Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
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53% Rotten Tomatoes Director Brant Sersen Initial DVD release July 25, 2006 Language English | 6.5/10 IMDb 54% Metacritic Genre Comedy Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 12, 2004 (2004-03-12) (SXSW) Writer Brant Sersen (story), Brian Steinberg (story) Genres Comedy, Indie film, Slapstick, Sports Cast (Bobby Dukes), (Lenny Pear), (Eddie Reynolds), (Sam Brown), Dannah Feinglass Phirman (Erika Dukes), Jamie Denbo (Jill Watson)Similar movies Ed Helms and Rob Corddry appear in Blackballed and Cedar Rapids Tagline Second place is first place for losers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After years of self-exile, a disgraced paintball champion (Rob Corddry) returns to assemble a makeshift team.
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Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story is a 2004 film by Brant Sersen in his directorial debut, written by Brian Steinberg and Brant Sersen. It is an improvisational comedy set in the world of paintball. It stars Rob Corddry, Paul Scheer, Dannah Feinglass, Rob Riggle, Rob Huebel, Ed Helms, Curtis Gwinn, Seth Morris, and DJ Hazard. It was also Ed Helms acting debut.
Caught cheating and banned for ten years, Bobby Dukes, paintball's first superstar, returns to reclaim his title and erase the memory of his tainted past.
Plot
Paintballs 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, Dukes intentionally wiped the paint from his jersey, thus committing paintballs most heinous crime. A zealous referee spotted the wipe and ejected Bobby from the game. The three-time champ was embarrassed, went to Venezuela, and left the game for 10 years while being the laughingstock of the paintball community. Deemed a cheater, disgraced and humiliated, Bobby disappeared. Ten years later an older and wiser Dukes 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.
Similar Movies
Ed Helms and Rob Corddry appear in Blackballed and Cedar Rapids. Ed Helms and Rob Corddry appear in Blackballed and Lower Learning. Made in China (2009). Ed Helms appears in Blackballed and The Smell of Success. Ed Helms and Rob Riggle appear in Blackballed and The Goods: Live Hard - Sell Hard.
Awards
This film won the Audience Award at the 2004 South By Southwest Film Festival and the 2005 Boston Independent Film Festival.
References
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