As funny and well-received as Adam McKay.s The Other Guys was, one of the main topics of conversation about the film is the end credits sequence. Playing while Eva Mendes and Cee-Lo sing .Pimps Don.t Cry,. the sequence is an animation that highlights some incredible statistics that give insight to the economic crisis we currently find ourselves in. Some say that it.s great, some say it.s out of place and some say that it.s too politically charged. To get the story behind it, I went to talk to the people that made it. Created by Picture Mill Studios in Los Angeles, three members of the team - Grant Nellessen, the art director, William Lebeda, the creative director, and David Midgen, the producer . were kind enough to sit down with me and talk about the animation, from its inception to people.s reactions. Watch the credits...
- 8/13/2010
- cinemablend.com
If you haven't seen The Other Guys, this may actually be better. The closing credits, while related to the crime sub-plot of the movie, are completely separate from the film. They'll probably be up for some kind of award, if that exists.
Because the criminal in The Other Guys is bilking the public out if its money, director Adam McKay went to William Lebeda and Picture Mill to develop something really unique for the end of the movie. It's not funny, it doesn't look or feel like The Other Guys - more like I.O.U.S.A. - and it makes you think.
Lebeda was contacted by Moviefone, who said, "We did a little bit of research. To get specific numbers, we hired a copywriter, Mark Tapio Kines. He found all the numbers through different online sources."
"Sony had to vet everything to confirm we weren't making up facts,...
Because the criminal in The Other Guys is bilking the public out if its money, director Adam McKay went to William Lebeda and Picture Mill to develop something really unique for the end of the movie. It's not funny, it doesn't look or feel like The Other Guys - more like I.O.U.S.A. - and it makes you think.
Lebeda was contacted by Moviefone, who said, "We did a little bit of research. To get specific numbers, we hired a copywriter, Mark Tapio Kines. He found all the numbers through different online sources."
"Sony had to vet everything to confirm we weren't making up facts,...
- 8/12/2010
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
This weekend, the number one movie in America was The Others Guys, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, directed by frequent Ferrell collaborator Adam McKay.
The director sat down with MTV to answer a few burning questions about the comedy. Warning: his answers absolutely contain spoilers about the movie.
They asked McKay, who also co-wrote the screenplay, why Highsmith and Danson (Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson) plummeted to their death in the opening minutes. Apparently they entertained a number of deaths, including auto-erotic asphyxiation, but the PG-13 rating restricted them (a common thread in McKay’s responses). They ultimately settled on the jump, which was “so much fun” and set to “My Hero” by the Foo Fighters. “Originally in the script, you didn’t see them hit the ground. But I thought, ‘You gotta shoot that,’” McKay told MTV.
What was with the constant references to lyrics from ’90s girl group Tlc?...
The director sat down with MTV to answer a few burning questions about the comedy. Warning: his answers absolutely contain spoilers about the movie.
They asked McKay, who also co-wrote the screenplay, why Highsmith and Danson (Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson) plummeted to their death in the opening minutes. Apparently they entertained a number of deaths, including auto-erotic asphyxiation, but the PG-13 rating restricted them (a common thread in McKay’s responses). They ultimately settled on the jump, which was “so much fun” and set to “My Hero” by the Foo Fighters. “Originally in the script, you didn’t see them hit the ground. But I thought, ‘You gotta shoot that,’” McKay told MTV.
What was with the constant references to lyrics from ’90s girl group Tlc?...
- 8/10/2010
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
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