I don’t think I even heard The Promotion starring John C. Reilly and Seann William Scott until a few days ago. I certainly didn’t realize it would be coming out this summer. Apparently it got a lot of buzz at some of the film festivals (including SXSW here in Austin) so they decided to unleash it this summer and see what happens.
I’m not a huge Seann William Scott fan, but he’s growing on me and getting less annoying over time. John C. Reilly is almost always funny and good in every role he does. In
The Promotion the two of them play two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store who vie for a coveted promotion. It’s a simple plot, but according to
some of the reviews I’ve read it’s one heck of a funny film. Oh yeah, did I mention that
Jenna Fischer is in it?
The Promotion opens in theaters on June 6, 2008 against You Don’t Mess With The Zohan.
OMG, Jenna Fischer!
Why does Seann need two “n’s” I wonder?
Okay, I read the review for it and am now totally stoked to see this.
It sounds good, but it would be even better if John C. Reilly dressed like Darth Vader and called himself Chad throughout.
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@ Mike – he needs the extra “n” because the first one is silent…
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Well SWS was great in the American Pie movies and the Rundown…Stiffler rocks!
Hopefully this will good as well.
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@ Ape – ROTFL!
lol @Ape – the first n is silent…
@ R.A. Porter: ROTFL! I can TOTALLY see him dressed as Darth Vader! He should definitely get the promotion.
Hi. I voiced the narrator of “The Good Life,” a motivational program on tape which John C. Reilly’s character, Richard Wellner, listens to from time to time during the movie for inspiration, so I’ve gotten to see some scenes from the movie in the process. It looks great, and also has some great moments with Fred Armisen, Jason Bateman, and Masi Oka. Hope you like it! I’ve had good luck with roles like this in the past; I was one of the morning DJs in “Groundhog Day.”
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Richard, thanks for stopping by…
Jason Bateman too? This just gets better and better.
I’ll make it a point to listen extra hard to The Good Life
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This movie cracks me up; Doug is trying to get ahead but Richard (funny coincidence) is trying to best him. The poster about “cutting the cheese” and then the explanation for why Richard took his Pepsi rep was even more funny. This movie never runs out of surprises. I am always looking for the movie I missed in the theater as I am an avid movie watcher but what I like about Blockbuster is that I can always find movies not only rare but 28 days before other movie services. Not only that but the Blockbuster Movie Pass from DISH Network that is free for new customers gives me one bill from DISH, over 100,000 movies plus games, streaming and I also get 20 movie channels on my DISH employee account as a current customer for only $10 a month. Next on my queue is Thor and I don’t have to pay extra for mail to my home, or Blue-ray.