Strange Wilderness
by Fred Wolf
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Actor: Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Justin Long, Kevin Heffernan, Steve ZahnDirector: Fred Wolf
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Writer: Fred Wolf
Writer: Peter Gaulke
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Strange Wilderness
Movie Review: Funny, not Actor's Studio Material.. but Funny!!! The bad reviews are misleading!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, I thought this movie definitely shined most the time - Yes there are drug humor references.. so what? It was hilarious to watch - kept me in stitches throughout. Talking about how we could learn from the gentle ways of bigfoot while on an expedition, then filling him full of lead when they are surprised by Bigfoot walking out of a cave, when bigfoot utters "huh?"... then afterward the troop trying to justify killing him by asking the others around a campfire.. what was the last thing that horrible monster said.. and one responds.. "I think he said, huh? like he was surprised or something". Funny! A guy tattooing eyes on his eyelids so the people will think he is awake when he is asleep, the crazy voice overs to old stock animal footage.
It's a funny parody of Wild Kingdom-esque footage from the old days with some fun party humor mixed in - Yes.. if you liked grandmas boy (which I did) you will like this. It is witty, yet tasteless humor made for a sick mind - I Love it! And for all the bad reviews, I really wonder what your idea of top notch humor is... Love Guru? It is so easy to critique but I don't think this movie deserved the many bad reviews it got - we live in strange times where the movie Twilight is a blockbuster of sorts - and American Idol teens rule the ratings - a sad day for sure.
One thing I really DON'T like (and this happens a lot in movies that don't do as well as the corporation would like) is that since it didn't do so well, they didn't bother releasing a soundtrack.. there are lots of good songs on there that are credited but there are also a few that aren't credited and have no way of knowing who sung it. They may have been made just for the movie and are really good! I fear that these songs (one in particular) will never make it out of corporate limbo to my ipod because of the movie's poor numbers. I feel sorry for the musicians that will never really get their due.
There is a song in particular that I would kill to know who sung... it is being played during the RV scene when the nitrous tank springs a leak and they are partying with body paint, wedding dresses for the men, the gal is riding a guy's back like a bucking bronco, and this song that has the following lyrics is blaring; "Gonna climb a mountain for ya, gonna touch the sky, sun's burning out my eyes".. or something like that. Very cool sounding song with slow tempo, yet hard 70's rock feel - I want this song, but nobody knows squat about it. Release it already! Its been long enough! Forget the fact that the movie didn't make much.. maybe the songs will?
Summary of Strange Wilderness
Animal enthusiast Peter Gaulke (Steve Zahn) and his sidekick Fred Wolf (Allen Covert) host an ailing wildlife TV show "Strange Wilderness," which is in a steep ratings decline. Desperate to save the show, Peter hatches a Hail Mary scheme to find the one animal that could truly turn the show around and change the nature-show landscape forever ? Bigfoot.As lunkhead comedies go, Strange Wilderness never creates the necessary frisson to keep a viewer engaged by the film?s endless parade of marijuana jokes, gross-out sight gags, and celebrations of rank stupidity. Which is too bad, because the cast would be ideal for a smarter version of a stupid movie, but they come off as largely wasted here. Steve Zahn (That Thing You Do) plays Peter Gaulke, heir to a wild animal television program called "Strange Wilderness," but too out of it to keep up his late father?s congenial yet focused legacy. With the show?s ratings plummeting (even at a 3 a.m. broadcast time), Peter attempts to rescue the series by traveling to Ecuador in search of Bigfoot. Accompanied by a crew of idiots (Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Justin Long) and one comely lass (Ashley Scott of TV?s Jericho), Peter heads into one obstacle after another: sharks, piranha, pygmies, Mexican border guards, a crazy tracker (Robert Patrick), and a nitrous high. After awhile, the lowbrow hijinks all run together and one feels a bit trapped, desperately awaiting final credits. But there are a couple of recurring comic ideas that salvage the movie somewhat, especially the use of stock footage of animals accompanied by Peter?s absurd voiceovers. ("The shark can be found only in two places: the northern and southern hemispheres.") --Tom Keogh
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