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Bad words / Focus Features and Darko Entertainment present a Dark Entertainment/Aggregate Films/MXN Entertainment production ; produced by Jason Bateman, Mason Novick, Sean McKittrick, Jeff Culotta ; written by Andrew Dodge ; directed by Jason Bateman.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 525942 | Focus Features62130929 | Focus FeaturesLanguage: English, Spanish Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: [United States] : Focus Features, 2014Description: 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0109218086
  • 9780109218087
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Ken Seng ; production designer, Shepard Frankel ; editor, Tatiana S. Riegel.
Cast: Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, Philip Baker Hall, Kathryn Hahn, Beth Grant, Amanda Anka, Ben Falcone, Rohan Chand.Summary: Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward ten-year-old Chaitanya Chopra, who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD COMEDY Bad word Available 33111008254563
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Forty-year-old Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman, starring in his feature directorial debut) discovers a loophole in the National Spelling Bee rules that allows him to compete against the pre-teen participants, and he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a 10-year-old misfit named Chaitanya (Rohan Chand) as he becomes the subject of a news story by probing reporter Jenny Widgeon (Kathryn Hahn). ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Bonus features: deleted and extended scenes, The minds and mouths behind "Bad words", feature commentary with director Jason Bateman.

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Videodisc release of the 2014 motion picture.

Cinematographer, Ken Seng ; production designer, Shepard Frankel ; editor, Tatiana S. Riegel.

Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, Philip Baker Hall, Kathryn Hahn, Beth Grant, Amanda Anka, Ben Falcone, Rohan Chand.

Guy Trilby is a 40-year-old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee and decides to cause trouble by hijacking the competition. While reporter Jenny Widgeon attempts to discover his true motivation, Guy finds himself forging an unlikely alliance with a competitor: awkward ten-year-old Chaitanya Chopra, who is completely unfazed by Guy's take-no-prisoners approach to life.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD, anamorphic widescreen (2.40:1), Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

English or Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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