The Foot Fist Way

Infobox Film
name = The Foot Fist Way


caption = Promotional film poster
director = Jody Hill
producer = Jennifer Chikes
Erin Gates
Jody Hill
Robbie Hill
writer = Danny R. McBride
Ben Best
Jody Hill
narrator =
starring = Danny R. McBride
Ben Best
Mary Jane Bostic
music = Pyramid
The Dynamite Brothers
Kung Flude
cinematography = Brian Mandle
editing = Zene Baker
Jeff Seibenick
distributor = Paramount Vantage
Alliance Films (Canada)
Momentum Pictures Limited (U.K)
released = May 30, 2008 (Limited) (U.S.)
runtime = 81 min
country = USA
language = English
budget = $79,000 [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960242.html The 'Foot Fist Way' guys: Ben Best, Jody Hill and - Entertainment News, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Media - Variety ] ]
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website = http://www.thefootfistway.com
amg_id = 1:347147
imdb_id = 0492619

"The Foot Fist Way" is a 2008 low-budget comedy film directed by Jody Hill and starring Danny R. McBride. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions, picked up distribution rights to the film and hoped for it to achieve a "Napoleon Dynamite"-like success [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960242.html The 'Foot Fist Way' guys: Ben Best, Jody Hill and - Entertainment News, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Media - Variety ] ] . It premiered in 2006 at The Los Angeles Film Festival and was screened at Sundance that same year.

Plot

In "The Foot Fist Way" Danny R. McBride plays the self professed "King of the Demo" Fred Simmons. All is normal until Simmons finds out that his wife has been having an affair with her boss. He then takes his frustration upon anyone that challenges him.

Cast

*Danny R. McBride as Fred Simmons
*Ben Best as Chuck "The Truck" Wallace
*Mary Jane Bostic as Suzie Simmons
*Spencer Moreno as Julio
*Carlos Lopez IV as Henry
*Jody Hill as Mike McAlister

Promotion

Danny McBride appeared as a guest on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on February 26, 2008 as the character Fred Simmons. Many viewers were not familiar with either the character or the actor and as a result there was initially much speculation as to whether the seemingly disastrous Tae Kwon Do demonstration--during which Simmons asked for a "redo" after a failed block-splitting attempt--and awkward interview--during which he repeatedly lashed out at fellow guest Will Ferrell for dancing around in a sexual nature during his interview segment earlier--were real or staged. Among the only immediate clues to suggest the interview was a setup was when the website for the film [http://www.thefootfistway.com] was flashed onscreen during the interview.

Critical reception

Variety gave the film a fairly positive review stating that the film is "crying out to be discovered by midnight movie mavens" [ [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117930954.html The Foot Fist Way Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie The Foot Fist Way ] ] . It currently holds a 65%, "Fresh" rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 31 reviews. The website metacritic.com, which averages leading film critics from across the United States, gave the film a 63 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, which is considered "generally favorable." [http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/footfistway?q=foot%20fist%20way]

References

External links

* [http://www.thefootfistway.com/ Official site]
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* [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b0e6763dc3 Red Band trailer] at Funny or Die