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Jackass Number Two is the sequel to the 2002 comedy film, Jackass: The Movie. The entire main cast of the original came back to do the movie, including Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey, Preston Lacy, and Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña. All of the semi-regular cast members returned as well, except for Chris Raab ("Raab Himself"). Shooting began in January 2006. The release date for the film was September 22, 2006. The film also includes cameos by Luke Wilson, Mark Zupan (Murderball), Spike Jonze and cult film directors John Waters (A Dirty Shame), Jay Chandrasekhar (Super Troopers) and Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head). Professional BMX rider Mat Hoffman and professional skater Tony Hawk both performed stunts. Rap group Three 6 Mafia also appears, as well as HIM singer Ville Valo, with Kat Von D, as well as NFL star Jason Taylor.
Fans of the series have seen cast members shooting in various states in America but the Jackass cast refuse to say where they are filming as it may result in too many fans interfering with the filming process. They have also filmed in India, Australia, and Moscow. A few insights were leaked prior to the movie's release by Steve-O and Bam Margera via Radio Bam and Loveline. Other shootings were Bull Shoals, Arkansas, India, Key West, Florida, Los Angeles, California, Miami, Florida, New Orleans, Louisiana and West Chester, Pennsylvania.
On June 15, 2006, Yahoo! released the first official teaser for the movie[1]. The stunts in the trailer included Knoxville riding a "rocket bike" off a ramp and a blindfolded Knoxville being rammed by a yak.
The film had 4 different screenings for fans of Jackass and MySpace users, which was a part of MySpace's "Black Carpet" screening. The screenings took place a few days before the movie was released (possibly August). Some of the screenings also had surpised visits by cast and crew. For example, the Pennsylvania screening had director Jeff Tremaine and cast members Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera.
DVD plans are set. The movie will be available in its R rated version in Full and Wide screen and in its unrated version in wide screen on December 26, 2006.[1]
[edit] Summary
Just as the first TV series and first movie, Jackass: Number Two has essentially no plot. Instead, it is a collection of stunts and pranks.
[edit] Opening
The film opens with the sound of The Ecstasy Of Gold from The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly score by Ennio Morricone and the cast members running through a cloud of dust in a slow western style, returning in the blaze of glory for what could be their final adventure. Behind them is revealed to be a group of large bulls chasing them through an abandoned neighborhood. The men, one by one, are taken down by the stampede, until only Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera are left, and are chased through a house. Bam jumps through a window, and Johnny stops in his tracks to deliver his signature line, “Hi, I’m Johnny Knoxville, welcome to Jackass!”, and is pushed through a window by several bulls, and the title comes to screen, “Jackass: Number Two”.
[edit] Stunts
- Main article: Stunts performed in Jackass Number Two
[edit] Ending
The movie finishes with a Busby Berkeley movie musical production number set to the "La Cage aux Folles" song "The Best Of Times", where the cast sing and dance while getting battered by violent stunts. One stunt involves Wee Man and Preston Lacy sliding onto a bunch of metal trash cans. Others involve Chris Pontius dancing in a flaming building and jumping safely onto a mat, at which point he is knocked off his feet by a fire hose, and Bam and Dunn dancing in cowboy outfits in front of a horse before Knoxville causes the horse to flee by slapping its rear, pulling Bam and Dunn away by a rope attached to their feet. This huge sequence might have been inspired by the fact that in the first film, a huge finale was planned in a similar fashion, but the contraption that was to be used for the stunt failed and could not be fixed in time. Also, as in the first film, Rip Taylor is seen at the end of the sequence.
[edit] Credits
The credits feature outtakes and deleted scenes.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] DVD Release
The Rated and Unrated DVD versions of the movie will be released on December 26, 2006. [1]
The rated version will include the 91 minute theatrical release, with bonus features. And the Unrated will include extended unrated parts that were shortened in the movie. Both DVD features will include Commentaries, bonus footage, "Making-Of" that was shown on MTV, and few more.[citation needed]
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A direct to DVD project has been planned, made up of deleted footage from Jackass Number Two (over 40 minutes was cut out of the theatrical release), as well as additional material shot in November of 2006. (This was mentioned at the ending of the "making-of" that was aired on MTV in September.)
[edit] Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released on September 26, 2006 by Bulletproof Records. The soundtrack features songs that were featured in the movie, and various audio clips from the movie. Three Six Mafia teamed up with Saliva front man, Josey Scott to create the song "Gettin' Fucked Up" exclusively for the soundtrack. And another collabaration, Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, teamed up with Peaches to write "Backass", another exclusive for the soundtrack. The soundtrack also includes the debut single from Chris Pontius for "Karazy" and a cover by rock-group Smut Peddlers, in which they cover Roger Alan Wade's "If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough". The soundtrack also includes their version of "The Best of Times". Oddly enough, the Wolfmother song "The Joker & the Thief" (the movie's single) isn't featured on the soundtrack.
(*)Means they are not songs, just audio clips from the movie. Except for "Your Teeth Look Like".
[edit] Reaction and Reception
The film grossed US$29 million during its opening weekend, taking the number one spot at the box office. [2] The film grossed an additional $14 million in its second week. As of October 31, 2006, the film has made $72 million, more than the previous film made in its entire run.
The film was highly anticipated of Jackass fans.
- Michael Medved gave Jackass Number Two zero stars (out of four) calling it a "..truly appalling.." film[3].
- The New York Times awarded Jackass Number Two a Critic's Pick, calling it "Debased, infantile and reckless in the extreme, this compendium of body bravado and malfunction makes for some of the most fearless, liberated and cathartic comedy in modern movies." [4]
- Ebert & Roeper's Roeper and guest critic Fred Willard gave Jackass Number Two Two Thumbs Up as said in the previews after the rating.
- The usually difficult to impress, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, gave the film four (out of four) stars. A feat not even several "Oscar-worthy" films have accomplished. [5]
- Movie critic Joe Gayeski of the website AndersonVision gave Jackass Number Two a rating of three stars and half out of 5, which according to his rating definitions, is defined as "Very Good". He did write though that Jackass: The Movie had a much more coherent and successful "rocking beat of a narrative" than its sequel, but the latter is still among the more hilarious pictures to have come from the "Hollywood comedy machine" in the last few years, especially in 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Amazon.com. DVD Release info..
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