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Director's Cut

  • 2016
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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Harry Hamlin, Penn Jillette, and Missi Pyle in Director's Cut (2016)
DIRECTOR'S CUT! On VOD and Blu-Ray/DVD on May 29th! 

From Dread Central Presents comes the new film from the crazed minds of director Adam Rifkin and Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller)! In this ultimate meta movie, Herbert Blount (Penn Jillette) is a crowdfunding contributor for the new Adam Rifkin feature KNOCKED OFF. Unhappy with the film, he steals the footage and kidnaps actress Missi Pyle to star in his own director's cut!
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Herbert Blount aspires to replace the real director of a movie and make it his own by capturing the lead actress and inflicting much horror upon her in his version.Herbert Blount aspires to replace the real director of a movie and make it his own by capturing the lead actress and inflicting much horror upon her in his version.Herbert Blount aspires to replace the real director of a movie and make it his own by capturing the lead actress and inflicting much horror upon her in his version.

  • Director
    • Adam Rifkin
  • Writer
    • Penn Jillette
  • Stars
    • Missi Pyle
    • Penn Jillette
    • Harry Hamlin
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    773
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Adam Rifkin
    • Writer
      • Penn Jillette
    • Stars
      • Missi Pyle
      • Penn Jillette
      • Harry Hamlin
    • 17User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Director
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      • Penn Jillette
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    User reviews17

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    8adwood42

    I Had a Great Time!

    Not a cookie cutter formulaic film. I thought it was really well done. Definitely worth watching. Incredibly original.
    7arfdawg-1

    Surprisingly Good

    Well I'm fans of P&T so maybe I'm biased but I liked this movie. Penn is at his heaviest and looks really old with the dyed long hair. He looks so much better today.

    Anyway in some weird way the whole thing works!
    9xjeff-250-639054

    Creepy, Dark and Hilarious!

    Others have already explained the plot so I won't go into that here. Let's just say that Director's Cut has a lot more layers than you might expect. The underlying cop drama is beautifully shot and Herbie's director's commentary is very funny.

    There are numerous throw-away one-liners and inside jokes and some of the special effects will have you laughing out loud.

    The car chase near the end was spectacular!
    5mstrsjulie

    One Trick Pony

    Loved The Last Movie Star so I streamed this on Amazon. I came away underwhelmed. A little too much Penn Jillette for one movie and basically one joke about his character being obsessed with Missi Pyle.
    10neighthd

    Genre buster

    Great piece, throws the movie rules out the window and twists its will onto the screen.

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    • Trivia
      Penn Jillette lost so much weight (around 120 lbs) after principle photography ended that they were unable to go back and do any re-shoots or pick-up scenes as he looked so dramatically different.
    • Quotes

      Herbert Blount: Usually the police captain in movies is an exasperated African American man, but we went with the lady from Insidious.

    • Crazy credits
      Movie begins with a false disclaimer in all-capital letters:

      Attention Movie Watchers

      The views expressed in the following directors [sic] commentary are the opinions of the movie maker alone and not the corporate hacks who butchered this movie in the first place.
    • Connections
      Featured in Half in the Bag: 2018 Catch-Up (part 2 of 2) (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Touch
      Written by Grant Cox

      Performed by Grant Cox

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    • Release date
      • May 29, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Режиссёрская версия
    • Production company
      • Clink Productions
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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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