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Black hits 'Rewind' for Gondry

NEW YORK -- Jack Black is set to star in Michel Gondry's eccentric comedy "Be Kind Rewind," playing a junkyard worker whose brain is magnetized, destroying every tape in his friend's video store and forcing the pair to remake the lost films. Focus Features International has nabbed international sales rights to the under-$20 million Partizan production, which begins a two-month shoot Sept. 6 in New York. In the film, Black plays Jerry, a man whose headaches lead him to believe his brain is melting. His brain is magnetized, leading to the unintentional destruction of movies in his friend's store. In order to keep the store's one loyal customer, an elderly lady with signs of dementia, the pair re-creates a long line of films including "The Lion King," "Rush Hour," "Back to the Future" and "Robocop." Producer Georges Bermann of Partizan said Gondry, who has partnered with Partizan since 1989, came to him in November with several ideas. "Michel is a super-fast writer," Bermann said. "He handed in a draft three weeks. Focus was interested the second they heard the pitch and made the deal within a week."

Who said there aren't any original ideas left.

i dont get it

why dont they just go and buy more copies?

LMAO

Where's the fun in that?

I want to see Jack Black play Chris Tucker in Rush Hour.

i see. so this will be like red eye. a kewl flick with an obviously flawed premise.

i'd like jack black to play christian bale in Machinest

They don't have the money?

Clearly, Jack can't go buy more...or else he'd erase those, too.

Duh. :o

This sounds original and funny, but for those already labeling Gondry a genius, I have two words: Human Nature.

I have two more

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Thats six.

wouldn't it be more expensive to ... recreate?

or is it...


No, I checked, you're right.

You're missing the big picture. Why the hell are they renting VHS copies of Rush Hour?

VHS ROCKS!

One winner and one loser do not a genius make. Human Nature was bad, bad, bad.

Buying Dozens of VHS copies < Filming it in Your Basement

Assuming you already have the camera.

filming dozens of films would cost much more.

I'm assuming they won't be vivid recreations of those films. It won't be the Lion King on Broadway.

Exactly.

Why are we arguing about the plausability of a Michel Gondry film anyway?

i completely disagree.

Cost of video tape + some props alone > 1 vhs tape per movie.

films like lion king now cost less than 6 bucks on tape.

....

If we get original ideas like this, I say go back to remakes...

A very unenthusiastic meh.

I love the title and premise.

I heard about this in my screenwriting class.

This is probably the best concept ever in my opinion.

I'm sure that there's more to the idea then it simply being cheaper then buying the movies.