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Comic Book: The Movie

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Comic Book: The Movie
DVD cover
Directed byMark Hamill
Written byMark Hamill
Billy West
Produced byMark Hamill
Jess Harnell
Eric Mittleman
Roger Rose
Billy West
Scott Zakarin
Starring
Narrated byMark Hamill
CinematographyJason Cooley
Edited byMatt Mariska
Nimrod Erez
Lawrence Hutchins
E.S. Josephs
Music byBilly West
Production
companies
Creative Light Entertainment
Timely Studios
Distributed byMiramax Home Entertainment
Release date
  • January 27, 2004 (2004-01-27)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Comic Book: The Movie is a 2004 direct-to-DVD mockumentary starring, co-written and directed by Mark Hamill.

Plot

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Comic book fan Donald "Don" Swan battles against a fictional film studio that is about to announce a film based on his favorite superhero, Commander Courage (a parody of Batman).

Cast

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Cameo appearances in the film

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Production

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The script was finished on July 29, 2002. Most of the movie was filmed at the 35th annual San Diego Comic-Con on August 1–4, 2002. All the interviews with attendees while Hamill remained in character were unscripted to obtain a realistic look. This film subverted convention by casting voice actors in live-action roles. The panel was held on August 2, 2002.

Home media release

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ComicBook:The Movie was originally released on DVD on January 27, 2004. It was distributed by Miramax Home Entertainment and Buena Vista Home Entertainment. It was distributed internationally through NFK Entertainment UK and Force Entertainment (Australia) on September 13, 2005. It was distributed by Alliance Films on April 26, 2011 in Canada. It was re-released on DVD and distributed by Paramount Movies on July 13, 2021. Netflix made it available for streaming November 27, 2013-June 2, 2016.

Reception

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The film received an approval rating of 40% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on five reviews.[1] IGN rated the film a 7 out of 10.[2]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Comic Book: The Movie". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Andy Patrizio (9 February 2004). "Comic Book: The Movie". IGN. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
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