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羅遜費巴
編劇 導演
《侏羅紀公園2》 雲斯漢 Vince Vaughn
《孖咇勇探》 賓史迪拿 Ben Stiller
《愛情嚟料》姬斯汀泰萊 Christine Taylor
主演
賓史迪拿 Ben Stiller
斯圖亞干輝Stuart Cornfeld
監製
11月4日 左閃右避
發行︰二十世紀霍士影片公司
片長︰92 mins
級別︰IIA
網址︰http://www.dodgeballmovie.com/
英國《鏡報》︰
「繼《情迷索瑪莉》後，《屎波快閃隊》能夠成為年度的喜劇之最，實在要歸功於這些不修飾的二級半幽默和矢中的的笑話。」
英國《Daily Telegraph》︰
「本年度寥寥可數的優質主流喜劇當中，終於等到賓史迪拿式的喜劇回歸。」
英國《Daily Star》︰
「《屎波快閃隊》…一齣粗鄙低俗得來，卻讓你合不攏咀的笑片。」
故事簡介
鋪鋪堅健身中心老闆花彼特（雲斯漢飾演），有領導才能卻又無甚作為，一天惡夢降臨他身上──由於經營不善，茂利祖正面臨被收購的危機。
這間簡陋的健身室卻有一班與它不相伯仲的常客︰一個喜歡自封海盜的大男人、骨瘦如柴卻又整天發白日夢要追求啦啦隊隊員的男子、迷戀古怪運動的病態狂迷、由內至外似足白痴的少男和一個趾高氣揚自以為無所不知的怪人。
向茂利祖打主意的正是高大威（賓史迪拿飾演），一個極端自大狂，亦是健身界大阿哥鋪鋪堅健身中心的話事人。由於花彼得向來沒有整理茂利祖的財政紀錄，對經濟狀況更是置之不理，讓對手更有機可乘。
銀行委派了檢察官嘉妃（姬斯汀泰萊飾演）處理茂利祖的業權移交，但嘉妃卻被彼得吸引著，倒轉槍頭加入茂利祖的行列，誓要扭轉劣勢…還有眾人的劣根性。而唯一的辦法就是與世界健身中心在閃避球場，上演一場生死大戰。
偏門運動──閃避球
英國《The Guardian》︰
「這是今年最好的喜劇，2008年北京奧運應將閃避球納入比賽項目之一。」
英國《The Evening Standard》︰
「為甚麼奧林匹克運動會沒有這項奇特的運動？」
閃避球──一種香港觀眾比較陌生的運動。「《閃波快閃隊》是一齣真正能讓觀眾感受到閃避球的痛楚的電影，在過百雙眼睛前被球迎面擊中的尷尬羞辱完全呈現在眼前。」監製兼主角之一賓史迪拿這樣形容他的電影。與他在銀幕上對決的雲斯漢，認為這不只是一齣讓觀眾捧腹的電影︰「它講述一群與世俗脫節的人，偶然走在一起，最後卻能尋回自尊，和值得他們捍衛的事物──健身中心。而閃避球就是令他們再抬起頭做人的轉捩點。」
《屎波快閃隊》是羅遜費巴首部執導的荷里活電影。費巴是個運動發燒友，他希望將運動融入喜劇當中，而閃避球正是最好的選擇。「人們從不會認真看待閃避球，但是每一個美國人內心深處都有一段關於閃避球的回憶，因為他們在球場上都總擲過球……或被球擲中過吧﹗」
在構思劇本時，費巴運用了一套自己的有趣傳統喜劇解剖學︰「人的身體上，有兩個部分被擊中時，觀眾也會感受到痛楚，然後卻會大笑。」他所指的就是面和下體。「就好像劇鬼才梅爾布魯克所說︰『如果我切除了腳指，那是悲劇；如果你從高處墮下跌斷了腿，那則是喜劇。』」
由於《屎波快閃隊》是首部以閃避球為題材的電影，費巴初時完全找不到投資者，因為完全無資料可以推算一部閃避球電影將會取得怎樣的票房。最後，劇本到了賓史迪拿手上，而他與本片另一監製斯圖亞干輝（Stuart Cornfeld）的Red Hour Films立即決定投資。
「這個劇本引人發笑。」斯圖亞干輝（Stuart Cornfeld）說。賓史迪拿對劇本內的角色很感興趣，而且「閃避球」是個觀眾熟悉卻從未有人涉獵的題材。「玩閃避球的兒時記憶，既喚起恐懼，又帶點榮耀。或者被球擲中的經驗會勾起我們的報復心。我想很多藝人都被球擲中過，所以他們現在都在搞破壞。」
拍攝前特訓營
為了鞭策出全隊的最佳狀態，製作單位為他們度身訂做了一個特訓營。「我們想讓所有比賽場面更逼真，尤其是球員的投球技巧。」賓史迪拿對特訓抱充滿信心。
「人人都以為玩閃避球只是一門簡單的學問，亦沒有預期太高的體力勞動。但當特訓開始後，他們才意識到它是一項運動，而劇痛將會是必然的後遺。」在特訓的過程中，痛楚和損傷漸漸成為演員們的家常便飯。
意外終於發生。在一次綵排當中，史迪拿投出一個無定向的球，結果球向姬斯汀泰萊的粉臉直飛。被拍檔兼丈夫擲中的姬斯汀笑著說︰「他的競賽精神大於一切，我望著他擲出的球向我飛，來不及閃避就朝我面上撞過來。他為了此事內疚不已，但打中面只是傷害了我的自尊吧。」 史迪拿的無定向投擲同時亦為三部攝影機帶來災難，幸好未至於毀了它們。
特訓營除了達到訓練演員節奏感及體能的目的外，亦為製作過程添加了不少歡樂，為演員建立了自信，到正式拍攝時全隊的競賽精神已被推至頂峰了。
關於選角
英國《The Guardian》︰
「賓史迪拿的《非常索凸務》、《非常外父揀女婿》，雲斯漢的《全職浪子》及《Made》，均為他們奠下搞笑形象。但二人從未遇過這樣的劇本──一個關
於閃避球的故事，勝過不少笑片，卻又如此不經修飾、絕不造作的喜劇。」
雲斯漢 飾演 花彼特
導演羅遜費巴對「花彼特」一角不作他人選，雲斯漢是他的唯一考慮。「雲斯漢就好像《捉鬼敢死隊》裡面的標梅利，瀟灑而吸引人。」斯圖亞干輝（Stuart Cornfeld）對雲斯漢讚不絕口︰「他能夠令利彼得這個角色充滿感情，把他的深度演繹得淋漓盡致。彼得這個角色性格善良卻不介意別人怎樣看他。」
雲斯漢本人既欣賞喧鬧式的笑料，亦對電影裡頭的深層意義有所領略。「這些人物每天都可以在你身邊找得到。他們令我想起《綠野仙蹤》裡的主角，他們也是窮盡力氣找尋自己已有的，好像感情和勇氣。」
賓史迪拿 飾演 高大威
英國《The Independent》︰
「……賓史迪拿繼《非常外父揀女婿》後最令人發笑的演出。」
賓史迪拿願意監製本片，令導演費巴喜出望外，因為他本身也很欣賞賓史迪拿的喜劇。由他來演高大威一角，更令費巴興奮，因為在他眼中史迪拿是一個反應快而充滿創意的演員。「在喜劇世界，幾乎沒有他做不來的事情。」費巴說
高大威的形象十分誇張︰假扮哂黑的皮膚、白得反光的牙齒、定型的頭髮加上八字鬚。斯圖亞干輝（Stuart Cornfeld）形容高威白是一個「極端至病態的自大狂，心底卻自我憎恨及缺乏安全感」。由於高大威加入鋪鋪堅健身中心前是一向都是超磅的，所以在改善自己身形的同時亦要杜絕任何人步他的後塵。
這個「騎呢」角色正好讓賓史迪拿充分發揮其喜劇細胞。斯圖亞干輝（Stuart Cornfeld）深信他有本事演繹出這一個極度自我中心的白痴。
姬斯汀泰萊 飾演 嘉妃
片中最重要的女角嘉妃是高大威的追求對象，但這個受僱處理茂利祖業權移交的女律師令大威十分kick手。她不但拒絕高大威的追求，更與花彼得走在一起，加入茂利祖這支水皮球隊對抗鋪鋪堅健身中心。費巴說︰「姬斯汀泰萊與茂利祖的一班瘋人組成了最佳拍擋，她的喜劇天份及韻律感實在無懈可擊。」
利普托恩Rip Torn 飾演 教練球王何伯
Rip Torn則飾演曾經叱吒閃避球界的教練球王何伯，為了延續年輕的夢，誓要將茂利祖訓練成頂尖球隊。「何伯是一個與時代脫節的老伯，他對閃避球很熟悉，但卻對社會現況一無所知，所以他是快樂的。」Rip Torn這樣解構自己的色。
亞倫杜迪克 飾演 長毛
「我想在隊中有一個言行皆像海盜，甚至真心相信自己是海盜，卻又完全無人理會的隊員，應該會很有趣。」費巴說。這個角色卻成為了測試這齣喜劇受歡迎程度的指標。「當好幾個人讀過劇本之後，我發現因為長毛而大笑的人，就會為這齣電影而笑破肚皮。」
經過一輪篩選，羅遜費巴見過不少演員，其中不乏出色的演繹，但卻與他們的要求背道而馳。「長毛從來不是想扮演一個海盜，他真心相信自己是海盜。」羅遜費巴最後選中了亞倫杜迪克。「雖然角色只有大概十句對白，但阿倫卻足以令觀眾留下深刻印象。無論有沒有對白的場景，他彷彿都在提醒觀眾，長毛就在那兒坐著。這絕對不是易事。」
萬勿錯過…
世界排名第一單車手，美國的岩士唐會於本片現身，難道你會錯過？
演員簡介
雲斯漢
雲斯漢憑著其外形，成功成為新一輩的年輕偶像演員。最近曾與賓史迪拿及奧雲韋遜合作演出《孖咇勇探》。曾經演出的包括《瘋狂三支公》、《親密殺機》、《移魂追兇》、《觸目驚心98》及《全職浪子》。
大導演史提芬史匹堡看過雲斯漢在《全職浪子》中的演出後，形容他為「六、七年才有一個的電影界新星」，並邀請他演出《侏羅紀公園2︰迷失世界》。《全職浪子》亦為雲斯漢贏得荷里活的注意。
賓史迪拿
賓史迪拿是當代喜劇之王之一，無論演出及編劇均贏得不少讚賞。
繼較早期的《非常外父揀女婿》及《情迷索瑪莉》後，近期新作包括票房成績均不俗的《情場算死草》及與雲斯漢合作的《孖咇勇探》。
史迪拿的導演作品同樣精彩。他首部自導自演的電影是與雲露娜維達合作的《不朽真情》。隨後執導另一位荷里活笑匠占基利主演的《衰鬼線人》。
隨大銀幕外，賓史迪拿亦有在百老匯舞台及電視留下蹤跡，包括曾獲艾美獎最佳喜劇劇本的《The Ben Stiller Show》。
姬斯汀泰萊
姬斯汀跟賓史迪拿這對夫妻檔早在《非常索凸務》中已經合作過。浪漫電影《愛情嚟料》中的演出，讓觀眾首次留意她。她亦曾參演好幾齣獨立電影及二十世紀霍士的電視連續劇，包括《Party Girls》。
Remember your childhood fears - perhaps born on your local playgrounds- of a red rubber ball hurtling towards your head? Or the sweet taste of revenge when you threw it right back at the class bully? Well, get ready to once again dodge, duck, dip and dive…dodgeball is back, and this time it's not just for the schoolyard.
Dodgeball is becoming a cultural phenomenon. Adult dodgeball leagues are springing up in major cities, Vanity Fair called the game the "It Sport," and The New York Times and Fortune recently heralded the sport's re-emergence.
So the time is ripe for a poignant motion picture that brings dignity and respect to the world of competitive dodgeball. A tale in the tradition of great films about legendary sports heroes. An emotionally stirring look at the thrills of victory and the heartbreaks of defeat.
We'll let you know when that movie is made.
In the meantime, we have DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY, a film that grabs life by the ball. The story's protagonist, Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), is a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe's. The facility's clientele of decidedly less-than-"average Joes" is made up of a self-styled pirate, a scrawny nerd who dreams of impressing an unattainable cheerleader, an obsessive aficionado of obscure sports, a dim-witted young man, and a cocky know-it-all who, of course, really knows nothing.
Peter's humble gym catches the eye of White Goodman (Ben Stiller), the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness. White intends to take over Average Joe's, and Peter's non-existent bookkeeping is making it all too easy for him. A foreclosing bank has stationed attorney Kate Veatch (Christine Taylor) inside Average Joe's to finalize Globo's takeover of the gym. But Peter's boyish charms win her over and Kate joins his team of social rejects to beat the odds - and their own ineptitude - to try to save Average Joe's. How? A showdown dodgeball competition against Globo Gym.
"Finally," says DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY producer/star Ben Stiller, with tongue planted at least a little in cheek, "there is a real dodgeball film that doesn't pull any punches and really shows the pain and humiliation associated with having a ball slam you in the face, in front of lots of people." Stiller's on-screen nemesis, Vince Vaughn, sees amidst the film's raucous comedy, a universal tale of honor. "It's about people who don't fit in a traditional way, who come together and find self-respect and something - their gym - worth defending. Dodgeball becomes a vehicle for them to learn some life lessons and stand up for themselves."
Honor? Life lessons? Perhaps. But one thing is certain: DOGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY blazes new trails in motion picture history. Which is to say, it is the first major studio feature film on the subject. "A dodgeball movie is uncharted film territory," says Rawson Marshall Thurber, the film's writer/director, "but at the same time it inhabits the same tradition of great underdog movies like 'Stripes,' 'The Bad News Bears' and 'Meatballs,' which follow an archetypal comedy framework: scrappy underdogs take on the socially, financially or athletically gifted and prevail against all odds."
For his feature film directorial debut, Thurber, a sports fanatic who gained industry attention with his "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker" commercial spots for Reebok, wanted to merge the worlds of athletics and comedy. Dodgeball, he concluded, was the perfect sport to do that. "No one takes dodgeball seriously, but everyone has a visceral memory of it one way or another: you're either getting hit or hitting someone with a ball," says Thurber.
In crafting his screenplay for DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY, Thurber considered what he calls the classic comedy anatomical "zones": the face and groin. "Those are two places where if you hit somebody, onlookers or audiences are going to wince - and laugh," says Thurber. "It's like Mel Brooks says, 'If I stub my toe that's tragedy; if you fall down and break your leg, that's comedy."" Just like the hapless office workers getting pummeled by a 300-pound linebacker in Thurber's "Terry Tate" spots.
Thurber's screenplay, while well received by studio executives, initially failed to find a buyer. Says Thurber: "I'd hear things like, 'Wow, this is really funny … but we don't want to make a dodgeball movie.' Apparently there's very little data on how dodgeball movies perform at the box office, mostly because there were no other films on the subject."
Ultimately, Red Hour Films, a production company headed by Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld, snapped up the script after a Red Hour receptionist read it and passed it on to a company production executive, who then gave it to Cornfeld. Finally, it landed on Ben Stiller's desk.
"We thought the script was hilarious," says Cornfeld. "It had great characters and a subject new to films, yet one that nearly everybody has had some experience with." Stiller adds, with a laugh: "We all carry the emotional weight and scars of the fear and glory, and, sometimes, the humiliation, that we experienced playing dodgeball as children. Perhaps these experiences led some of us to seek revenge. I think many people in show business were bad dodgeball players, and now they're 'working things out.'"
With Stiller and Cornfeld producing, and Twentieth Century Fox coming aboard to finance and distribute the picture, the filmmakers began casting. For the role of Peter LaFleur, Thurber insists he considered only Vince Vaughn. "I tried to listen to my 'Vince Vaughn 'patter meter' when I was writing the character," says the director. "Vince has a similar kind of rakish, endearing charm that Bill Murray had in films like 'Stripes,' 'Meatballs' and 'Ghostbusters.'" Adds Cornfeld: "Vince really gives a lot of heart to the role of Peter, who's unimpressed by surface things. The character has a good soul but doesn't care if people like him."
Vaughn appreciated the script's raucous humor and takes special note of its heart. "The characters are people you identify with," he says. "It reminds me, believe it or not, of 'The Wizard of Oz.' The Oz characters, like ours, are searching for things they already have, like heart and courage."
Thurber was thrilled that Stiller, one of his comedy idols, would be producing DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY. He was even more pleased that Stiller, quite unexpectedly, also decided to take on the role of White Goodman. "Ben's a quick, inventive actor," says Thurber. "There's very little he can't do in comedy."
Stiller's White Goodman is a self-made man who projects an image of faux sexiness: fake tan, blazing white teeth, perfectly coiffed hair feathered, greased and highlighted to perfection, and a handlebar mustache. The character is, as Cornfeld describes him, "an extremely tightly-wound egomaniac with a core of self-hatred and insecurity." This insecurity is born, at least in part, from his past. "White used to be very heavy," Stiller points out. "Now, having completely transformed his appearance and his life, he's on a rampage, running over anyone who gets in his way."
White is a character for whom Stiller could employ the full force of his comedic talents. "Ben has the ability to play roles where the character is 1,000% committed to what he believes in - no matter how idiotic that belief may be," says Cornfeld.
The reluctant object of White's twisted affections is Kate Veatch, a lawyer hired to facilitate foreclosure proceedings on Average Joe's. Her repulsion at White's advances, and her attraction to Peter, lead her to join Average Joe's misfit dodgeballers in their high-stakes match against Globo Gym. "Christine's a great 'straight man' to the crazies around her," says Thurber. "Her comedic timing and rhythm are impeccable."
Rip Torn takes on the character of Patches O'Houlihan, a dodgeball legend who is trying to mold Average Joe's into a dodgeball killing machine. Patches has come a long way - downward - from his glory days. "Patches is a sick, twisted and filthy old man who knows a lot about the game but very little about social comportment," says Torn. "So of course he was a joy to play."
Among the hapless team members victimized by Patches' coaching is one Steve the Pirate, a self-styled buccaneer whose answer to life's challenges is a growled "Aaargggh!" "I thought it would be funny to have a character who walks, talks and thinks of himself as a pirate, and nobody even blinks at it," says Thurber. The director was surprised when the character became a comedy "litmus test" for people reading the script. "I discovered that if you 'got' Steve the Pirate, then I knew you really 'got' the whole movie," he says.
Steve the Pirate, like most of the DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY characters, is outrageous, but in casting the role, the filmmakers were looking for anything but an over-the-top reading. "A lot of people we auditioned did a kind of Long John Silver-on-amphetamines," says Thurber. "But Steve the Pirate was never about somebody pretending to be a pirate. It's not Halloween, and he's not doing schtick." To that end, the filmmakers cast Juilliard-trained actor Alan Tudyk as Steve. "The character has little dialogue, maybe 10 lines, but Alan makes him memorable," says Thurber. "He's always doing something, always keeping the character of Steve the Pirate alive in every scene, even if he has nothing to say. That's no small task."
Another Average Joe's dodgeballer is Justin, whom Cornfeld describes as "the kind of kid who gets slammed into someone's locker on a regular basis and who is tortured throughout high school." Justin Long, who played a Trekkie-like character in "Galaxy Quest" (one of Thurber's favorite films) plays the abused young man. Stephen Root (the hapless Milton in the cult hit "Office Space"), Chris Williams (Krazee-Eyez Killa in "Curb Your Enthusiasm"), and newcomer Joel Moore round out the Average Joe's team. Key players on White Goodman's Globo-Gym squad are Missi Pyle ("Along Came Polly") as uni-browed, Romanovian dodgeball ringer Fran, and Jamal E. Duff as the massive Me'Shell Jones.
Many of the cast had vivid, if not completely pleasant, memories of playing dodgeball. Says Christine Taylor: "I remember playing the game as a youngster, but we called it 'battleball' and all the girls hated it. If you weren't a kick-ass athlete, it could be a painful experience." Stephen Root says the version he played was called "murder ball." "Basically," he recalls, "all the big kids came and threw hard rubber balls at our heads, and laughed. So it wasn't a pleasant experience."
But writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber insists that his memories of dodgeball were anything but painful. "I didn't write the script to work through a childhood trauma," he says. "As a kid, I actually loved dodgeball." Thurber, like many adult Americans, has re-embraced the game, playing in leagues that are springing up around the country.
To whip the cast into optimum shape, Thurber and stunt coordinator Alex Daniels set up a special training camp. "We wanted our onscreen games and players to feel authentic," says Stiller, "especially in our throwing techniques."
"People don't realize playing dodgeball is exhausting," says Thurber. "It's a serious cardiovascular workout." Adds Cornfeld: "Everyone thought playing dodgeball in the film was going to be just like it was when they were on the playground in grade school. At training camp, they soon realized dodgeball was a sport, with all the aches and pains that go with a competitive activity."
Aches, pains and minor injuries, such as skinned knees, sore shoulders and even a torn rotator cuff, were constant companions to the actors as they honed their dodgeball skills. During one rehearsal, an errant throw from Ben Stiller smacked co-star - and wife - Christine Taylor in the face. "Ben's competitive spirit really took over during the dodgeball scenes," laughs Taylor. "He did his left-handed wind-up, and threw the ball as hard as he could, and I saw it hurtling toward me. But he has no aim, and the ball hit me hard in the face. He felt really bad about it, but the only serious damage done was to my ego."
"Yeah, I guess that's why I got the nickname 'Wild Thing' during production," says a contrite Stiller. "Because my aim was always off." Stiller also managed to hit three Steadicams, which happily suffered no permanent damage either.
While the objective at dodgeball camp was for the cast to learn the rhythm and rules of the game, as well as gain the necessary fitness to last through the weeks of filming, humor, competition and a healthy dose of ego were omnipresent. The cast's competitive spirit kicked into high gear when the cameras started rolling, crowds gathered to watch the contests and filming, and the playing was for real.
The dodgeball competition scenes were shot inside a gym at Cabrillo High School in Long Beach, California. The production crew transformed the school's basketball arena into the glitzy home of the Las Vegas International Dodgeball Open Championships, which had a Vegas strip club vibe. There, in front of screaming fans, Average Joe's competed against several teams, leading up to their high-stakes dodgeball match with their arch-rivals, the Purple Cobras of Globo Gym.
For the Average Joe's gym set, production designer Maher Ahmad ("The Fugitive") created a threadbare, shopworn feel. Cotton fibers, wood, frayed carpet, natural lighting, and old gym equipment gave Average Joe's a warm, lived-in feel. "Average Joe's is full of misfits and losers," says Ahmad. "But the gym has heart and the feeling. It's like a clubhouse to these people." In contrast, Globo Gym is sleek and smooth, full of chrome, glass and metal. Everything is synthetic - there are no plants or natural fabrics.
The costumes, designed by Carol Ramsey, also reflect the different worlds and players. Average Joe's dodgeball uniforms are loose and classic-looking, a hybrid of basketball and soccer uniforms. Globo Gym's Purple Cobras ("maybe the most ridiculous team name in movie history," says Thurber) sport purple, form-fitting Spandex uniforms with external armor.
DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY brings a game and a motley assortment of characters to life. Maybe dodgeball isn't something you have thought about recently, but for many people it's woven inextricably into the fabric of our childhood. "When you say the word 'dodgeball' people either break into a sweat or into a smile," says Thurber. "You remember the smell of the gym and the dodgeballs…and the humiliation."
VINCE VAUGHN (Peter LaFleur), a potent combination of charm and charisma, has made his mark among today's generation of talented young actors.
Vaughn recently starred with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in "Starsky and Hutch," directed by Todd Phillips. Vaughn played the villain Reece Felman.
Vaughn also starred in the box office hit "Old School" for director Todd Phillips. The film followed three college buddies (Vaughn, Luke Wilson, and Will Ferrell) who attempted to capture the glory of their college days when they became disenchanted with the real world.
Vaughn also stars in the upcoming "Anchorman: The Legend of Run Burgundy" with Will Ferrell. The film takes place in 1970s Portland, Oregon, and follows a group of newscasters working at their local TV station. The movie is set for release in summer 2004.
Also upcoming is "Thumbsucker," with co-stars Keanu Reeves and Vincent D'Onofrio. Vaughn plays Mr. Geary, a debate coach who tries to break a compulsive thumbsucker of his habit. The film will be released in 2004.
Vaughn stars in the upcoming "Blackball," inspired by the story of Griff Sanders, the self-styled "John McEnroe of Lawn Bowling," who received a nationwide ban from the game for excessive swearing. "Blackball" is the fictional story of a Rocky-style rise and fall from local bowls maverick to national sporting hero. Vaughn plays sports agent Rick Schwartz. The film is directed by Mel Smith and produced by James Gay-Rees.
Recently, Vaughn starred in: Jon Favreau's "Made," opposite Favreau, Sean Combs and Peter Falk; Harold Becker's "Domestic Disturbance," opposite John Travolta, Teri Polo and Steve Buscemi; Tarsem Singh's "The Cell," with Jennifer Lopez; Gus Van Sant's "Psycho," also starring Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, and Viggo Mortenson; Gregory Mosher's "The Prime Gig," opposite Ed Harris and Julia Ormond; and Joe Ruben's "Return to Paradise," with Heche and Joaquin Phoenix.
Vaughn also starred in David Dobkin's "Clay Pigeons," with Janeane Garofalo, Joaquin Phoenix and Georgina Cates, and in Twentieth Century Fox's "A Cool Dry Place," opposite Monica Potter.
Vaughn had a leading role in Steven Spielberg's "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," also starring Julianne Moore and Jeff Goldblum. After seeing Vaughn in "Swingers," Steven Spielberg called him as "a new movie star - an American icon-to-be. You only find those every six or seven years."
Vaughn starred opposite Ashley Judd and Kate Capshaw in "The Locusts." The rural mystery was directed by John Patrick Kelly from his original screenplay.
It was Vaughn's performance as 'Trent,' the cool-as-a-Martini social ringleader in "Swingers" that made Hollywood take notice. Directed by Doug Liman and written by Jon Favreau, "Swingers" is set against the backdrop of Hollywood's hottest back-alley night spots, and told in the language of "cocktail nation," a 90s retro-swing movement that swept the nation.
BEN STILLER (White Goodman/Producer) is one of today's most innovative actors, directors and writers.
Stiller recently starred in the box-office hits "Along Came Polly" and "Starsky and Hutch;" he produced the latter through his company, Red Hour Films.
Prior to that, he was seen in Wes Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums" with Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Murray, Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson. He also directed, co-wrote, produced and starred in the title role in the comedy hit "Zoolander." He was joined by Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Jerry Stiller and Milla Jovovich.
Stiller made his directorial debut in 1994 with "Reality Bites," starring opposite Winona Ryder. His next directorial assignment was "The Cable Guy," starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. Stiller's other film credits as an actor include Jay Roach's blockbuster "Meet the Parents," opposite Robert De Niro (Stiller is now shooting the e sequel, "Meet the Fockers"); "Keeping the Faith" with Edward Norton; the smash-hit "There's Something About Mary," with Cameron Diaz; the dark drama "Permanent Midnight"; "Mystery Men"; and Neil Labute's "Your Friends and Neighbors." He also appeared in "Zero Effect," "Flirting with Disaster" and "Empire of the Sun."
Stiller made his acting debut on Broadway in John Guare's "The House of Blue Leaves." He was a featured player and apprentice writer on "Saturday Night Live." His Fox series, "The Ben Stiller Show," was awarded an EmmyR for Outstanding Comedy writing. Stiller and Red Hour Films currently have a three-year film and television deal with Dreamworks.
CHRISTINE TAYLOR (Kate) starred in the comedy hit, "Zoolander." She made notable appearances in the comedies "The Wedding Singer" (as the promiscuous Holly) and in "The Brady Bunch Movie" and "A Very Brady Sequel." She starred in several independent films, including "Desperate But Not Serious," "Kiss Toledo Goodbye" and "Denial." Her other features include "The Craft" and "Overnight Delivery." On television, Taylor starred in the Fox series "Party Girl," and she made guest appearances on "Seinfeld," "Spin City," "Friends," "Ellen" and "Murphy Brown."
For the past few years, Taylor has served on the board and has been actively involved with Project A.L.S., an organization that raises funds toward finding a cure and treatments for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a fatal neuromuscular disease.
RIP TORN (Patches O'Houlihan) has been honored repeatedly for his 50-year career in film, television and on the stage.
Torn's uproarious portrayal of Artie, the acerbic talk show producer on Garry Shandling's "The Larry Sanders Show," won him an Emmy in 1996 for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, two Cable Ace Awards, the American Comedy Award and six consecutive Emmy nominations.
His recent feature film credits include "Welcome to Mooseport," with Gene Hackman and Ray Romano; the dark comedy "Eulogy"; "Freddie Got Fingered"; "The Insider"; and "Wonder Boys." He also appeared in "Men in Black," "Men in Black II," "Rolling Kansas," "Trial and Error," and the animated feature "Hercules," as the voice of Zeus. At the same time, his starring roles in such critically lauded independent films as "Where the River Runs North" have continued his stellar work in such independent cult classics as "Pay Day," an OscarR nominated performances in "Cross Creek," and "Heartland." Torn's role in the Albert Brooks comedy "Defending Your Life" led to being cast in "The Larry Sanders Show."
Torn earned his reputation as "an actor's actor" on stage as well as on screen, dating from his portrayal of Brick in the Broadway adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," to his recent triumph in Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie." Through his own stage company, he recently directed his daughter Angelica and son John in John Paul Alexander's "Strangers in the Land of Canaan" at the Actors Studio.
He has continued as a presence on the New York stage as actor (numerous ObieR Awards with special note as a leading interpreter of Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill), director and company director, while maintaining one of the busiest performing schedules in theatrical films and television fare.
Torn directed the stage productions "Richard III," "Walter" and "Look Away," the latter starring Geraldine Page and the poet Maya Angelou. He directed and performed in "Two by Chekhov," and "The Village Wooing." Torn produced "The Button" and "Spider Rabbit," and directed, co-produced and performed in "The Bearding of the President."
Torn's many other film credits include "Pork Chop Hill," "Sweet Bird of Youth" (reprising his role from the Broadway run), "King of Kings," "The Cincinnati Kid" and "Tropic of Cancer." He also consulted on the Oscar-winning docu-feature "Harlan County USA."
JOEL MOORE (Owen), born and raised in Portland Oregon, makes his major motion picture debut in DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY.
He stars in the upcoming independent feature "The Bathroom Boy," which co-stars Stephen Root and Justin Long. In addition, Moore has had roles on numerous television serie,s including "Boomtown," "Angel," "Boston Public," "Strong Medicine," "Providence" and "Six Feet Under."
After earning his BFA at the University of Oregon, Ashland, Moore performed for two summers at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Moore is involved with Dreamcenter, an organization for which he creates, writes, produces and directs plays and musical which are presented to needy and homeless people who might otherwise not ever have an opportunity to see live theater.
CHRIS WILLIAMS' (Dwight) is a versatile performer in film, television and on stage (like his well known sister Vanessa). His recent film credits include "Spider Man II," "Anchorman," "Friday After Next," and the independent film "Final Draft". Other film credits include "Blankman," "Nice Guys Sleep Alone" and "Major Payne."
On television, Williams appeared as 'Krazee-Eyez Killa' on the Emmy winning HBO show "Curb Your Enthusiasm." He has a recurring role on "The Shield" and was a series regular on the sketch comedy series "Hype." Other TV credits include the movie "Pixel Perfect" and the Tracey Ullman HBO movie "Ruby Romaine."
He is well known to children for his role as Professor Chris Williams on ABC's "One Saturday Morning."
Williams is also a successful stand-up comedian, and he was one of five comedians chosen from 700 auditioners for the "Up and Coming Comedians Showcase." He has performed at several top comedy clubs across the world, including Caesar's Palace, Trump Plaza and The Venetian. His innovative routines are included in his character-rich one-man show "Old Blue Eyes Is Black," and he performed with the Groundlings comedy troupe in Los Angeles.
Williams has lent his voice talents to films like "Big Momma's House," "Unfaithful" and "Blue Streak," and he is a series regular on the Cartoon Network's animated series "A Kitty Bobo Show."
JUSTIN LONG (Justin) starred as lovable and quirky Stuckeyville High School student Warren Cheswick in the television series "Ed."
Long co-stars in the upcoming comedy "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" starring Will Ferrell, and in the independent feature "The Bathroom Boy," opposite Wendie Malick and Stephen Root.
Long starred in the 2001 hit thriller "Jeepers Creepers" and shared the screen with Britney Spears in her feature-film debut "Crossroads." His other film credits include the satirical comedies "Happy Campers" and "Galaxy Quest" (the latter with Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver), as well as the independent features "Boygazm" and "Time Writer."
Long appeared in several New York theater productions, including "The Hot L Baltimore," directed by Joe Mantello, and "The Shadowbox." His regional theater credits include "Final Exam" and "Barefoot in Athens" for the Maxwell Anderson Playwriting Series.
While attending Vassar College, Long was a two-year member of the acclaimed sketch comedy group "Laughingstock."
STEPHEN ROOT (Gordon) provided the voice of 'Bubbles' in the blockbuster Academy AwardR winner "Finding Nemo," and co-stars opposite Ben Affleck, George Carlin, Jennifer Lopez and Liv Tyler in Kevin Smith's "Jersey Girl." Root voices Chode in "Tripping the Rift" for the Sci-Fi Channel. This edgy half-hour CGI-animated series is based on the award-winning short film of the same name. Some of Root's best know characters are Jimmy James on the television comedy "NewsRadio," which aired from 1995-1999; the put-upon Milton Waddams in Twentieth Century Fox 1999's feature "Office Space," with Ron Livingston and Jennifer Aniston; and as the voice of Bill, Hank Hill's next-door neighbor on Mike Judge's popular Fox series "King of the Hill."
Root provided the voices for the animated series "The Big Guy" and "Star Command." Feature film voice work includes Twentieth Century Fox's "Ice Age" and Disney's "Country Bears." His live-action feature film credits include "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" "Bicentennial Man," "Krippendorf's Tribe," "Bye Bye Love," "Dave," "Kindergarten Cop," "Extreme Justice," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Robocop III," "V.I. Warshawski," "Ghost," "Black Rain," "Crocodile Dundee," "Guilty by Suspicion" and "Stanley and Iris." Root's television credits include Stephen King's "The Golden Years," "Harts of the West," "From the Earth to the Moon," "The Betty Broderick Story," "Sweet Justice," "L.A. Law," "Ladies Man," "Grounded for Life," "Malcolm in the Middle," "Christy," "Chicago Hope," "NYPD Blue," "Murphy Brown," "Home Improvement," "Party of Five," "Northern Exposure" and "Roseanne." Root also appeared in the NBC miniseries "Pandora's Clock" and he was nominated for a CableACE Award for his performance in the cable movie "Road to Galveston," with Cicely Tyson and Piper Laurie. His Broadway debut came in "So Long on Lonely Street," which was followed by the TonyR Award-winning production of "All My Sons," starring opposite Richard Kiley. A starring role in the national tour of "Driving Miss Daisy" with Julie Harris brought Root to Los Angeles.
ALAN TUDYK (Steve the Pirate) has had leading stage roles in off-beat productions as well as scene-stealing supporting turns in film. In 2002, he starred as Wash in Fox's "Firefly," a science fiction-western fantasy set in space. He reprises the role in a new feature film, "Serenity," based on the series.
On the big screen, Tudyk starred as the soft-spoken and kind voice of Sonny in "I, Robot" in addition to providing several of the voices in the animated feature film "Ice Age." He recently completed the independent feature film "Ralph's Club." Tudyk's other film roles include Sir William's squire, Wat, in "A Knight's Tale" opposite Heath Ledger; the cocaine-addicted German stripper Gerhardt in "28 Days," opposite Sandra Bullock; and Monte Man in "Hearts in Atlantis," opposite Anthony Hopkins. His additional feature credits include "Wonder Boys" with Michael Douglas, "Patch Adams" starring Robin Williams, and "35 Miles to Normal."
After attending the Juilliard School, Tudyk appeared in several regional and off-Broadway productions before making his Broadway debut in Jerry Zak's play "Epic Proportions" with Kristin Chenoweth. Other stage work includes "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told," "Oedipus Rex," "Misalliance," "Much Ado About Nothing," "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Bunny Bunny," for which he received both the Clarence Derwent and Drama League Awards for Best New York Debut of 1997.
MISSI PYLE (Fran) co-starred in the recent feature films "Bringing Down the House," "Galaxy Quest," "Josie and the Pussycats," "Big Fish," "Along Came Polly," "Meet Market," "50 First Kisses" and "Soul Plane."
Born in Texas and raised in Tennessee, Pyle developed a passion for acting and comedy at the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts, and after graduation, she moved to New York to pursue a theater career. One of her first roles was opposite John Malkovich in Steppenwolf Theater Company's "The Libertine."
After moving to Los Angeles, Pyle guest starred on television shows such as "Mad About You," "The Drew Carey Show" and "Friends," and then she landed a featured role in the film "As Good as It Gets." In 1999, Pyle played the comic role of an alien in the sleeper hit "Galaxy Quest" opposite Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Tony Shalhoub. She also starred in "Snow Days" before landing the role of the scheming villain Alexandra Cabot in "Josie and the Pussycats" in 2001.
She was a series regular on the ABC variety show, "The Wayne Brady Show" and has since guest starred on "Ally McBeal," "Roswell," "Philly" and "Frasier."
Pyle continues to be a member of the all-female comedy sketch group, "Bitches Funny" and regularly performs stand-up at such venues as The Comedy Store, The Improv and Area 51.
Six-foot, eight-inch JAMAL E. DUFF (Me'Shell Jones) played football at San Diego State and then for five years in the NFL. While in the NFL, Duff was on the roster of several teams including the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins.
Prior to being cast as Me'Shell, Ben Stiller's right hand man in DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY, Duff appeared in the motorcycle action film "Torque"; "The Rundown," starring The Rock; "S.W.A.T.," starring Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell; "El Padrino"; and "Ride or Die."
Duff is also a skilled artist specializing in graphic illustrations, painting and sculpture.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
RAWSON MARSHALL THURBER (Writer / Director) created the 2002 short comedy piece, "Terry Tate, Office Linebacker," which Thurber wrote and directed. DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY is his first feature film.
Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Thurber graduated from Union College with a BA in English and Theater Arts. He then earned an MFA in producing from the Peter Stark Program at the University of Southern California. Thurber currently makes his home in Los Angeles.
STUART CORNFELD's (Producer) career includes producer, co-producer and executive producer credits on an eclectic slate of films including "Zoolander," "The Elephant Man," "National Lampoon's European Vacation," "Duplex," "The Fly," "Wilder Napalm," "Kafka" and "Mimic."
Cornfeld is Ben Stiller's partner at Red Hour Films, which produced the comedy "Starsky and Hutch" starring Stiller and Owen Wilson.
MARY McLAGLEN (Executive Producer) was executive producer on Barry Levinson's feature film "Envy," starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black.
She collaborated with Sandra Bullock on four films, executive producing "Two Weeks Notice," "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood," "Practical Magic" and "Hope Floats."
McLaglen served as an executive producer on "Pay It Forward," and as a co-producer on "One Fine Day," "Sgt. Bilko," "Moonlight and Valentino," "The Client" and "Sommersby." McLaglen grew up in the movie business as the granddaughter of famed character actor Victor McLaglen and the daughter of director Andrew McLaglen. She began her career as a production assistant on her father's sets before producing her first film, "Cold Feet," in 1988.
RHOADES RADER (Executive Producer) has been Director of Development at Red Hour Films since 2000. Prior to joining Red Hour, Rader worked at the Ladd Company.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Rader attended the University of California Santa Barbara where he completed a dual major in film and religious studies.
A graduate of the prestigious Lodz National Film School in Poland, JERZY ZIELINSKI, ASC's (Director of Photography) feature film credits include "Who is Cletis Tout?" "Bubble Boy," "Galaxy Quest," "The Third Miracle," "Home Fries," "Washington Square," "Little Surprises," "Swing Kids," "Paradise" and "Kids."
Zielinski's television credits include the pilot for USA Network's "Monk" and the ABC series, "The Job."
MAHER AHMAD (Production Designer) designed the Andrew Davis family film "Holes." His other credits include "U.S. Marshals," "Gun Shy," "The Cemetery Club," "Miami Blues," "Above the Law" and "Code of Silence." In addition to his design duties on "Steal Big, Steal Little" and "Chain Reaction," Ahmad also served as Associate Producer.
As an Art Director, Ahmad's film credits include Andrew Davis' "The Fugitive," Ron Howard's "The Paper," Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas," "Miss Firecracker," "Married to the Mob" and "Angel Heart."
Ahmad graduated magna cum laude from Northwestern University with a degree in theatre and received a Master of Fine Arts in Stage and Lighting there as well. Ahmad began his career in Chicago working as a theatrical set and lighting designer on over 100 local theatre productions. He also taught theatre design at the college level for two years before working as an Art Director for feature films.
ALAN BAUMGARTEN's, A.C.E. (Film Editor) feature film credits include "The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland," "Losing Chase," "Lord of Illusions" and "The Lawnmower Man."
His television credits include episodes of "The Job," "Malcolm in the Middle," and, most recently, the pilot episode of "Wonderfalls." He edited the television movies "Papa's Angels" and "Monte Walsh" in addition to several music and documentary films.
Born in Los Angeles, Baumgarten studied at the University of California/Santa Cruz and earned a degree in Film and Art History from New York University.
CAROL RAMSEY (Costume Designer) designed the costumes for Fox Searchlight's "Le Divorce," her sixth collaboration with Director James Ivory. She previously worked on Merchant Ivory's "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries," "Surviving Picasso," "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge" and "Slaves of New York." Ramsey has designed costumes for over 20 films including "Jungle 2 Jungle" and "The Santa Clause," both for director John Pasquin. Her other feature film credits include: "Scary Movie 3," "Bad Boys 2" (shared credit), "Tuck Everlasting," "Ready to Rumble," "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story," "King of New York," "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" and "Sunset Park."
Additional credits include "Foreign Student," "Crossing the Bridge," "That Night," and "The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them." Ramsey has worked extensively in television and was nominated for a Costume Designer's Guild Award for Excellence in Costume Design for Television - Period Period/Fantasy for her work on the mini-series "Jackie." She was an Assistant Designer for The Boston Shakespeare Company for two seasons. Ramsey designed the wardrobe for Ivory's Rivers Music School Festival production of "Cinderella," the children's opera by composer Peter Maxwell Davies.
THEODORE SHAPIRO's (Composer) most recent projects are the comedies "Starsky and Hutch" starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, and "Along Came Polly," starring Jennifer Aniston and Ben Stiller. Previously, he worked on "View From the Top" with Gwyneth Paltrow, the smash hit comedy "Old School," "Heist," "State and Main" and the critically acclaimed "Girlfight" starring Michelle Rodriguez.
Shapiro also writes music for the concert hall; his works have been performed by orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Seattle Symphony.
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