Will ferrell plays jackie moon, a onehit wonder who used the profits from the success of semipro is an outrageous comedy set in. Semi pro was an excellent spoof of the american basketball association aba that was in business from 196776. Unfortunately, for semipro, ferrell is that guy at the bar. Here are some early details for this will ferrell comedy. It made a name for itself with such innovations as the threepoint shot and slamdunk contest. Will ferrell stars in semipro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick aba a fastpaced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the nba and made a name for itself with innovations like the threepoint shot and slam dunk contest. Nov 29, 2007 all 21 songs from the semi pro 2008 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. The film is written by scot armstrong old school, directed by kent.
Will ferrell stars in semipro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick aba a fastpaced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the nba and made a name for. This movie struggles for laughs, in part because the writing is lazy with too much of the humor being obvious and easily telegraphed, and in part because semi pro is obsessed with being a sports film rather than merely parodying one. A throwaway scene in semipro, a comedy starring will ferrell as jackie moon, the owner, coach, promoter and star of a struggling 1970sera basketball team, boils mr. The film was directed by kent alterman and stars will ferrell, woody harrelson, andre benjamin and maura tierney. It was also coming off of the heels of another will ferrell sports movie, blades of glory.
Jackie moon, the ownercoachplayer of the american basketball associations flint michigan tropics, rallies his teammates to make their nba dreams come true. Semipro is a 2008 sports comedy film directed by kent alterman and staring will ferrell, andre benjamin, will arnett, woody harrelson, maura tierney, andrew daly, and david koechner. When i sank into my seat to watch semi pro, i thought i was settling into a typical will ferrell variety pg film talladega nights, blades of glory, anchorman. Will ferrell stars in semipro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick aba a fastpaced, wild and crazy basketball league that.
David koechner in semipro 2008 christopher mintzplasse at an event for. Bear from will ferrell s semi pro kills trainer the grizzly bear that wrestled will ferrell s character in the recent film semi pro seemed to obediently follow cues which made its killing of its trainer with a bite to the neck all the more stunning. Will ferrell stars in semi pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick aba a fastpaced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the nba and made a name for itself with innovations like the threepoint shot and slam dunk contest. Semi pro sees will ferrell starring as jackie moon who owns, coaches and plays for the flint michigan tropics in a lower level basketball league but when the league decides to join forces with the nba and take 4 of its teams being able to make the step up whilst the others will be dropped from the league. A throwaway scene in semipro, a comedy starring will ferrell as jackie moon, the owner, coach, promoter and star of a. Latest news about semipro, starring will ferrell, woody harrelson, will arnett, andre 3000 and directed by. The soundtrack to will ferrells 2008 basketball comedy, semipro, features an entertaining collection of tunes befitting its 1970s setting. Semi pro 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Bear from will ferrells semipro kills trainer the grizzly bear that wrestled will ferrells character in the recent film semipro seemed to obediently follow cues which made its killing of its trainer with a bite to the neck all the more stunning. Bear from will ferrells semipro kills trainer huffpost. Not only is he the teams owner hes also the coach, promoter, and a starting player. Reilly and will ferrell through the years 2 our favorite coaches from movies and tv 1. For example, his movie that came afterwards, step brothers, was already starting to dominate most other comedy movies in terms of advertising. Semi pro is a 2008 sports comedy film directed by kent alterman and staring will ferrell, andre benjamin, will arnett, woody harrelson, maura tierney, andrew daly, and david koechner. Will ferrell and woody harrelson take on the world of professional basketball in this hilarious tale of the mythical flint, michigan tropics owner, coach and star player jackie moon and his quest to take his losing and talentfree team all the way to. Jan 23, 2008 will ferrell stars in semi pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick aba a fastpaced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the nba and made a name for. The r rating is for language and some sexual content. Ferrell movie predicts impossible moment newscomau. Within the first two minutes and the first three fwords, i realized that either the rating system had finally crumbled altogether, or. Semi pro wsfsdvd in 1970s michigan, the age of big hair and short shorts, one man goes all the way in his search for glory and redemption.
Feb 29, 2008 semi pro, the new will ferrell movie, is stuffed with familiar frat house funnyboys andy richter, will arnett, rob corddry, david koechner but the funniest character is probably the mid1970s. Semipro is a 2008 american sports comedy film from new line cinema. Semi pro 2disc special edition wsdvd will ferrell stars in semi pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick aba a fastpaced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the nba and made a name for itself with innovations like the threepoint shot and slam dunk contest. Ken altermans comedy semipro was not a major hollywood success. Semipro has an r rating that liberates ferrell from being familyfriendly, as in a foulmouthed poker game that ends in a russianroulette stunt out of the deer hunter. The soundtrack to will ferrell s 2008 basketball comedy, semi pro, features an entertaining collection of tunes befitting its 1970s setting. All 21 songs from the semipro 2008 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. The film was directed by kent alterman and stars will ferrell, woody harrelson, andre. Starring will ferrell and woody harrelson, the basketball parody movie was deemed a flop by critics, scoring 22% on rotten tomatoes. Semipro takes place in the 1970s and is all about a small time basketball team named the flint michigan tropics. It focuses upon the flint, michigan tropics who are owned by jackie moon will ferrell.
Ferrells macho manchild persona down to a sentence. In 1976 it merged with the national basketball association. Semipro is a 2008 sports comedy film about jackie moon, the ownercoachplayer of the american basketball associations flint michigan tropics, who rallies his teammates to make their nba dreams come true directed by kent alterman. Semipro 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Feb 29, 2008 a throwaway scene in semipro, a comedy starring will ferrell as jackie moon, the owner, coach, promoter and star of a struggling 1970sera basketball team, boils mr. The movie stars will ferrell as jackie moon, the ownercoach of the flint, michigan tropics, a losing aba franchise. In his latest movie, semipro, ferrell did not write the screenplay. Semipro alleyoops over to dvd and bluray on june 3rd mar 24, 2008. Semipro 2008 soundtrack complete list of songs whatsong. Ferrell plays jackie moon, a onehit wonder who used the profits from the success of his charttopping song love me sexy.
Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. The disco decade is the setting for this amiably sloppy basketball comedy, and it has a hairstyle puffy, a rhythm funk, a material polyester, and a flavor shasta red. Semipro is an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick abaa fastpaced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the nba. When i sank into my seat to watch semipro, i thought i was settling into a typical will ferrellvariety pg film talladega nights, blades of glory, anchorman. Next, ferrell wasnt even really the films protagonist, woody harrelson was.
Read the semipro movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Semipro is an intermittently funny, halfhearted attempt at sports satire, and one of will ferrells weaker cinematic efforts. Released february 29th, 2008, semipro stars will ferrell, woody harrelson, andre benjamin, maura tierney the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of 47 out of 100. Hell, ferrell is funny when he just drops into a movie for a few scenes zoolander, starsky and hutch, wedding crashers. Will ferrell stars in semipro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick aba a. The league was known for its flashy play and financial troubles. Latest news about semi pro, starring will ferrell, woody harrelson, will arnett, andre 3000 and directed by. Semipro is an intermittently funny, halfhearted attempt at sports satire, and one of will ferrells weaker. This movie came out in 2008 and stars will ferrell, woody harrelson, and will arnett. Semipro sees will ferrell starring as jackie moon who owns, coaches and. The disco decade is the setting for this amiably sloppy basketball comedy, and it has a hairstyle puffy, a rhythm funk, a material polyester.
If you see a possum try to kill it okay its not a pet. In semipro, will ferrell plays jackie moon, a 70s onehit wonder who used his money to buy the tropics, an american basketball association team in his hometown of flint, mich. Aug 22, 2017 will ferrell stars in semi pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick aba a fastpaced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the nba and made a name for. Within the first two minutes and the first three fwords, i realized that either the rating system had finally crumbled altogether, or semi pro was seriously rrated. With will ferrell, woody harrelson, andre benjamin, maura tierney.
He then asked me if i had seen the movie semi pro in theaters when it first came out. Semipro sees will ferrell starring as jackie moon who owns, coaches and plays for the flint michigan tropics in a lower level basketball league but when the league decides to join forces with the nba and take 4 of its teams being able to make the step up whilst the others will be dropped from the league. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Semipro sees will ferrell starring as jackie moon who owns, coaches and plays for the flint michigan tropics in a lower level basketball league but when the league decides to join forces with the nba and take 4 of its teams being able to make the step up. This movie struggles for laughs, in part because the writing is lazy with too much of the humor being obvious and easily telegraphed, and in part because semipro is obsessed with being a sports film rather than merely parodying one. Semi pro is a 2008 sports comedy film about jackie moon, the ownercoachplayer of the american basketball associations flint michigan tropics, who rallies his teammates to make their nba dreams come true. Semi pro is an intermittently funny, halfhearted attempt at sports satire, and one of will ferrell s weaker cinematic efforts. Ferrell plays jackie moon, a onehit wonder who used the profits from the success of his. It could have been a will ferrell comedy ala anchorman or talladega nights. Semipro, the new will ferrell movie, is stuffed with familiar frat house funnyboys andy richter, will arnett, rob corddry, david koechner but the funniest character is probably the mid1970s. Unfortunately, for semi pro, ferrell is that guy at the bar. Semi pro takes place in the 1970s and is all about a small time basketball team named the flint michigan tropics.
On the laughmeter scale, semi pro ranks much lower than ferrell s other comedies, even those that take multiple viewings to really appreciate, like anchorman. In short, if you like will ferrel, or 70s funk the soundtrack is hella dope, see this movie. Hey all, i have a used semi pro dvd for sale today. However, this classic underdog movie has its funny moments, but theyre not.
See more ideas about will ferrell, athletic tank tops and basketball movies. The marketers of the movie certainly knew which kind of movie. In semipro, will ferrell plays jackie moon, a 70s onehit wonder who used his money to buy the tropics, an american basketball association team in his. There are few printable catchphrases or jokes though there are several creative rrated curses, and the plot follows a basic sportsdrama arc underdog team must whip into shape. The head coach, owner, and promoter is jackie moon will ferrell and he and his team dream of expanding to be part of the big time nba. Semipro wsfsdvd in 1970s michigan, the age of big hair and short shorts, one man goes all the way in his search for glory and redemption. When the aba commissioner david koechner announces that only the top four teams will merge into the more successful national. So a friend of mine at work a few years back was talking with me and we were joking around. Penned by old school scribe scot armstrong, semipro tells the tale of. Will ferrell stars in semipro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976. This movie does not have any ferrell humor or any good humor at all. Will ferrell, dressed as jackie moon from the film semipro, poses with heidi klum, dressed as a flint tropics cheerleader, during a sports illustrated 2008.
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