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Be Kind Rewind (2008)

PG-13 | | Comedy | 22 February 2008 (USA)
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Two bumbling store clerks inadvertently erase the footage from all of the tapes in their video rental store. In order to keep the business running, they re-shoot every film in the store with their own camera, with a budget of zero dollars.

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Storyline

In Passaic, NJ, Elroy Fletcher runs a video store in a condemned building he claims was the birthplace of Fats Waller. Fletcher goes on a Waller centennial trip, leaving his foster son Mike in charge of the store. Mike's peculiar friend Jerry tries to sabotage a power station and nearly electrocutes himself, getting magnetized in the process. He inadvertently erases every tape in the store. Mike and Jerry hatch an plan to hide the disaster by making a homemade "Ghostbusters" to rent to a woman whom Fletcher will be phoning to check on them. Soon, with help, their homemade versions of films develop a cult following. Will this new business save the store and the building? What about Fats? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Sometimes the best movies are the ones we make up. See more »

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Rated PG-13 for some sexual references | See all certifications »

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22 February 2008 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Rebobinados  »

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,388,146 (UK) (22 February 2008)

Gross:

$11,169,531 (USA) (25 April 2008)
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Trivia

Sigourney Weaver stars as Ms. Lawson. She also stars in the film Ghost Busters as Dana Barrett, which was the first film to be re-made by the characters in Be Kind Rewind. See more »

Goofs

When Mr Fletcher sets off on his trip, the train leaves going back the way it came, even though Passaic does not appear to be a terminal. See more »

Quotes

Jerry: [while shooting "Driving Miss. Daisy", Alma chases the car with the camera] Who is that hussy chasing after us? Be gone, hussy.
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Connections

References Pirates of Treasure Island (2006) See more »

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Solitude
Written by Edgar De Lange (as Eddie DeLange), Duke Ellington and Irving Mills
Published by EMI Mills Inc., Famous Music LLC and Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Performed by Jean-Michel Bernard
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Skillfully Directed, Decent Acting, and A lot of Fun
22 February 2008 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

OK let me start off saying that i loved Eternal Sunshine and had pretty high hopes for this film. Michael Gondry did a more than exceptional job to capture the tone of this film which i'll describe as old-school, and scraggly. Jack Black once again played the same part he usually does just a funny weird dude, Mos Def did a real nice job a lot better than I expected after seeing him in Hitchikers Guide to The Galaxy. Danny Glover was really great. But the thing I loved about this film is that it was so different from the usual cliché comedy. The movie does have some flaws but what the heck, just go see it and relax. Its not supposed to be a Citezen Kane. Overall the film was real fun and actually a little touching, so go see it. I recommend it for sure. Real Fun!!


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