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BEERFEST
The
Broken Lizard comedy group returns to the big screen in a new comedy that
proves revenge, like beer, is best served cold.
Warner
Bros. Pictures presents, a Cataland Films / Broken Lizard Production,
from the team behind the cult-hit Super Troopers, Beerfest
stars the Broken Lizard comedy group comprised of Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin
Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. Joining the cast
are Will Forte (Saturday Night Live), Ralf Moeller (Gladiator),
Mo-Nique (Soul Plane), and Eric Christian Olsen (Dumb and
Dumberer), with Jurgen Prochnow (Das Boot, The Da Vinci
Code) and Academy Award winners Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture
Show, Young Frankenstein) and Donald Sutherland.
Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, written by Broken Lizard, produced by Richard
Perello and Bill Gerber.
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PREACHING
TO THE CHOIR
(aka On The One)
A
gospel musical comedy set in Harlem with Eartha Kitt, Tim Reid, Patti
Labelle, Ben Vereen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Tachina Arnold and Billoah
Greene, winner of the American Black Film Festival Grand Prize for Best
Film, Audience Award Winner and Winner Best Actor.
A Cataland Films production, Preaching To The Choir is directed
by Charles Randolph-Wright, written by Kevin Heffernan and Peter E. Lengyel,
and produced by Richard Perello.
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CLUB
DREAD
When
a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete’s
Beach Resort, a hedonistic island paradise for swingers, it’s up
to the club’s staff to stop the violence…or at least hide
it!
The Broken Lizard comedy horror, from 20th Century Fox and Cataland Films,
starring Broken Lizard comedy group members Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan,
Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. Club Dread also
stars Bill Paxton, Brittany Daniel, MC Gainey, Jordan Ladd and Samm Levine.
Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, written by Broken Lizard and produced by
Richard Perello.
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SUPER
TROOPERS
Broken
Lizard’s cult comedy hit, Super Troopers, a fast-paced
comedy about cops, crime, and killing time. The Broken Lizard Comedy Group's
Sundance favorite about five Vermont State Troopers stationed on the Canadian
border who spend their time toying with speeders and sparring with their
rivals, the shifty local police force. Starring Broken Lizard’s
Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik
Stolhanske. Also starring Marissa Coughlan, Lynda Carter and Brian Cox.
Fox Searchlight presents a Cataland Films production, Super Troopers
is directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, written by Broken Lizard and produced
by Richard Perello.
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PUDDLE
CRUISER
The
first and very independent Broken Lizard film and Sundance sleeper, Puddle
Cruiser winner of the Hamptons International Film Festival Grand
Prize. Liberal arts college campus life gets a good-natured skewering
in this romp about friendship, love and purloined food. “Prepare
to laugh your ass off!” (Film Threat Magazine).
A
Cataland Films production released by 20th Century Fox, starring and written
by Broken Lizard comedy group members Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan,
Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar
and produced by Richard Perello.
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WAY
OFF BROADWAY
Dan
Kay’s romantic comedy feature film debut. Winner of audience awards
at the Stonybrook, and Texas Film Festivals, and grand prize winner at
the Westchester County Film Festival, five recent college graduates take
a crash course in life as they explore the dynamic conflict in friendships
involving sex, love and betrayal.
Directed and written by Daniel Kay and produced by Richard Perello, Joel
Blanco, and Andrew Charas.
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BROOKLYN
RULES
(aka Nailed Right In)
In
1985 Brooklyn, three boyhood friends come of age on the streets where
the violent have power.
When one becomes enamored by the mafia lifestyle, all three friends are
placed in grave danger as relationships and lives are threatened.
Starring
Alec Baldwin, Freddie Prinze Jr, Scott Caan, Jerry Ferrara, and Mena Suvari.
Written by Sopranos writer/producer, Terence Winter, directed
by Michael Corrente, and produced by Richard Perello, Michael Corrente,
Richard Barton Lewis, and Marisa Polvino. A Catalalnd Films and Revere
Pictures production.
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BIG
HELIUM DOG
A
mockumentary that chronicles and spoofs its own making, Big Helium
Dog is the story of a guy trying to cope with the loss of his friend.
He is pulled against his will into a lucrative TV deal that ultimately
falls through, but he eventually saves the world from destruction. Confused?
Well, the cows surely have the answer.
A
View Askew production, written and directed by Brian Lynch and produced
by Richard Perello, Kevin Smith, Kim Loughran, and Scot Mosier. |
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THE
GREEK ROAD
Coming soon… the
Broken Lizard answer to the ancient Greece road trip. Written by Broken
Lizard comedy group Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul
Soter, Erik Stolhanske and produced by Richard Perello. |
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THE
BABYMAKER
Coming soon… feature
comedy centering on a young husband who fails in his attempts to have
a baby with his wife so he and his buddies stage an elaborate heist to
retrieve a deposit he made years ago at a sperm bank.
Jay
Chandrasekhar will direct The Babymaker for Warner Bros. Pictures.
Kevin Heffernan will star. Written by Ice Age: The Meltdown scribes
Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow, produced by Richard Perello, Kevin Heffernan
and Jay Chandrasekhar. A Cataland Films / Broken Lizard Industries production. |
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TOCAYO
The
true story of a Cuban underground resistance leader, based on the critically
acclaimed book by Antonio Navarro. |
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RODEO
CLOWNS
A
feature-length documentary on the state of independent film, highlighting
the Broken Lizard comedy group's college tour of their feature film Puddle
Cruiser and their quest for distribution. |