Disaster Movie (2008)

Directors:

Jason Friedberg
Aaron Seltzer

Writers (WGA):

Jason Friedberg (written by) &
Aaron Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

29 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Not another shallow Hollywood movie

Plot:

Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events.

Plot Keywords:

Natural Disaster | Disaster | Iron Man | Hannah Montana | Batman

Awards:

6 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Jan. 4

11:30 PM

SHOW

Cast

Matt Lanter	...	Will
Vanessa Minnillo	...	Amy
G. Thang	...	Calvin (as Gary 'G Thang' Johnson)
Nicole Parker	...	Enchanted Princess / Amy Winehouse Look-A-Like / Jessica Simpson Look-A-Like
Crista Flanagan	...	Juney / Hannah Montana
Kimberly Kardashian	...	Lisa (as Kim Kardashian)
Ike Barinholtz	...	Wolf / Javier Bardem Look-A-Like / Police Officer / Hellboy / Batman / Beowulf / Prince Caspian
Carmen Electra	...	Beautiful Assassin
Tony Cox	...	Indiana Jones
Tad Hilgenbrink	...	Prince
Nick Steele	...	Underwear Model
John Di Domenico	...	Dr. Phil Look-A-Like / Love Guru
Jason Boegh	...	Male Carrie
Valerie Wildman	...	Samantha
Abe Spigner	...	Flava-Flav Look-A-Like

Also Known As:

Goodie Two Shoes (USA) (working title)
Meet the Spartans 2 (USA) (working title)
Meet the Spartans 2: The Story of McLover & The Kingdom of the Crystal Beer Can (USA) (working title)
Acaip bi film (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Disaster Movie (Greece) [el]
Film Catastrophe (Canada: French title) [fr]
Katastrooffilm (Estonia) [et]
Super-Heróis - A Liga da Injustiça (Brazil) [pt]
Super-Herois - A liga da injustica (Portugal) [pt]
Totalny kataklizm (Poland) [pl]
Un desastre de película (Mexico) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language, drug references and comic violence.

Runtime:

87 min | 88 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Ireland:15A | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44502) | UK:12A | Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Brazil:12 | Japan:PG-12 | Malaysia:18PL | Finland:K-13 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R13 | Mexico:B15

Filming Locations:

Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Lionsgate

Trivia:

Many of the films spoofed in this film had not been released when the script was written.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Junney sings "I just sold the baby to the highest bidder on eBay," but the website she's on isn't eBay.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Will: [after falling face-first into a pile of feces in his dream] Oh, shit.

Movie Connections:

References Rocky IV (1985)

Soundtrack:

Dating Song

Disastrous

OK, so "Disastrous" isn't an imaginative barb for this movie, but then there's not a shred of wit to the movie, so....

I saw this movie for free. A friend who said he "pissed his pants" at the trailer had free passes. I think he's incontinent.

A spoof of disaster movies might have been fun. This is not it. A couple disaster movies get referenced, not really spoofed. Instead, the "spoofing" is of recent movies of all genres, and of aspects of current pop-culture. Then again, how current is women's wrestling or the "Head On" commercials?

If there's anything about it that's good, there's the 70 minute or so running time (where did they get 90 minutes?) and Nicole Parker seems like she might be good, if she had good material.