp in which the underdog owner of Average Joe's Gym (Vince Vaughan) faces foreclosure unless he can raise $50,000 in 30 days. The solution: a dodgeball tournament offering $50K to the winners, in which Vaughan and his nerdy clientele team up against the preening, abhorrently narcissistic owner (Ben Stiller) of Globo Gym, who's threatening a buy-out. That's it for story; any 5-year-old could follow it with brainpower to spare. But Thurber, Vaughan, Stiller, and their well-cast costars (including Stiller's off-screen wife, Christine Taylor) keep the big laughs coming for 96 nonsensical minutes. With spot-on cameos by champion bicyclist Lance Armstrong, David Hasselhoff, Hank Azaria, Chuck Norris, and William Shatner, and a crudely amusing coda for those who watch past the credits, Dodgeball is no masterpiece, but you can bet Spielberg was unexpectedly humbled by its popular appeal. --Jeff Shannon

- Amazon.co.uk Review


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