The widowmaker as grendel, swedish born stellan skarsgard dogville as king hrothgar and canadian born sarah polley. The movie features an impressive voicecast, including british actor ray winstone as beowulf, anthony hopkins as king hrothgar, and angelina jolie as grendels mother. Top 10 actor injuries you actually see in the movie duration. As a child actor, her natural and unaffected performances on television series such as cbcs. The nominations were for worst picture, worst supporting actress electra, worst supporting actress. He was portrayed by ike barinholtz, who also played griggs in. The films typically feature large casts and multiple storylines and focus on the protagonists attempts to avert, escape, or cope with the disaster presented. So the movie trots out imitators of iron man, batman, hellboy, the hulk, beowulf. Oct 07, 2012 disaster movie 910 movie clip chlamydia jones 2008 hd. Beowulf is a parody of the legendary hero of the same name and the main antagonist of the 2008 spoof film disaster movie. In 2010 it was released on dvd from the sister company by. How anyone can find this slop entertaining is completely beyond me.
The movie, filmed without cgi on location in iceland, hosts a true international cast starring scottish born gerard butler phantom of the opera, as beowulf, icelands leading actor ingvar sigurdsson k19. Disaster movie cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Id be more mad about this if it wasnt common to most of the adaptations. The movie is entirely different than the narrative poem. Aug 29, 2008 directed by jason friedberg, aaron seltzer. The screenplay by neil gaiman and roger avery is based on the anonymous anglosaxon epic poem of the same name. The epic eighthcentury poem of saxon lore gets moved into the scandinavian future in this science fiction adaptation of beowulf. Starring the voices of ray winstone, anthony hopkins, robin wright, brendan gleeson, john malkovich, crispin glover, alison lohman and angelina jolie, the film features. Before long, beowulf finds himself doing battle with hrothgars daughter kyra rhona mitra, hrothgars master of arms, roland goetz otto and even grendels mother layla roberts. This is an actor who has played dracula, a leprechaun, an archaeologist, beowulf, an egyptian god, a machine gun preacher and the damn phantom of the opera without doing anything to differentiate the roles from one another.
Beowulf begins with grendel literally ripping apart his victims and ends with beowulf tearing the stillbeating heart out of a dragon. They have instant chemistry together, and each is already naturally likable. Disaster movie is a 2008 american parody film written and directed by jason friedberg and aaron seltzer. In class we read the epic story of beowulf and watched the movie beowulf and were assigned to write an essay comparing and. Disaster movie 910 movie clip chlamydia jones 2008 hd. The television film was produced by the sci fi channel as an original movie for broadcasting on the sci fi cable television network, and began airing on january, 2007. The film was directed by robert zemeckis who previously used the motion capture process on the film the polar express.
This is an actor who has played dracula, a leprechaun, an archaeologist, beowulf, an egyptian god, a machine. But this beowulf is a complete disaster that squanders every possibility its setting and genre open up the setting could have made grendel into a grotesque mutant abomination, or an alien creature feeding on human beings. Graham baker 89 minutes this postapocalyptic future story is based on the 8th century saxon epic poem about the knight who battled a monster in a medieval castle. Indiana jones, hannah montana, michael jackson, beowulf, the love guru, iron. Beowulf 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Feb 15, 2020 possibly the greatest disaster movie of all time, this breezy, cheesy 90s hit remains a tremendously fun classic. Beowulf first appeared inside the museum, where he interrupted will. The filmmaking team behind date movie and meet the spartans is back with a comedy spoof sending up disaster movies in this lionsgate production. None of the actors were even bothering to put up any pretense of acting.
This list of disaster films represents over half a century of films within the genre. May 30, 2011 i died many years ago scene beowulf the full motion capture experience duration. The elder scrolls online all cinematic trailers 2020 includes the dark heart of skyrim duration. Beowulf hears tell of grendel, a force of evil that feasts on the flesh of warriors of hrothgar oliver cotton, who are holding their ground in the outpost. Disaster movie film bend the source weekly bend, oregon. For more than 20 years, jason friedberg and aaron seltzer have made a career out of spoofing popular movies and genres. The coen brothers hairdont killer stumbles into disaster movie, along with beowulf, hellboy. With carmen electra, vanessa lachey, nicole parker, matt lanter. Neither are some of the other ideas, like a love interest for beowulf or a postapocalyptic setting. First of all a spoof film entitled disaster movie, should indeed be a spoof on disaster films. The film was made using the motion capture process similar to that which had been used in zemeckis earlier movie the polar express while using liveaction. Disaster movie 810 movie clip beowulf and kung fu panda.
Very entertaining stuff, even though its only marginally useful as a reference for the original epic poem. Beowulf 1999 allmovie movies and films database movie. Also, the movie completely omits the entire third act of the poem with the dragon. Jan 10, 2011 giselle and her new boyfriend calvin take a trip to the museum only to be attacked by po who wants to kill them for no reason so calvin defends giselle and f.
Beowulf is the 2007 film written by roger avary and neil gaiman, directed by robert zemeckis, and starring ray winstone its a motion capture 3d movie adaptation of the epic beowulf. Possibly the greatest disaster movie of all time, this breezy, cheesy 90s hit remains a tremendously fun classic. Starring the voices of ray winstone, anthony hopkins, robin wright, brendan gleeson, john malkovich, crispin glover, alison lohman and angelina. When warrior beowulf christopher lambert learns that the inhabitants of the outpost are being killed by a monstrous creature named grendel, he offers to. I died many years ago scene beowulf the full motion capture experience duration.
Such a strong man you are with the strength of a king. Epic fantasy film captured through a 3d motion capture process about warrior beowulfs fight against the monster grendel and grendels mother. He went on to play the lead in many romantic comedies and action thrillers. Disaster movie is a horrible, unfunny, cheap, stupid, brain numbing piece of. With christopher lambert, rhona mitra, oliver cotton, gotz otto. Nov 14, 2007 to be sure, when i saw beowulf in 3d at the giantscreen imax theater, there were eruptions of snickers here and there, but for the most part, the audience sat and watched the movie, not cheering, booing, hooting, recoiling, erupting or doing anything else unmannerly. After amy stabs beowulf in the back, will and amy encounter indiana jones tony cox, who is revealed to be wills father. Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twentysomethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events. Beowulf is a 1999 american science fantasyaction film loosely based on the old english epic poem beowulf.
The warrior beowulf must fight and defeat the monster grendel, who is terrorizing denmark, and later, grendels mother, who begins killing out of revenge. Weber, the film is an adaptation of greg sestero and tom bissells 20 nonfiction book of the same title. Gene hackman, ernest borgnine, shelley winters, red buttons. When warrior beowulf christopher lambert learns that the inhabitants of the outpost are being killed by a monstrous creature named grendel, he offers to help the king, hrothgar oliver cotton. The 50yearold actor is barely recognisable as the muscular, bristling star of beowulf, thanks to the wonders of motion capture technology.
Cotton is the only actor who seems to be doing well as a grizzled, regretful king. It was an original screenplay that crichton worked on, and features an iconic, ensemble cast. Beowulf is a 2007 3d motion capture computeranimated fantasy adventure film directed by robert zemeckis, written by neil gaiman and roger avary and based on the old english epic poem of the same name. It stars matt lanter, vanessa minnillo, gary g thang johnson, crista flanagan, nicole parker, ike barinholtz, carmen electra, tony cox, and kim kardashian in her feature film debut. In a legendary time of heroes, the mighty warrior beowulf battles the demon grendel and incurs the hellish wrath of the beasts ruthlessly seductive mother.
He spent two years in amsterdam with the famed comedy improve troupe, boom chicago, along with jordan peele. In the age of heroes, a mighty warrior named beowulf ray winstone arrives at the court of king hrothgar anthony hopkins and offers to rid the kingdom of a vicious demon called grendel. Christopher lambert, rhona mitra, gotz otto director. It stars matt lanter, vanessa lachey nee minnillo, gary g thang johnson, crista flanagan, ike barinholtz, and kim kardashianwest. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing disaster movie near you. A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. Isaac barinholtz born february 18, 1977 is an american actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. The epic story im comparing and contrasting is known as the first english epic written in a.
The film was directed by graham baker and written by mark leahy and david chappe, and comes from the same producer as mortal kombat, which also starred lambert unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a sciencefictionfantasy film that. He doesnt so much disappear into the characters as he throws 30. Aug 29, 2008 disaster movie is a 2008 american comedy film written and directed by jason friedberg and aaron seltzer. The hero, the warrior beowulf geat ray winstone creates extended versions of their accomplishments every time he recounts. Drawn hither by the evil emanations comes beowulf christopher lambert from subway and the highlander series, a powerful warrior with dark secrets of. I died many years ago scene beowulf the full motion. Grendel, a 12foottall monstrosity, shreds his victims like paper dolls. He is most likely based from his 2007 film counterpart where he fought grendel with no armor.
The film chronicles an unlikely friendship between budding actors tommy wiseau and sestero that results in the production of wiseaus 2003. Gerard butler, scottish actor, known for his rugged masculinity and charm, who often appeared as legendary literary and historical figures, notably leonidas in 300 2006, the movie that made him an international star. Dec 31, 2019 brush with danger a painter, a fighter, both artists in their own way. Aug 10, 2017 disaster movie 2008 the jokes practically write themselves here. To be sure, when i saw beowulf in 3d at the giantscreen imax theater, there were eruptions of snickers here and there, but for the most part, the audience sat and watched the movie, not cheering, booing, hooting, recoiling, erupting or doing anything else unmannerly.
The movie parodies of jason friedberg and aaron seltzer, which run a. Christopher lambert mortal kombat stars in this update of the classic poem set in a futuristic world of supernatural evil and inexplicable danger torn from a legend whose roots are buried in the mists of time, beowulf is half manhalf god. The disaster artist is a 2017 american biographical comedy film. At his funeral, his people foresee enemies on the rampage, bodies in piles, slavery and abasement ll. Beowulf behind the scenes angelina jolie movie hd youtube. Beowulf movie behind the scenes angelina jolie talks about the film. Oct 25, 2017 disaster movie cloudy with a chance of geostorm. Barinholtz has appeared in films such as disaster movie 2008, neighbors 2014 and its 2016 sequel, sisters. Here, beowulf christopher lambert rescues a damsel in distress. Disaster films are motion pictures which depict an impending or ongoing disaster as a central plot feature. He later starred as a scientist in the disaster movie geostorm 2017. Yoshio iizuka in disaster movie 2008 crista flanagan in disaster movie 2008. Jolie plays the bad girl in beowulf, a wicked demon, the mother of all monsters here, grendel, played by crispin glover who can switch from hag to fab in the wink of a serpentine. Disaster movie 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Beowulf is a 2007 american fantasy adventure movie directed by robert zemeckis. He successfully slays the beast but thus incurs the wrath of grendels mother angelina jolie, a creature as vicious and vengeful as she is seductive. Brother and sister, forced to flee their home, arrive at seattle inside a shipping container. The films typically feature large casts and multiple storylines and focus on the protagonists attempts to avert, escape, or cope with the disaster.
You expect complete silence and rapt attention when a nude angelina jolie. The film was directed by graham baker and written by mark leahy and david chappe, and comes from the same producer as mortal kombat, which also starred lambert. Directed by james franco from a screenplay written by scott neustadter and michael h. They spent no money on special effects or actors, or a script, apparently and. Ike barinholtz celebrity profile check out the latest ike barinholtz photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. In between, enough virtual blood is spilled to fill a second life swimming pool.
In a besieged land, beowulf must battle against the hideous creature grendel and his vengeance seeking mother. Such disasters include natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, tsunamis or asteroid collisions, accidents such as shipwrecks or airplane crashes, or calamities like worldwide disease pandemics. Featuring groundbreaking animation, stunning visuals, and a talented cast, beowulf has in spades what more faithful book adaptations forget to bring. Lookalikebeowulfbatmanhellboyprince caspianpolice officer. As is typical, hollywood thought they could do a better job than 1,000 years of tale telling summary the main protagonist beowulf, a hero of the geats, comes to the aid of hrothgar, king of.
Nothing more pertinently after beowulf is a movie that is essentially as lies and distortions even subtle operate the course of civilization motivated by temptations. The filmmaking team behind date movie and meet the spartans is back with a comedy spoof. Disaster movie is a 2008 american parody film written and directed by jason friedberg and. He was portrayed by ike barinholtz, who also played griggs in suicide squad. Released on august 29, 2008 by lionsgate, the film is a parody of the disaster film genre and pop culture. In 3d mode, audiences sometimes get doused with the stuff. Nine people explore a cruise ship at sea in a manner that turns their whole lives upside down. Beowulf is a 2007 3d computeranimated fantasy action film directed and coproduced by robert zemeckis, written by neil gaiman and roger avary and based on the old english epic poem of the same name.
Living in a medieval land where technologys secrets are locked away in a mute past, beowulf fights his way through a besieging army and. Javier bardem lookalike, police officer, hellboy, prince caspian, beowulf. With ray winstone, crispin glover, angelina jolie, robin wright. Beowulf translates the ancient epic poem of the same name into a postapocalyptic road warriorstyle future, in which a military outpost is being invaded by a monstrous, bloodthirsty creature. For more than 20 years, jason friedberg and aaron seltzer have made a. He spent two years in amsterdam with the famed comedy improve troupe, boom chicago, along with. Grendel is a 2007 american actionfantasy television film directed by nick lyon and very loosely based on the anglosaxon epic poem beowulf. Disaster movie 910 movie clip chlamydia jones 2008.
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