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'''''Epic Movie''''' is a 2007 American [[parody film]] written and directed by [[Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer]] and produced by [[Paul Schiff]]. It stars [[Kal Penn]], [[Adam Campbell (actor)|Adam Campbell]], [[Jayma Mays]], [[Jennifer Coolidge]], [[Faune A. Chambers]], [[Crispin Glover]], [[Tony Cox (actor)|Tony Cox]], and [[Fred Willard]]. A parody of the [[epic film]] genre, the film mostly references ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]'', [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'']], ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'', and ''[[X-Men (film series)|X-Men]]''.
 
The film was released on January 26, 2007, and it was unanimously panned by critics. Many have considered this to be [[List of films considered the worst#Epic Movie (2007)|one of the worst films of all time]]. Despite this, it was fairly successful at the box office, earning $86.9 million worldwide, more than four times its $20 million budget. The song "[[Ms. New Booty]]" by [[Bubba Sparxxx]] gained commercial attention for being featured in ''Epic Movie''.
 
==Plot==
Lucy finds that her adoptive father, a [[The Da Vinci Code (film)|museum curator, has been attacked by Silas]]. Before dying, he gives clues that lead her to a "Golden Ticket" in a [[vending machine]] [[candy bar]]. Fellow [[Nacho Libre|orphans]] Edward, a disillusioned [[monk]] trainee; Susan, a [[Snakes on a Plane|displaced]] adopted girl; and Peter, a [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutant]] at Mutant Academy who is often teased for his [[chicken]]-like wings, all find Golden Tickets. All four meet up at [[Willy Wonka|Willy's]] [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Chocolate Factory]]. Willy reveals his plot to use them all as a [[Human cannibalism|special ingredient]] in his treats.
 
Attempting to hide from the maniacal Willy, Lucy finds [[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|a wardrobe]]. On the other side, in the middle of a wintry [[forest]], she finds [[Mr. Tumnus]], who welcomes Lucy to [[Narnia|Gnarnia]] and warns her of danger. The others follow Lucy to Gnarnia, and Edward meets the [[White Witch|White Bitch]]. She convinces him to trap the other orphans in order to become the king of Gnarnia in her [[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle|White Castle]].
 
All four go to Tumnus' house, where they discover their relation to each other [[The Da Vinci Code (film)|in a copy of the famous painting ''The Last Supper'']], and that the White Bitch killed their parents. They ally themselves with Harry Beaver, Tumnus' life partner, to defeat the White Bitch.
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Edward sneaks off to the White Bitch's [[castle]]. When he refuses to reveal to her where the others are, she [[Exhibitionism|flashes]] him her breasts, hypnotizing him into giving up the information on the orphans, then imprisons him. The White Bitch sends Silas after the trio; Tumnus apparently sacrifices himself to ensure their safety.
 
Afterwards, the orphans meet a graying [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]], along with a balding [[Ron Weasley]] and a pregnant [[Hermione Granger]] at [[Hogwarts]]. They all help Lucy, Susan, and Peter train for the war against the White Bitch, accidentally killing [[Albus Dumbledore]], [[Minerva McGonagall]] and [[Rubeus Hagrid]] in the process.
 
[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest|Captain Jack Swallows]] helps Edward escape, only for Edward to find out it was a ruse as Jack, the Bitch's old enemy, needs intelligence out of Edward.
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Together, they kill the army, defeat the White Bitch, and stop her plan. Peter declares the White Bitch will receive a fair and just trial in the new Gnarnia, but Jack's wheel accidentally crushes her to death. The four are crowned the new rulers of the land. Tumnus then shows up, having survived his battle. Decades later, the four now-elderly rulers find the wardrobe again and go through it. They appear moments after they had left, young again. They meet [[Borat Sagdiyev|Borat]], who congratulates them on a happy ending, but then, Jack's wheel accidentally runs over the quartet, killing them. Borat then says his iconic "NOT!" before turning around and clapping his buttocks, ending the film.
 
===Extended version===
The unrated, longer version (released in the United Kingdom as the "Rude & Crude Unseen Version") of the film features some scenes not shown in the theatrical version. In an alternate ending, Willy, instead of Borat, comes in and says: "I told you it was going to be an epic adventure." Willy then goes in the wardrobe and puts out a [[Do not disturb sign|"do not disturb" sign]] that refers to the girl in the wardrobe. The [[Oompa-Loompa]]s come in and start singing a parody version of the Willy Wonka theme song. The four are then crushed by the wheel. Also, during the scene where Lucy is crushed under the junk that falls out of the wardrobe, the girl who runs out is nude, as opposed to wearing a bikini. In the ''[[Snakes on a Plane]]'' scene, when the Samuel L. Jackson lookalike yells, he replaces "goddamn" with "motherfuckin'".
 
==Cast==
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! Movie/TV
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| [[Kal Penn]] || Edward Pervertski || [[Edmund Pevensie]]/Juan Pablo/Kumar Patel/[[Augustus Gloop]] || ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Chronicles of Narnia]]''/''[[Nacho Libre]]''/''[[Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle]]''/''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''
|-
| [[Adam Campbell (actor)|Adam Campbell]] || Peter Pervertski/Super Peter || [[Peter Pevensie]]/[[Warren Worthington III|Angel]]/[[Superman]]/[[Charlie Bucket]]|| ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Chronicles of Narnia]]''/''[[X-Men (film series)|X-Men]]''/''[[Superman Returns]]''/''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''
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| Faune A. Chambers || Susan Pervertski || [[Susan Pevensie]]/[[Veruca Salt (character)|Veruca Salt]] || ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Chronicles of Narnia]]''/''[[Snakes on a Plane]]''/''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''
|-
| [[Jayma Mays]] || Lucy Pervertski || [[Lucy Pevensie]]/Sophie Neveu/[[Violet Beauregard]] || ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Chronicles of Narnia]]''/''[[The Da Vinci Code (film)|The Da Vinci Code]]''/''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''
|-
| [[Jennifer Coolidge]] || The White Bitch of Gnarnia || [[White Witch]]/[[Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)|Davy Jones]] || ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Chronicles of Narnia]]''/''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]
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* ''[[Rocky III]]'' (1982)
* [[Scarface (1983 film)|''Scarface'']] (1983)
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' (2006)<ref name="mtv-interview">{{Cite web |last=Adler |first=Shawn |title=Biggest Spoof Ever? 'Epic Movie' Skewers 'Borat,' 'Pirates,' 'Potter' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1550211/biggest-spoof-ever-epic-movie-skewers-borat-pirates-potter/ |website=MTV News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120100102/http://www.mtv.com/news/1550211/biggest-spoof-ever-epic-movie-skewers-borat-pirates-potter/ |archive-date=2018-01-20 |url-status=livedead |access-date=2020-09-24 }}</ref>
* ''[[Superman Returns]]'' (2006)<ref name="Berardinelli">{{Cite web |first=James |last=Berardinelli |author-link=James Berardinelli |title=Epic Movie |url=https://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/epic-movie |website=Reelviews Movie Reviews |access-date=2020-09-24 }}</ref><ref name="moriareviews">{{Cite web |date=2007-02-11|title=Epic Movie (2007) |url=http://www.moriareviews.com/fantasy/epic-movie-2007.htm |website=MoriaReviews.com |access-date=2020-10-16 }}</ref>
* ''[[The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift]]'' (2006)
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* [[Casino Royale (2006 film)|''Casino Royale'']] (2006)<ref name="moriareviews" />
* [[V for Vendetta (film)|''V for Vendetta'']] (2005)<ref name="moriareviews" />
* ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Hustle & Flow]]'' (2005)
* [[Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film)|''Get Rich or Die Tryin''']] (2005)<ref>{{Citation |title=Epic Movie (2007) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799949/movieconnections/ |access-date=2022-06-24}}</ref>
* ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' (2003)
 
=== Celebrities ===
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* [[Paris Hilton]]<ref>{{Cite web |author=DAILY NEWS STAFF AND AP REPORT |title='Epic Movie' shows in Dillon cinema |url=https://www.summitdaily.com/news/epic-movie-shows-in-dillon-cinema/ |access-date=2020-09-24 |website=www.summitdaily.com |date=January 29, 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Puff Daddy]]
* [[50 Cent]]
* [[Monty Python]]<ref name="pluggedin" />
 
==Release Production ==
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== Release ==
 
=== Home videomedia ===▼
The film was released on DVD on May 22, 2007, in anboth unrated version, and a theatrical version as wellversions. As of late 2009, 1,040,120 DVDs were sold, bringing in $16,807,388.<ref>{{cite web |title=Epic Movie - DVD Sales |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/EPICM-DVD.php |titleaccess-date=Epic Movie 2011- DVD Sales05-07 |publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=2011-05-07 }}</ref>▼
 
==Reception==
===Box office===
''Epic Movie'' debuted at number one at the [[box office]] with a gross of $18.6 million over the opening weekend.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/epic_movie/numbers.php |title=Epic Movie - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202024226/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/epic_movie/numbers.php |archive-date=February 2, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of May 8, 2007, the film has grossed $86,865,564, with $39,739,367 of that amount earned domestically.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=epicmovie.htm |title=Epic Movie (2007) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=September 10, 2016 }}</ref> The film was an economic success for its producers not least because it had a comparatively low budget, estimated at $20 million (the same as ''[[Date Movie]]'').
 
===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the''Epic filmMovie'' has an approval rating of 2% based on 66 reviews and an average rating of 2.338/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A crude comedy with nothing new or insightful to say about the subjects it satirizes."<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/epic_movie/ |title = Epic Movie (2007) |access-date = August 1, 2020 |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 17 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url = http://www.metacritic.com/movie/epic-movie |title = Epic Movie Reviews |access-date = 2016-12-01 |publisher = [[Metacritic]] }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |date=2007-01-28 |author=Nicole Sperling |title='Epic Movie' biggest at boxoffice |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/epic-movie-biggest-at-boxoffice-128914 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=2007-01-28 |quote=The highest-grossing movie of the frame scored the lowest with audiences, earning a C- from moviegoers.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 31, 2007 |author=Joshua Rich |title=An ''Epic Movie'' tramples the competition |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/01/31/epic-movie-tramples-competition/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |quote=a very poor C- CinemaScore review from audiences, three-quarters of whom, not surprisingly, were under age 25.}}</ref>
 
[[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film "irreverent and also appreciative, dragging its satiric prey down to the lowest pop-cultural denominator" and added, "The humor is coarse and occasionally funny. The archly bombastic score . . . is the only thing you might call witty. But happily, Jennifer Coolidge and Fred Willard show up ... to add some easy, demented class."<ref name="nytimes-review">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/27/movies/27epic.html |title=Bravely Setting Out to Mock Others |date=January 27, 2007 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=September 10, 2016 }}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' thought "only a complete idiot could think ''Epic Movie'' is remotely funny or worth making at all." Describing it as "so bereft of anything resembling wit or inspiration", he wondered, "What were the perpetrators, uh filmmakers, thinking?"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/REVIEW-Epic-Movie-s-tries-at-satire-fail-on-a-2653241.php |title=REVIEW / 'Epic Movie's' tries at satire fail on a grand scale |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=January 29, 2007 |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918012256/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/REVIEW-Epic-Movie-s-tries-at-satire-fail-on-a-2653241.php |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Alex Chun called the film "nothing more than a disjointed series of scenes and references cobbled together as a backdrop for sophomoric humor."<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |last=Chun |first=Alex |date=Jan 29, 2007 |title=A witless sampler is 'Epic Movie' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-29-et-epic29-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214456/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-29-et-epic29-story.html |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ronnie Scheib of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said it was "epically unfunny" and "unlikely to join the list of blockbusters it lampoons."<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: 'Epic Movie' |first=Ronnie |last=Scheib |date=January 26, 2007 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/epic-movie-1200510840/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417212215/http://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/epic-movie-1200510840/ |archive-date=April 17, 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=September 10, 2016 }}</ref> The ''[[Radio Times]]'' said "There's very little that's epic about this senseless parody, but then there's very little that's funny about it, either... It's mind-numbingly, tediously unamusing and is so devoid of imagination it even parodies self-mocking films."<ref name="radiotimes">{{cite web |author= Jamie Russell |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/w8fw/epic-movie/ |title=Radio Times - TV news and guide, TV and radio listings, film reviews guide |work=[[Radio Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212522/https://www.radiotimes.com/film/w8fw/epic-movie/ |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=September 10, 2016 }}</ref>
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===Accolades===
''Epic Movie'' was nominated for three [[Golden Raspberry Awards]] at the [[28th Golden Raspberry Awards|28th ceremony]]: [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel|Worst Remake or Rip-off]], [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]] (Carmen Electra), and [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]] (Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer).<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 23, 2008 |title=Nominations for the Razzie Awards |url=https://iowastatedaily.com/176203/uncategorized/nominations-for-the-razzie-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221102511/https://iowastatedaily.com/176203/uncategorized/nominations-for-the-razzie-awards/ |archive-date=December 21, 2023 |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Iowa State Daily]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Derek |date=February 28, 2008 |title=Lohan sweeps Razzies |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/lohan-sweeps-razzies-1117981366/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629202200/https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/lohan-sweeps-razzies-1117981366/ |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |access-date=December 21, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
 
▲==Home video==
▲The film was released on DVD on May 22, 2007, in an unrated version, and a theatrical version as well. As of late 2009, 1,040,120 DVDs were sold, bringing in $16,807,388.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/EPICM-DVD.php |title=Epic Movie - DVD Sales |publisher=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=2011-05-07 }}</ref>
 
==See also==
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[[Category:2007 comedy films]]
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[[Category:2000s parody films]]
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[[Category:Parody films based on James Bond films]]
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[[Category:English-language action adventure films]]
[[Category:English-language fantasy films]]
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