04.27.09 NERD BONER: ENGORGE!
Big Fan premiered at Sundance, and at a recent screening, first-time director Rob Siegel revealed that it will be getting a theatrical release in August. Why do I care? Because Rob Siegel wrote my favorite movie of last year, The Wrestler, and the star of Big Fan is none other than Patton Oswalt, the chubby lesbionic emperor of my comedy-nerd heart.
Siegel said the film is getting prepped for a release in August, a small distributor has picked up the film and the official announcement will come out this week during the Tribeca Film Festival. Presumably, this means Overture, Magnolia, IFC or indie distribs of this ilk is the buyer.
Straight out of the ’70s loner milieu [Editor’s Note: that’s a fancy way of saying ‘it’s like Taxi Driver’], “Big Fan” is an engaging, if rough-around-the-edges portrait of a lonely, socially inept mid-30-something (Patton Oswalt) still living at home and obsessed with the New York Giants. His arrested development finds him over-eagerly accosting his favorite player, quarterback Quantrell Bishop (Jonathan Hamm), who tests the Staten Island fan’s undying resolve for the team by delivering a severe beatdown and landing him in the hospital. The film also features Kevin Corrigan and Michael Rapaport in a small cameo role. [ThePlaylist]
I had to look this up, but apparently Jonathan Hamm isn’t the same person as Jon Hamm of Mad Men - who, although a fine actor, I doubt could carry off the role of a guy named “Quantrell.” You know you’re a good-looking man when all your early acting roles are characters like “Handsome Guy #5″ and “Professor Ernst von Chisel Face”.
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NERD BONER: ENGORGE!
Patton’s shirt is obviously referring to the TV show.
No, the Cowboys really do suck. I’m cool with the message he’s bringin.
He wanted to play a Jets fan but nobody would pay to see two hours of an asshole booing.
Isn’t “The Big Fan” the nickname for Adam Dunn’s swing?
A lesser filmmaker would have changed the script to make it so that he got shot in the leg by the player instead of beaten severely.
The Giant quarterback beats someone so severely he ends up in the hospital? Obviously this isn’t based on a true story.
Dor sho gha! Did they land Mel Gibson to play “2000 Giants Super Bowl Runner Up Kerry Collins” in a cameo???
Michael Rapaport’s small cameo role is “Whigger #2.”
Dor sho gha! Did they land David Arquette to play Eli Manning? Hell, and Joaquin Phoenix to play Peyton?
Forrest Whitaker’s eyes will make a cameo as Michael Strahan’s teeth!
rough-around-the-edges
Madonna’s Vagina?
I enjoy Patton Oswalt so much that I’d watch him WATCHING a movie about football fans.
Patton’s shirt is actually a reference to his favorite indie movie of all time.
I used to deliver severe beatdowns at Giants Stadium’s Parking Lot.
My cousin’s nickname in high school was Texas Holder.
Ten bucks says there’s a part where he proves his commitment to the Giants by refusing to carry any Dallas players on his fantasy roster.
I think if you’ve already used the words “lonely”, “Living at home” and “obsessed”, you can probably go ahead and leave out “socially inept”.
Big Fan will premiere August 28th in NYC and Philadelphia. Release dates in other cities are continually being added, so be sure to check out the newly launched movie website for updated information!
http://www.bigfanmovie.com
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