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Jerry accidentally erases every movie at a local video store after becoming magnetised. In order to keep the struggling business afloat, store employee Mike and Jerry begin remaking the films in the store one by one. Their hilariously low-budget versions of films such as GHOSTBUSTERS and RUSH HOUR 2 soon begin to draw attention and business to the store, but that creates a whole new set of problems for the pair.

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ProducerGeorges Bermann, Michel Gondry, Julie Fong

EAN5060146919609

eBay Product ID (ePID)102136554

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ActorMelonie Diaz, Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow

DirectorMichel Gondry

Release Year2009

GenreGeneral, Comedy

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Number of Discs1

FormatUMD

LanguageEnglish

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

Director of PhotographyEllen Kuras

ReviewsTotal Film - It takes a special talent to wring so much warm, humane comedy out of such a screwy premise. But the real triumph is how Gondry uses it to champion no-budget indie filmmaking, salute cinema's unifying properties and thumb his nose at the Hollywood system. Bravo!

Certificate12A/12

Consumer AdviceContains infrequent moderate sex references and comic violence

Additional InformationMusic-video-director-turned-auteur Michel Gondry continues to charm with the low-tech offering, BE KIND REWIND. Set in dreary Passaic, New Jersey, the comedy centres on two of the town's residents: trouble-making Jerry (Jack Black) and well-meaning Mike (Mos Def). Mike works in a video store in an age where the VHS is long dead, but the store's owner, Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover), doesn't seem to be in any hurry to change. When Mr. Fletcher leaves town for a trip, he entrusts his store to Mike with one piece of advice: don't let Jerry in the store. But after some mischief, Jerry returns to the store in a strange state. Not only is he weirder than usual, but he's also magnetised, which causes the entire store's stock to be erased. In order to keep the struggling business afloat, Mike and Jerry begin remaking the films in the store one by one. Their hilariously low-budget versions of films such as GHOSTBUSTERS and RUSH HOUR 2 soon begin to draw attention and business to the store, but that creates a whole new set of problems for the pair.<BR>Though Gondry's three previous fiction films--HUMAN NATURE, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, and THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP--were all essentially love stories, BE KIND REWIND captures another kind of romance. Both the writer-director and his characters are in love with the cinematic medium itself, and their devotion shows. This is simply a hilarious comedy, fun for film fans of all types, which celebrates the sheer joy of watching and making films.

Movie/TV TitleBe Kind Rewind

ComposerJean Michel Bernard

Executive ProducerGuy Stodel, Tobias Emmerich

Sound sourceDolby Digital

ScreenwriterMichel Gondry

Run Time97 mins