| Run Ronnie Run | |
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 Film poster from Run Ronnie Run |
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| Directed by | Troy Miller |
| Produced by | Mark Burg Oren Koules Troy Miller |
| Written by | David Cross Bob Odenkirk Scott Aukerman BJ Porter Brian Posehn |
| Starring | David Cross Bob Odenkirk David Koechner Jill Talley |
| Music by | Scott Aukerman Maynard James Keenan Eban Schletter |
| Cinematography | Shaun Maurer |
| Editing by | Dean Holland |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema (USA) |
| Release date(s) | September 16, 2003 |
| Running time | 86 min. |
| Language | English |
Run Ronnie Run is a movie spin-off from the HBO sketch comedy show Mr. Show. The recurring character Ronnie Dobbs (David Cross) is the focal point of the movie. It was directed by Troy Miller.
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Plot
Ronnie Dobbs, a redneck petty criminal whose scams were caught on tape by a Cops-like television show called Fuzz, is noticed by failing infomercial personality/inventor Terry Twillstein (Bob Odenkirk), who sees Dobbs's popularity with lowbrow viewers. He promotes the idea to television executives for a show, "Ronnie Dobbs Gets Arrested" in which he is arrested in a different city each week. The show becomes phenomenally successful, making Dobbs rich and famous and changing his life dramatically.
Cast
Many of the regular cast members of Mr. Show made appearances, including Jill Talley as Dobbs's occasional wife, and several Hollywood actors made cameos, usually as themselves. Unlike on Mr. Show, where they each played a wide variety in every episode, Odenkirk and Cross each play a single character throughout the film, with the exception of a brief appearance by R&B duo Three Times One Minus One. Jack Black starred as a chimney sweep and sings the song "The Golden Rule Song".
Trey Parker and Matt Stone both make cameos in this movie as well as, John and Rebecca Romijn Stamos, Ben Stiller, Jeff Goldblum, Mandy Patinkin,Tim Heidecker,Eric Wareheim, Scott Ian and Kathy Griffin Nearly all of them in the same scene.
Production difficulties
The film experienced a troubled production. Cross and Odenkirk, the principal writers and actors, disowned the final version. Odenkirk accused the director of seizing control of the editing process and refusing to speak directly with him and Cross[1]. Cross demanded to receive no creditation or any part of the revenues. Though the film was screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, it never reached theaters. New Line Cinema held the film for over 2 years before releasing a final cut direct-to-video in 2003.
Critical reception
The film was not reviewed by many critics. Rotten Tomatoes lists 6 positive reviews and 2 negative reviews.[2] Bob Odenkirk described the movie as awkwardly edited and generally overrated due to its mistreatment by the film's director, Troy Miller.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.bobanddavid.com/interviews.asp
- ^ Run Ronnie Run - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
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