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Farce of the Penguins (2006)

Farce of the Penguins (2006), directed by Bob Saget, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Alyson Hannigan.

12/01/2006 BR Comedy, Documentary and Romance 1h 20m

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In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best friends, walk 70 miles to the mating grounds where the female penguins wait. The huddled masses of females - especially Melissa and Vicki - talk about males, mating, and what might happen this year. Carl, Jimmy, and the other males make the long trek talking about food, fornication and flatulence. Until this year, Carl's sex life has been dismal, but he falls hard for Melissa. She seems to like him. A crisis develops when Jimmy comes upon something soft in the dark. Can friends forgive? Does parenthood await Carl and Melissa?

  • Scott BillupsCinematography
  • Bob SagetDirector, Producer, Screenplay
  • Michael R. MillerEditing
  • David PermutProducer

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Farce of the Penguins is a 2007 American mockumentary written and directed by Full House star Bob Saget. It is a parody of the French feature-length nature documentary March of the Penguins directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet. The film features Samuel L. Jackson as narrator, with the two main characters voiced by Saget and Lewis Black. Five of Saget's former Full House co-stars also lent their voices to the film. Farce of the Penguins was released by THINKFilm on January 30, 2007. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $6,832 against a $5 million budget.

Additional voices were also provided by Tracy Morgan, Christina Applegate, James Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Dane Cook, Abe Vigoda, Mo'Nique, David Koechner, Jamie Kennedy, Harvey Fierstein, Alyson Hannigan, and others.

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Farce of the Penguins is a 2007 American mockumentary written and directed by Full House star Bob Saget. It is a parody of the French feature-length nature documentary March of the Penguins directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet. The film features Samuel L. Jackson as narrator, with the two main characters voiced by Saget and Lewis Black. Five of Saget's former Full House co-stars also lent their voices to the film. Farce of the Penguins was released by THINKFilm on January 30, 2007. The film received negative reviews from critics and grossed $6,832 against a $5 million budget.

Additional voices were also provided by Tracy Morgan, Christina Applegate, James Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Dane Cook, Abe Vigoda, Mo'Nique, David Koechner, Jamie Kennedy, Harvey Fierstein, Alyson Hannigan, and others.

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Samuel L. Jackson narrates the story about a group of male penguins that make a seventy-mile trek to go to their breeding grounds, where females are waiting to have sex with them.

These penguins include Carl (Bob Saget) and Jimmy (Lewis Black), two friends who talk about relationships and other things as they meet new characters including Marcus (Tracy Morgan), a penguin who likes to kid around and brag about his huge penis, and Steve the snowy owl (Jonathan Katz), who gives Carl advice on his life in a Freudian kind of way while billing him for the two quick sessions. Meanwhile, Melissa (Christina Applegate) and Vicky (Mo'Nique) argue about men and other women who bother them as they wait for their mates to arrive at the breeding grounds.

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THINKFilm describes Farce of the Penguins as the story of "one penguin's search for love while on a seventy mile trek with his libidinous buddies on their way to a hedonistic mating ritual." Despite what the poster suggests, Farce of the Penguins is not an animated feature; it uses real stock footage of penguins.

Bob Saget stated on The Howard Stern Show on January 29, 2007, Late Night with Conan O'Brien on January 30, 2007, and on Tom Green Live that he originally wanted to simply redub the documentary March of the Penguins, but did not receive permission from the film producers.

Reception

Joe Leydon for Variety gave a negative review, calling it "a one-joke comedy that ThinkFilm wisely dropped into the straight-to-vid pipeline."

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Farce of the Penguins at IMDb

Farce of the Penguins at Box Office Mojo

Farce of the Penguins at Rotten Tomatoes

Text from Farce of the Penguins on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farce_of_the_Penguins

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What is Farce of the Penguins about?

Farce of the Penguins: In this spoof of "March of the Penguins," nature footage of penguins near the South Pole gets a soundtrack of human voices. Carl and Jimmy, best friends, walk 70 miles to the mating grounds where the female penguins wait. The huddled masses of females - especially Melissa and Vicki - talk about males, mating, and what…

Who directed Farce of the Penguins?

Farce of the Penguins was directed by Bob Saget in 2006.

Who stars in Farce of the Penguins?

The cast of Farce of the Penguins includes Samuel L. Jackson, Alyson Hannigan, Bob Saget, Brie Larson and Carlos Mencia.

How long is Farce of the Penguins?

Farce of the Penguins runs for 80 minutes, or 1h20.

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