Freddie Got Fingered
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| Directed by | Tom Green |
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Larry Brezner Howard Lapides Lauren Lloyd |
| Written by | Tom Green Derek Harvie |
| Starring | Tom Green Rip Torn Marisa Coughlan Eddie Kaye Thomas Harland Williams Anthony Michael Hall Julie Hagerty |
| Music by | Mike Simpson |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Edited by | Jacqueline Cambas |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million |
| Box office | $14.3 million |
Freddy Got Fingered is a 2001 American surrealist black comedy film directed by Tom Green and written by Green and Derek Harvie. The film follows Green as a 28-year-old slacker who wishes to become a professional cartoonist. The film's plot resembles Green's struggles as a young man trying to get his TV series picked up, which would later become the popular MTV show The Tom Green Show.
The film was critically panned at the time of its release, with many considering it as one of the worst films of all time. It won five Golden Raspberry Awards of its eight nominations, as well as a Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Worst Picture. Despite this, the film developed a cult following, and has also met with more positive assessments over time, most notably from The New York Times, Metacritic, IFC.com and Splitsider. Despite a mediocre box office run, the film became a financial success by selling millions of copies on DVD.
Unemployed 28-year-old cartoonist Gordon "Gord" Brody leaves his parents' home in Portland, Oregon, to pursue his lifelong ambition of obtaining a contract for an animated television series. His parents give him a car in which he drives to Los Angeles and starts work at a cheese sandwich factory. Gord shows his drawings to Dave Davidson, the CEO of a major animation studio; Davidson tells him that the artwork is not bad, but that the concepts depicted, including a vigilante "X-Ray Cat", are nonsensical. Disheartened, Gord quits his job and returns to his parents.
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