Fanboys
Fanboys is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Kyle Newman, and starring Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, and Kristen Bell. The story follows a group of Star Wars fans who head on a road trip to Skywalker Ranch to steal a rough cut of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) for their dying friend. The Weinstein Company released it in the United States on February 6, 2009. Metacritic assessed the critical reception as "mixed". Rotten Tomatoes, another aggregator, said it received negative reviews and called it "undercooked [and] sporadically funny".
Plot
In 1998, Eric Bottler reunites with his old high school buddies Linus, Hutch, Windows, and Zoe at a Halloween party. Now a car salesman at his father's dealership, Bottler finds that his friends have not matured since high school, though they all still share a love of Star Wars. The gang anticipates the latest film, Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Linus proposes Bottler and he infiltrate Skywalker Ranch and steal a rough cut of the film, a childhood plan that Bottler dismisses.
Cast
- Allie Grant
- Billy Dee Williams
- Carrie Fisher
- Chris Marquette
- Christopher McDonald
- Craig Robinson
- Dan Fogler
- Danny McBride
- Danny Trejo
- David Denman
- Ethan Suplee
- Isaac Kappy
- Jaime King
- Jason Mewes
- Jay Baruchel
- Joe Lo Truglio
- Kevin Smith
- Kristen Bell
- Kyle Newman
- Lou Taylor Pucci
- Noah Segan
- Pell James
- Ray Park
- Sam Huntington
- Seth Rogen
- Tom Savini
- Will Forte
- William Shatner
More details
| author | Adam Frederick Goldberg Ernest Cline |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California Texas |
| director | Kyle Newman |
| editor | James Thomas Seth Flaum |
| events | Star Wars fandom |
| genre | adventure comedy |
| keywords | arrest attack auto detailing best friend break call girl car salesman comic book artist date detailing business eat episode i: the phantom menace escort girl escort girls fan fanboys film star flee follow force former best friend george lucas halloween party harry knowles horrify injured las vegas peyote phone call return home rough cut security guard skywalker ranch star trek star wars their way trekkie wait what if what if the movie sucks? |
| musicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| producer | Dana Brunetti Evan Astrowsky Kevin Spacey Matthew Pernicaro |
| productionCompany | Trigger Street Productions |
| publisher | The Weinstein Company |
| recordedAt | New Mexico |
| theme | high school road movie |