- Blackballed (film)
Infobox Film | name = Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
caption = Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
director =Brant Sersen
producers = Peter Gelles
Chris Lechler
Brant Sersen
Brian Steinberg
writers = Brant Sersen
Brian Steinberg
starring =Rob Corddry ,Paul Scheer ,Dannah Feinglass ,Rob Riggle ,Rob Huebel ,Ed Helms ,Curtis Gwinn ,Seth Morris , andDJ Hazard | music =
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =The 7th Floor
released =January 1 ,2004 U.S. release
runtime = 91 min
language = English
budget = low-budget
imdb_id = 0379184"Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story" is a 2004 film by
Brant Sersen in his directorial debut. It is animprovisational comedy set in the world ofpaintball . It starsRob Corddry , and featuringPaul Scheer ,Dannah Feinglass ,Rob Riggle ,Rob Huebel ,Ed Helms ,Curtis Gwinn ,Seth Morris , andDJ Hazard .Plot summary
Paintball's first superstar, Bobby Dukes, led his team, the River Rats, to an unprecedented three consecutive victories at The Hudson Valley National Paintball Classic. On
May 28 ,1993 , The River Rats were competing for their fourth "Classic" victory when disaster struck. Bobby, attempting one of his signature moves, was shot. Desperate to stay in the game, Bobby intentionally wiped the paint from his jersey, thus committing paintball's most heinous crime, wiping. A zealousreferee spotted the wipe and ejected Bobby from the game. The three-time champ was banned from the game for ten years and became the laughing stock of the paintball community. Deemed a cheater, disgraced and humiliated, Bobby disappeared.Ten years later an older and wiser Bobby returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past. He enters the 2003 Classic but finds no self-respecting paintball player will be caught dead on his team. On the verge of giving up hope, Bobby joins forces with the most unlikely of allies; the referee that caught him cheating.
Now, the two improbable partners must recruit a team of paintball misfits and take back the Hudson Valley Paintball Classic taking place at Liberty Paintball in Patterson, New York.
Awards
This film won the Audience Award at the 2004 South By Southwest Film Festival and the 2005 Boston Independent Film Festival.
External links
* [http://www.blackballedthemovie.com/ BlackballedTheMovie.com - Official Site]
*imdb title|id=0379184|title=Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blackballed_the_bobby_dukes_story Rotten Tomatoes review]
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