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Knocked Up
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed byJudd Apatow
Written byJudd Apatow
Produced byJudd Apatow
Shauna Robertson
Clayton Townsend
Seth Rogen
Evan Goldberg
StarringSeth Rogen
Katherine Heigl
Paul Rudd
Leslie Mann
Jason Segel
Jay Baruchel
Jonah Hill
Martin Starr
Distributed byUniversal Studios
Release date
June 1 2007
Running time
129 min.
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[1]

Knocked Up is a comedy film released on June 1, 2007, written and directed by Judd Apatow. It stars Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann.

Plot

Ben Stone (Seth Rogen) is a 23 year old slacker who is in the process of establishing fleshofthestars.com, a website that lists the exact moment in time at which nude scenes with famous actresses occur in films. Alison Scott (Katherine Heigl) is a responsible young woman who works behind the scenes at E! Television Network.

Alison and Ben find themselves at the same club, they begin drinking together, and she invites him back to her pool house. The next morning, they learn that they have very little in common. Eight weeks later, Alison begins feeling very sick and comes to the conclusion that she is pregnant, and she contacts Ben. She tells Ben that she is pregnant and that she has decided to keep the baby. Ben's initial response of shock and anger mixed with Alison's frustrations creates tension, resulting in Ben agreeing to take Alison to the OB/GYN to confirm the pregnancy.

After the pregnancy is confirmed, Ben says that he will be there to support Alison and help her through it. She and Ben begin spending more time together and become very close. Ben awkwardly but sweetly proposes to Alison, saying that he just wants to do the right thing. Alison is touched by the gesture, but thinks it's too soon for marriage.

On the way to an appointment with the gynecologist, they both get in a fight. She kicks him out of her car in the middle of the road and heads to the doctor's alone all the while blaming her hormones. Ben walks the rest of the way to the gynecologist's office; Alison still doesn't want to see him and asks Ben to leave. Alison says that she doesn't want to end up like Debbie and Pete. Ben goes out to get a job as a web designer, gets a decent apartment, and sets up a baby room in his apartment.

Alison goes into labor and tries to get a hold of her doctor. She is unable to contact Dr. Howard, so she calls Ben. Ben takes her to the hospital and Alison and Ben reconcile, and they joyfully welcome the birth of their daughter. A few days later, Alison and Ben and the baby are heading back home. They decide to live in Ben's new apartment, and the end credits show the young family living happily ever after and celebrating their daughter's first birthday.

Cast

Music

Strange Weirdos: Music From And Inspired By The Film Knocked Up, an original soundtrack album, was composed for the film by folk singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III.

In addition to Wainwright's songs, the following songs were featured in the film[2]:

Reception

In an early review, Variety magazine called the film "more explosively funny, more frequently, than nearly any major studio release in recent memory."[3]

Another early review, eFilmCritic stated the following about Knocked Up, "Before you go into Knocked Up, every serious movie fan should make up a list of their favorite comedies of the past two decades. If Old School is on it, you are disqualified. But no matter what is, scratch one off of it – because Knocked Up is going to knock it off eventually and it's earned the spot." [4]

Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 91% fresh rating from 159 reviews (145 fresh, 14 rotten).[5] The film is currently the best reviewed wide release of 2007 according to the website.[6] It is also currently in the IMDB "Top 250 Films" list at number 132. [7]

In the opening weekend, the movie grossed $30.7M at the box office, surpassing its reported budget.[8]

Pop culture and movie references

The film features heavy use of references to famous films, pop culture, and nudity in film.[9]

Production notes

Anne Hathaway was originally cast as "Alison Scott" in the film, but dropped out due to creative reasons.[12] Apatow wrote that “Hathaway dropped out of the film because she didn’t want to allow us to use real footage of a woman giving birth to create the illusion that she is giving birth.”[13] Jennifer Love Hewitt and Kate Bosworth auditioned for the part after Hathaway dropped out but ended up losing to Katherine Heigl.[citation needed]

A good portion of the cast members are returning actors from previous Judd Apatow projects. Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, Jason Segel, and James Franco all starred in the short-lived, cult television series Freaks and Geeks. Rogen and Segel would also later star in the Apatow-created Undeclared with Jay Baruchel and Loudon Wainwright III. Paul Feig, who created Freaks and Geeks, also makes a brief cameo.

In the commentary for Accepted, Jonah Hill states he does an impersonation of Larry Flynt in Knocked Up. Hill also says that the release date at the time of the commentary was August 2007.

A leaked clip of a deleted scene shows Jonah telling Alison that Brokeback Mountain is being extremely positive for the LGBT community but lacking any real male nudity and sex scenes, which is opposite to females, where they tend to show nudity and their actions. The clip also makes derisive comments concerning Anne Hathaway , who starred in Brokeback Mountain and had originally been cast for Knocked Up before changing her mind.[1]

In the film, one of the main characters is employed by a web design agency called Jetset Studios. The name and logo shown belong to a real-life online interactive agency for Apatow Productions.

Alleged copyright infringement

Canadian author Rebecca Eckler has written in Maclean's Magazine about the similarities between the movie and her book, Knocked up: Confessions of a Hip Mother -to-be, which was released in the US in March 2005. She is pursuing legal action against Apatow and Universal Studios on the basis of copyright infringement.[14][15] In a public statement, Apatow said, "Anyone who reads the book and sees the movie will instantly know that they are two very different stories about a common experience."[16]

References

  1. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=knockedup.htm
  2. ^ 'Get Knocked Up'. SillyPipeDreams.com. April 04, 2007. Retrieved on April 17, 2007.
  3. ^ Leydon, Joe. Knocked Up review. Variety. March 13, 2007. Retrieved on April 11, 2007.
  4. ^ Childress, Erik. Movie Review - Knocked Up. March 22, 2007. Retrieved on April 19, 2007
  5. ^ Rotten Tomatoes - Knocked Up. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on June 12, 2007.
  6. ^ "Knocked Up" is 2007's Best-Reviewed Wide Release. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
  7. ^ IMDb Top 250. IMDB. Retrieved on June 12, 2007.
  8. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=knockedup.htm
  9. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478311/movieconnections
  10. ^ http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2007/06/did_you_like_kn.html
  11. ^ http://www.aintitcool.com/node/23862
  12. ^ 'Grey's' Star Heigl Gets 'Knocked Up'. Zap2it.com. April 18, 2006. Retrieved on April 11, 2007.
  13. ^ Judd Apatow's Family Values. The New York Times. May 27, 2007. Retrieved June 3, 2007.
  14. ^ Eckler, Rebecca: "Is That my Baby on the Screen", page 69-71. Maclean's Magazine, Volume 120 Number 22, June 11, 2007
  15. ^ Complaint for Copyright Infringement: Demand for Jury Trial - legal filing with United States District Court, Central Distric of California, January 3, 2007
  16. ^ Author says 'Knocked Up' ripped off, Associated Press, CNN.com, Published June 7, 2007, Retrieved on June 9, 2007

External links

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