- The Year One
Infobox Film
name = The Year One
caption =
director =Harold Ramis
producer =Harold Ramis Judd Apatow
writer =Harold Ramis Gene Stupnitsky Lee Eisenberg
starring =Jack Black Michael Cera
music =
cinematography = Alar Kivilo
editing =
distributor =Columbia Pictures
released =June 5 , 2009
runtime =
country = flagicon|USA
language = English
budget = $75 million
gross =
website =
imdb_id = 1045778"The Year One" is an upcoming
Harold Ramis -directedcomedy film fromColumbia Pictures and produced byJudd Apatow .Plot
The film is about two men in a Biblical civilization and is in post production. In a recent interview regarding "
Be Kind Rewind ",Jack Black stated that "Year One" will be about two men running around inMoses ' time. He said that the movie is similar to "Monty Python's Life of Brian ".Jack Black stated that it might be fun to see all the stories of theBible in a modern movie.In an interview [ [http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1576092/20071207/story.jhtml MTV News] ] with
MTV ,Michael Cera described it as a comedy set inBiblical times. Black plays the main character Zed, who is looking for some kind of meaning for his life, and Cera a character named Oh, Zed's friend. Black warned viewers expecting a comedy along the lines of "Ghostbusters " or "Knocked Up " that the style of the film is much more along the lines of theMonty Python movies.Cast
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Jack Black as Zed
*Michael Cera as Oh
*Olivia Wilde as Princess Inanna [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117978866.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Olivia Wilde joins Ramis' 'Year One' - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety ] ]
*Christopher Mintz-Plasse asIsaac
*Hank Azaria asAbraham [ [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080212/film_nm/azaria_dc "Azaria takes on ancient roles"] "Yahoo News"]
*David Cross asCain
*Paul Rudd asAbel [ [http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37395 "Harold Ramis's THE YEAR ONE Screens!"] "Ain't It Cool News"]
*Bill Hader as The Shaman
*Oliver Platt as High Priest
*Vinnie Jones as Sargon
*Juno Temple as Eema
*June Raphael as Maya
*David Pasquesi as servant/slave
*Joseph Cintron as Hebrew Soldier/SlaveReferences
External links
*imdb title|id=1045778|title=The Year One
* [http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=20797 ComingSoon! profile]
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