Running Time: 114 minutes
US Certificate: R UK Certificate: 15
— P R E V I E W –In movies and television programs, Judd Apatow has embraced both the outrageous and the emotional. As the writer and director of the feature films Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, the producer of the blockbuster comedies Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and the creator of the acclaimed television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, Apatow has developed a reputation for stories that are equal measures sentimental and unrefined.
The latest film from Apatow as a producer is no exception. Superbad is a coming-of-age cautionary tale about two socially inept teenage boys about to graduate high school. Theirs is a ridiculously dependent friendshipbut now, they've gotten into different colleges and are forced to contemplate life apart. Evan (Michael Cera) is sweet, smart, and generally terrified. Seth (Jonah Hill) is foul-mouthed, volatile, and all-consumed with the opposite sex. This is the story of their misguided attempts to approach the objects of their affections in one panic-driven night…that awful, humiliating night you cherish for the rest of your life.
Superbad is directed by Greg Mottola and written by Apatows longtime collaborators, Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg. Apatow first collaborated with Rogen when he was an actor on Freaks and Geeks; soon after, Rogen submitted his first screenplay (written with his best friend, Evan Goldberg) to Apatow as a writing sample, and the producer was impressed. That screenplay was Superbad.
Columbia Pictures presents an Apatow Company production, Superbad, starring Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, and Bill Hader. Directed by Greg Mottola, the film is produced by Judd Apatow and Shauna Robertson and written by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg. The executive producers are Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The director of photography is Russ Alsobrook ASC. The production designer is Chris Spellman. The film is edited by William Kerr. Co-producer is Dara Weintraub. Costume designer is Debra McGuire. Music by Lyle Workman.
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— P R E V I E W –In movies and television programs, Judd Apatow has embraced both the outrageous and the emotional. As the writer and director of the feature films Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, the producer of the blockbuster comedies Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman: The Legend […]