6.9

Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diary

2011, USA

• Actors: Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi, Amaury Nolasco, Marshall Bell, Bill Smitrovich, Julian Holloway, Karen Austin, Bruno Irizarry, Enzo Cilenti, Aaron Lustig, Tisuby González, Natalia Rivera, Julio Ramos Velez, Rafa Alvarez, Sasha Merced, Eduardo Cortés, Karimah Westbrook, Guillermo Valedon, William Charlton, Javier Grajeda, Miguel Angel Reyes, Terrance Harkless, Andy Umberger, Armando Perez, Bill Chott, Gavin Houston
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Bruce Robinson
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.

  5.7

The Ringer

2005, USA

• Actors: Johnny Knoxville, Brian Cox, Katherine Heigl, Jed Rees, Bill Chott, Edward Barbanell, Leonard Earl Howze, Geoffrey Arend, John Taylor, Luis Avalos, Leonard Flowers, Zen Gesner, Steve Levy, Alcides Dias, Mike Cerrone, Terry Funk, Janna Ambort, Bo Kane, Mohammad Ahmed, Brad Leland, Cassandra L. Small, John Rothman, Nicole Bradley, Sean Gildea, Lauren-Elaine Edleson, Ruth N. Straw, Richard Dillard, Hugo Perez, Steven Chester Prince, Diana Heart
• Genre: Comedy, Sport
• Director(s): Barry W. Blaustein
• Available languages:
  • English English.

This comedy is about two guys who decide to rig the Special Olympics to pay off a debt by having one of them, Steve (Knoxville), pose as a contestant in the games, hoping to dethrone reigning champion, Jimmy. Mentally-challenged high jinks and hilarity surely follow.

  5.2

Dude, Where's My Car?

2000, USA

• Actors: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Jennifer Garner, Marla Sokoloff, Kristy Swanson, David Herman, Hal Sparks, Charlie O'Connell, John Toles-Bey, Christian Middelthon, David Bannick, Turtle, Bob Clendenin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kevin Christy, Kristoffer Ryan Winters, Bill Chott, Michael Bower, John Melendez, Teressa Tunney, Linda Porter, Freda Foh Shen, Mitzi Martin, Nichole Hiltz, Linda Kim, Mia Trudeau, Kimmarie Johnson, Keone Young, Christopher Darga, Marc Lynn
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
• Director(s): Danny Leiner
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Jesse and Chester, two bumbling stoners, wake up one morning from a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car which prompts them on a journey to find it and along the way, they encounter a variety of people who include their angry girlfriends Wilma and Wanda whose house they trashed, an angry street gang, a transexual stripper hounding them for a suitcase full of stolen money, a cult of alien seeking fanatics, and a group of aliens in human form looking for a mystical device that could save or destroy the world.

  7.2

Galaxy Quest

1998, USA

• Actors: Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Enrico Colantoni, Robin Sachs, Patrick Breen, Missi Pyle, Jed Rees, Justin Long, Jeremy Howard, Kaitlin Cullum, Jonathan Feyer, Corbin Bleu, Wayne Pére, Sam Lloyd, Bill Chott, Morgan Rusler, Gregg Binkley, Brandon de Paul, Paul G. Kubiak, Gregory Colbrook, Jennifer Manley, John Patrick White, Todd Giebenhain, J.P. Manoux, Dan Gunther, Matt Winston
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
• Director(s): Dean Parisot
• Available languages:
  • English English.

The sci-fi television series Galaxy Quest, which took place aboard the intergalactic spaceship NSEA Protector, starred Jason Nesmith as suave Commander Peter Quincy Taggert, Gwen DeMarco as sexy communications person Lt. Tawny Madison (a role which consisted solely of repeating what the computer stated, much to Gwen's annoyance), Shakespearean trained Sir Alexander Dane as alien Dr. Lazarus, Fred Kwan as engineer Tech Sgt. Chen, and Tommy Webber as child gunner Laredo. Seventeen years after the show last aired, it lives on in the hearts of its rabid fans. However it lives on in infamy for its stars, who have not been able to find meaningful acting work since. Their current lives revolve around cashing in on however those roles will afford, which usually entails attending fan conventions or worse, such as shopping mall openings. Only Jason seems to relish his lot in life, until he finds out that his co-stars detest him because of his superior attitude as "the Commander", and much of the public considers him a laughing stock. Their lives change when Jason is approached by who he thinks are convention fans asking for help. They are in reality an alien race called Thermians, led by Mathesar, who have modeled their existence after the show, which they believe to be real. When Jason and then the rest of his co-stars (along with Guy Fleegman, who was killed off before the opening credits in only one episode) go along with the Thermians, Jason's co-stars who believe they are off to yet another paying gig, they learn that they have to portray their Galaxy Quest roles for real. With no scriptwriters to get them to a happy and heroic ending, they have to trust that their play acting will work, especially in dealing with the Thermian's nemesis, General Sarris. Guy in particular fears that he will go the way his character did on the show. But when they run across technical issues that they as actors didn't care anything about during the filming of the show and thus now don't know how to deal with, they need to find someone who should know what to do.