| Broken Lizard | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Film |
| Nationality | United States |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Genres | Physical comedy, Gross-out humor |
| Influences | National Lampoon, Chevy Chase |
| Notable works and roles | Super Troopers (2001) Club Dread (2004) Beerfest (2006) |
| Members | Jay Chandrasekhar Kevin Heffernan Steve Lemme Paul Soter Erik Stolhanske |
Broken Lizard is a comedy group best known for its films Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Comedy may be divided into multiple Genres based on the source of humour the method of delivery and the context in which it is delivered Physical comedy also known as Slapstick is a comedic performance relying mostly on the use of the body to convey Humor. Toilet humour, or scatological humour, is a type of off-colour humour dealing with Defecation, Urination, Flatulence, Vomiting Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase (born October 8 1943 is an American Emmy Award-winning Comedian, Writer, and television and film Super Troopers, (also known as Broken Lizard's Super Troopers) is a 2001 Comedy film written by and starring the Broken Club Dread (also known as Broken Lizard's Club Dread) is a 2004 comedy / Horror film, written by the comedy group Beerfest is a 2006 Beer -themed Comedy film by the comedy group Broken Lizard. Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American Actor, Comedian, Writer, and Film director Kevin Heffernan (born May 25 1968 is an American actor writer producer and director and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group Steve Lemme (born November 13, 1968, in New York City is an American actor writer and producer and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group Paul Soter (born August 16, 1969, in Sacramento California) is an American actor writer and director and one of the members of the Broken Lizard Erik Stolhanske (born August 23, 1968, in Minneapolis Minnesota, USA is an American actor writer and producer and one of the members of the Broken Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Super Troopers, (also known as Broken Lizard's Super Troopers) is a 2001 Comedy film written by and starring the Broken Club Dread (also known as Broken Lizard's Club Dread) is a 2004 comedy / Horror film, written by the comedy group Beerfest is a 2006 Beer -themed Comedy film by the comedy group Broken Lizard. The five members of the group are Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American Actor, Comedian, Writer, and Film director Kevin Heffernan (born May 25 1968 is an American actor writer producer and director and member of the Broken Lizard comedy group Steve Lemme (born November 13, 1968, in New York City is an American actor writer and producer and one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group Paul Soter (born August 16, 1969, in Sacramento California) is an American actor writer and director and one of the members of the Broken Lizard Erik Stolhanske (born August 23, 1968, in Minneapolis Minnesota, USA is an American actor writer and producer and one of the members of the Broken They all jointly write and act in their films, with Chandrasekhar usually the director.
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Film career
Broken Lizard's first film, Puddle Cruiser, was shot on campus at Colgate University and around the town of Hamilton, where the comedy troupe all attended the same college. Puddle Cruiser is a 1996 Comedy film, the first full-length film created by the Broken Lizard Comedy group Colgate University is a private liberal arts college located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County New York, USA Broken Lizard's first wide-release film was Super Troopers, which focuses on five apparently inept Vermont state police officers. Super Troopers, (also known as Broken Lizard's Super Troopers) is a 2001 Comedy film written by and starring the Broken Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. State police are a type of sub-national Territorial police force, particularly in Australia and the United States. The film premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, was sold by Cinetic Media and acquired by Fox Searchlight, which released it worldwide in February 2002. The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. Fox Searchlight Pictures is the specialty film division of 20th Century Fox, established in 1994 The film received a mediocre critical response during its theatrical release. The group's next film, 2004's Club Dread, revolved around a killer being set loose on an island resort. An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant
In 2006, Broken Lizard released the film Beerfest, which follows two American brothers who assemble a team of beer drinkers in order to defeat a team of Germans in an international drinking game tournament. Beerfest is a 2006 Beer -themed Comedy film by the comedy group Broken Lizard. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as Drinking games are Games which involve the drinking of Beer or other Alcoholic beverages These games commonly take place at house parties public bars or Broken Lizard's next film, The Slammin' Salmon, began shooting on January 7, 2008. The Slammin' Salmon is an upcoming 2008 film by Broken Lizard. It stars the Lizards alongside Michael Clarke Duncan and the film will reunite the group with Bill Paxton, who starred in the troupe's Club Dread. Michael Clarke Duncan (born December 10 1957) is an American Actor, best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in The Green William "Bill" Paxton (born May 17, 1955) is an American Actor and Film director. Club Dread (also known as Broken Lizard's Club Dread) is a 2004 comedy / Horror film, written by the comedy group [1]
Side projects
Chandrasekhar has established a career as a television director. A television director directs the activities involved in making a Television Episode. He has directed episodes of the Fox television shows Undeclared, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Arrested Development, Oliver Beene, and Cracking Up. Undeclared is an American Television series that aired on Fox during the 2001&ndash2002 TV season Andy Richter Controls the Universe is a sitcom which aired from 2002-2003 on the FOX network. Arrested Development is a character-driven American television Sitcom about a formerly wealthy habitually Dysfunctional family. Oliver Beene was an American television Sitcom. Set in 1962 and 1963, the show chronicled the trials and tribulations of the 11-to-12-year-old Cracking Up is a short-lived American television sitcom created by School of Rock writer Mike White.
Heffernan co-wrote the screenplay to the 2005 film On the One and has acted in films like Sky High and Strange Wilderness. Coolin' Off is the first studio album by the New Orleans LA based band Galactic. Sky High is a 2005 Superhero film from Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Mike Mitchell and was written by Paul Hernandez Strange Wilderness is a 2008 Comedy Film produced by Adam Sandler 's production company Happy Madison Productions for
Lemme has co-produced the movies The Decade and Boxes.
Soter has recently finished writing and directing the film noir comedy film Watching the Detectives, which stars Cillian Murphy and Lucy Liu. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation For the Elvis Costello song see Watching the Detectives (song Watching the Detectives is a 2007 Romantic comedy film Lucy Alexis Liu ( born December 2, 1968) is an American actress. Soter, Lemme, and Stolhanske also appear in the film.
Stolhanske has acted in small parts in a number of television shows and films.
Planned films as of 2008
- The Slammin' Salmon is about employees of a restaurant who compete to see who can earn the most money in one night. The Slammin' Salmon is an upcoming 2008 film by Broken Lizard. It is currently in post-production, and is scheduled to be released in late 2008. [2]
- The Babymaker involves a married man, Kevin, who, after his wife wants a baby, learns that he has become sterile. He had been a sperm donor some time ago, however, and gathers his buddies to break into a fertility clinic and steal his old sperm back. [3]
- Jay Chandrasekhar and Julia Dray are developing the comedy Taildraggers, written by Will Gluck. Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American Actor, Comedian, Writer, and Film director The film will be about five twenty-something pilots who work for a rinky-dink airline in Alaska. Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent The plot kicks into gear when the guys find out a rival airline is siphoning oil from a nature preserve. nature reserve ( natural reserve, nature preserve, natural preserve) is a Protected area of importance for Wildlife, flora This will be the first broad comedy produced by Participant Productions, a company known for making socially and ecologically conscious films, such as An Inconvenient Truth, Syriana, Fast Food Nation and North Country. Participant Media is an American Production company, whose initial movies have gained critical acclaim and major film awards An Inconvenient Truth is an American Documentary film about Global warming, presented by former United States Vice President Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller Film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Fast Food Nation The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (2001 is a book by Investigative journalist Eric Schlosser that examines the local and [4]
- Marcus Raboy, best known for helming Friday After Next, has signed on to direct the urban comedy Tow Truck, a joint venture between Broken Lizard and Our Stories Films, the studio behind the box-office and critical bomb, Who's Your Caddy?. Friday After Next is a 2002 Comedy film, directed by Marcus Raboy starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps. A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery truck or a breakdown lorry) is a vehicle used to transport disabled Our Stories Films is an American Film studio. It was founded in 2006 by Robert L Who's Your Caddy? is a 2007 Comedy film directed by Don Michael Paul and starring Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, Lil Wayne The film is about two brothers who resurrect a moribund tow truck business to earn enough money to save their neighborhood from commercial development. The movie is set to begin filming in late Spring 2008. [5]
Other projects
Over the past few years, the members of Broken Lizard have expressed the intent to work on several projects:
- Super Troopers 2 - A sequel to the 2001 film Super Troopers has been talked about since the original became a cult classic. A cult film is a Film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. As of January 2008, Broken Lizard has a general outline and had begun negotiations with Fox. [6] The movie is expected to be set in the 1970s and follow the fathers of the main characters in the original film. [7]
- Ambulance Chasers: a comedy that tells the story of a couple of ferociously aggressive personal-injury lawyers fighting over a new client. [8]
- Take My Wife: a comedy directed by Chandrasekhar that revolves around an average guy who jokingly swaps wives with a Hollywood superstar. [9]
- Greek Road: an R-rated comedy set in Ancient Greece. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca The movie will follow Heffernan as a young Plato who is a freshman wrestling student at Athens University. Biography Early life Birth and family Plato was born in Athens Greece Plato is planning to wrestle for the university in the Olympics, but he is failing his Basic Thought class; so the university hires Socrates, a senior played by Lemme, to tutor Plato. SOCRATES is the European Community action programme in the field of Education. Plato ends up cheating and passing the class, and the two travel to Mt. Olympus together. On the road, Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades (played by the other three members) make bets on whether or not Plato and Socrates will make it and begin getting in their way. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology In Greek mythology, Poseidon ( Greek:; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the Sea and as "Earth-Shaker" Hades (from Greek, Hadēs, originally, Haidēs or, Aidēs, probably from Indo-European *n̥-wid- 'unseen' refers both to the ancient [10]
Filmography
- Puddle Cruiser (1996)
- Super Troopers (2001)
- Club Dread (2004)
- Beerfest (2006)
- The Slammin' Salmon (2008)
References
- ^ My Space: Broken Lizard
- ^ Yamato, Jen (2008-03-05). Puddle Cruiser is a 1996 Comedy film, the first full-length film created by the Broken Lizard Comedy group The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient Super Troopers, (also known as Broken Lizard's Super Troopers) is a 2001 Comedy film written by and starring the Broken The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages Club Dread (also known as Broken Lizard's Club Dread) is a 2004 comedy / Horror film, written by the comedy group The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place Beerfest is a 2006 Beer -themed Comedy film by the comedy group Broken Lizard. The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest The Slammin' Salmon is an upcoming 2008 film by Broken Lizard. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Sneak Peek: Inside Broken Lizard's Next Film, Slammin' Salmon. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
- ^ Worst Previews
- ^ CHUD.com - A film site for the brilliant
- ^ Variety.com - Raboy takes wheel of 'Tow Truck'
- ^ My Space: Broken Lizard
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0859635/ Super Troopers 2 (2010)
- ^ Moviehole.net - After Beerfest, Ambulance called
- ^ Take My Wife
- ^ Moviehole.net - What's next for Broken Lizard?
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