Funny People (Adam Sandler) (2-Disc) (Brugt)

Funny People (2009)

Instruktør: Judd Apatow

Handling: Ira Wright er skræmt fra vid og sans, da han får at vide, at han skal gå på scenen med sin stand-up rutine lige efter legenden George Simmons. Men Simmons viser sig at være forfærdelig, og for en gangs skyld stråler Ira. Og da Simmons senere tilbyder ham et job, siger han selvfølgelig ikke nej. Som personlig assistent for George skal han imidlertid ikke bare skrive materiale til den succesfulde komiker, han skal også være hans støtte, mens han gennemgår behandling for en sygdom, som efter al sandsynlighed vil ende hans liv. Og ansigt til ansigt med døden tager George – med lidt hjælp fra Ira – sit liv op til overvejelse, mens han, som den komiker han er, brillerer med galgenhumor over for alt fra lægens svenske accent til Iras manglende held med pigerne.

Specielt om denne udgivelse:

Disc 1: Funny People (Theatrical Version)

• Spilletid: 140 minutter
• Audio: Engelsk DD5.1
• Undertekster: Engelsk, dansk, svensk, norsk, finsk, islandsk m.fl.

Special features:

• Kommentarspor med Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen & Adam Sandler
• Gag Reel (13 min)
• U-Control
  - fancy picture in picture trivia type thing

Disc 2: Special features

• Funny People Diaries (70 min)
  - an excellent making-of with very little patting on the back or fluff, and a great insight into the filmmaking process.
• Line-O-Rama (12 min)
  - an Apatow mainstay, these are rapid-fire collections of variations on one-liners from the movie, and as always very funny, owing much to Jonah Hill.
• Deleted Scenes (48 min)
• Alternate/ Extended Takes (66 min)
• Dokumentar: "Raaaaaaaandy!" (21 min)
• Dokumentar: "Judd's High School Radio Show" (4 min)
• Dokumentar: "James Taylor Behind the Scenes" (7 min)
  - the mockumentary on Aziz Ansari's Randy alone is excellent. Apatow reveals how he used an essentially fictional radio show as an excuse to interview comedians.
• Music (49 min)
  - features full performances of songs featured in the film as well as a few others by the same artists. Superb sound and picture quality.
• Standup (42 min / 21 min)
  - Standup filmed around the release of the film featuring Rogen, Hill, Sandler and Ansari, Sarah Silverman, Maria Bamford, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Posehn, Patton Oswald, Russell Brand, Greg Giraldo and others small snippets that leave little impression.
• From the Archives (27 min)
  - Standup and interviews with Sandler, Rogen (at 13 years old!) and Apatow from 1988 to 1995. Picture quality varies, but it's interesting to see how much of the material from years ago made it into the film. The Sandler stuff in particular is high energy oddity that belies the relative lows of his later film career.
• The Films of George Simmons (7 min)
  - Scenes from the films-with-the-film Sandler's character has made.
• Prank Calls (18 min)
  - Footage of a young Sandler actin' the maggot.
• Adam and Judd on the Charlie Rose (60 min)
  - from 2009, promoting the movie. An interesting piece, with some repetition from the other features.
• "Yo Teach...!" (8 min / 13 min)
  - a making-of and 5 mini-episodes of Jason Schwartzman's awful but commendably realised sitcom, Yo Teach...!
• Kids on the Loose: The Sequel (5 min)
  - Apatow's daughters misbehave and be adorable.
• ADR Line-O-Rama (3 min)
• George in Love (2 min)
• Original trailer (3 min)