Foot Fist Way (2008)

Director: Jody Hill  Starring: Ben Best  Danny McBride  
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Publisher: Paramount Home Video
Format: DVD
UPC: 00097363511045
Buy.com Sku: 210793572
Item#: V2VT9Q
Buy.com Sales Rank: 4877
Category Keywords: Actors  Independent  Infidelity  Karate  Martial Arts  Theatrical Release 
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Editor's Note

The literal translation of "Tae Kwan Do," THE FOOT FIST WAY is a hilarious look at a suburban North Carolina strip mall martial arts school run by a bullying egotist (Danny McBride). Shot on the cheap (in just 19 days), the film uses its shortcomings to its advantage, keeping the action low, the kicks flying, the wood splintering, and getting all the minutiae of after-school karate class just right. Co-screenwriter/star McBride brings realistic gym coach qualities galore to his character, Mr. Simmons; the deadpan documentary tone is spot-on and there's a sense these students are actually learning this art as the movie goes on. McBride's writing partners play other Tae Kwan Do professionals: Ben Best is fun as the debauched action movie star rival, Chuck the Trucki; co-writer/director Jody Hill shows up in a hilarious bit as Simmons's mystical fifth-level blackbelt compadre. Mary-Jane Bostic is frighteningly vivid as the spandex-clad, habitually unfaithful Mrs. Simmons. Stylistically, this comedy has a lot in common with deadpan fly-on-the-wall mockumentaries like THE OFFICE and BORAT. Thematically, there are in-depth looks into issues of male maturity and bonding, so beloved of the Will Ferrell genre (Ferrell's company snatched it up after it rocked the house at Sundance). Be warned: though the movie is full of little kids, it earns its R-rating with disrespectful language and drugs/sex/violence-filled situations. The very cool prog rock score is by Pyramid.

 
Features
Region 1
Keep Case
Special Edition
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital - English
Additional Release Material:
Alternate Ending: Alternate Ending
Bloopers: Bloopers
Audio Commentary:
1. Commentary with Danny McBride and Jody Hill
Deleted Scenes:
1. Ninja next door
2. Fred gives a Speech about the power inside
3. Racist dinner scene
4. Fred and Carlos get into an argument at dinner
5. Suzie talks shit at dinner
6. Black Belt takes a shit
7. Stevie Fisher scene
8. Mike kills a man then talks to Fred
9. Rick yells at Henry
10. Backyard BBQ
11. Suzie leaves Fred
12. Roy Powers calls Fred, but he doesn't talk to him
13. Fred and Mike on patio
14. Fred and Mike plot murder
15. Fred bids farewell to Mike
16. Fred sells car
17. Fred talks to kid who pees himself
18. Julio molests the punching dummy
19. Drunken angst
20. Sitting in the driveway talking to neighbor
21. Alternate Ending: Fred Murders Suzie





 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Paramount Home Video
Release Date: 2/22/2009
Running Time: 82 minutes
Original Release Date: 2008
Catalog ID: 351104
UPC: 00097363511045
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Ben Best
Mary-Jane Bostic
Danny McBride
Ben Best - Screenwriter
Erin Gates - Producer
Robbie Hill - Producer
Brian Mandle - Director of Photography
Jennifer Chikes - Producer
Lucy Hill - Executive Producer
Jody Hill - Screenwriter
Paul C. Hill - Executive Producer
Danny McBride - Screenwriter
Jody Hill - Producer
Pyramid - Composer
Jody Hill - Director

 
Professional Reviews
USA Today
3 stars out of 4 -- "THE FOOT FIST WAY has plenty of moments of gut-busting humor....Danny McBride is hilarious as the strip-mall martial arts master..." 05/31/2008

Los Angeles Times
"THE FOOT FIST WAY is the sort of nimble oddball discovery that one wishes would come along more often....A rudely uproarious look at the implacably unknowing doofus caged inside all of us." 05/30/2008

New York Times
"[A]n itsy-bitsy, ultra-indie, super-silly comedy packing huge laughs and unexpected heart." 05/30/2008

Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 4 -- "[H]ilarious....Danny McBride is a comic dynamo....The movie cares only about funny." 06/12/2008 p.91

Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he conclusion is poignant, redemptive and surprisingly upbeat..." 10/01/2008 p.64

Sight and Sound
"THE FOOT FIST WAY is a comic debut to stand alongside Wes Anderson's 1996 BOTTLE ROCKET....A consistently funny film..." 10/01/2008 p.63

  
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