Doug Loves Movies - Rainn Wilson, Simon Pegg, and James Gunn Guest

Episode Date: March 29, 2011

In Part 2 of the SXSW 2011 show, Doug welcomes Rainn Wilson (The Office, Super), Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Paul), and writer/director James Gunn (Super) to the show. See Privacy Policy ...at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Doug hates candy wrappers screaming baby sticky seeds With 50 azepop or kernels in his teeth There's still not one that he won't see Cause Doug loves movies Wow! Alright, we'll fix that in post Whenever the audience clapping doesn't match up with the song Wow. All right, we'll fix that in post. Whenever the audience clapping doesn't match up with the song,
Starting point is 00:00:31 we just put the song in clean. Hey, everybody. My name is Doug, and I love movies. Welcome to part two of Doug Loves Movies at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Austin, Texas! We are still in front of a live audience at Esther's Follies on 6th and Red River. Come on down, if you're hearing this,
Starting point is 00:00:55 to see whatever else they do at Esther's Follies. Involves a lot of costumes and wigs and lights that are too hot. Did the lights go back up again or did we keep them down where we liked them before? Let's turn them down just a little bit. You guys know what I look like. You don't need to see it. It doesn't need to be that
Starting point is 00:01:16 bright up here. And let's get my guests right out here. So exciting to have all three of these dudes. They're here to promote and premiere their films, Super and Attack the Block. Please welcome, and Paul. Actually, none of these people are in Attack the Block.
Starting point is 00:01:35 There were some booking issues, and I didn't change my notes. But go see Attack the Block when it opens at a theater near you. Please welcome from Super, director, writer James Gunn and star Rainn Wilson and from Paul, Simon Pegg. Thank you. First of all, can the audience get you guys anything to drink? That's how it works here at Esther's.
Starting point is 00:02:24 If there's something you'd like, just say it in your microphone. I'd like a sparkling water with lime. I'll have that too. Okay, two of those. And just a regular water. And a regular water. Alright, shit's getting nuts up here. Could I get a hot chocolate with
Starting point is 00:02:41 some mini marshmallows? Do they have... Seriously. I don't think they have that here at Esther's. All right. But thanks, you guys, for coming here and doing this. I know you have a huge promotional schedule while you're in town. You just flew in, Simon.
Starting point is 00:02:58 I didn't even know I was doing this until about 20 minutes ago, to be honest. Well, I'll tell you, it was quite a journey getting here tonight for this particular panel because at first it was, to be honest. Well, I'll tell you, it was quite a journey getting here tonight for this particular panel, because at first it was going to be Ellen Page, who is in super. Right, Ellen is in super.
Starting point is 00:03:12 She was supposed to be here tonight. She got the flu very badly a couple days ago. We thought she wasn't going to make it at all to South by Southwest, but this morning, at the last minute, she's feeling a little bit better, so she got on a plane, and she's coming here. So the good news is she's coming here for the premiere
Starting point is 00:03:28 and missed this entirely. That's the good news. Yeah. No, but that's great that she's coming. I knew when I heard she wasn't coming that it had to be because she was sick or something. Yeah, she was sick. I think you guys probably had an amazing time making that movie.
Starting point is 00:03:43 Right? I've met her. She's really cool. It was hell, actually. It was. It was a really difficult movie to make, but we all seemed to get along afterwards, so it's not too bad. Yeah, right? Yeah. You're a fascinating interview subject, Rainn.
Starting point is 00:03:57 They didn't warn you. I'm the worst interview subject ever. I'm like, on talk shows, I'm terrible. I don't think you saw my last show tonight. Hey. Well, those guys were great, and they're not listening, so. What?
Starting point is 00:04:16 So you're asking us if we had a good time making the movie? He has to go make a million dollar money drop. Yeah, well, not a great time making it, but I think that
Starting point is 00:04:25 I get the impression that you all made it together and are promoting it together and are very happy with it. Yeah, we're, it really is, like James said,
Starting point is 00:04:34 like in all seriousness, some movies are just fun as hell to shoot. I've made some really terrible movies in my day, and they've just been so much fun to shoot. Like, we've just had
Starting point is 00:04:44 the best time. Super was a pain in the ass. It really sucked. It was low budget, and it was cold and muddy and sweaty, and there's a lot of stinky spandex everywhere. And we had a horrible time, but we all love each other and get along great,
Starting point is 00:05:00 and Ellen Page is super awesome. And so promoting it is really, really cool and really fun. And I find it a lot with movies is that you start, I knew Rain before Super. Ellen, I've actually hung out with a lot more after the movie. A lot of times a movie, you're moving so quickly. And on Super, we were moving especially fast. On a normal film, you do about 12 to 20 camera setups a day. On Super, we did between 45 and 54 camera setups every single day.
Starting point is 00:05:28 So we were moving so quickly that there wasn't as much time, especially as a director, to bond with the actors. A lot of it actually happens now, like while we're touring around, hanging out at film festivals, doing all of that, where you really get to know somebody. Good answer. Yeah. We got the worst guest and the best guest on the same panel.
Starting point is 00:05:50 It all evens out. Yeah. But so then what happened was, you know, my friend Edgar Wright, who's been on the show and is very helpful in getting me awesome guests from time to time, he, when he heard about Ellen, he was like, I'll get Nick Frost to do it. And we were good to time. He, when he heard about Ellen, he was like, I'll get Nick Frost to do it. And we were good to go. And then about 90 minutes, two hours ago, the verdict came down that Nick Frost was
Starting point is 00:06:11 exhausted from all the traveling and promoting that he's been doing. That's correct. And I called up Edgar and I go, so Edgar, you're in, man. You gotta do it. It's the last minute. And he's like, well, I don't have anything. This isn't his voice, but he goes, I don't do his voice, but he's like, I don't have anything. This isn't his voice, but he goes, I don't do his voice. But he's like, I don't have anything to do with super.
Starting point is 00:06:26 I feel out of place. He's like, I don't have anything to do with super. I don't have anything to do with super. That is it. That is it. I don't want to just be hanging on. I don't want to just be hanging on. It's quite very whiny.
Starting point is 00:06:37 It's like a raptor. So, yeah. So, that's how he got you. Because he didn't want to come on. Yeah, he just dropped me in the shit. He said, go to this bar. And here I am, in front of lots of people. Yeah, go to the place named after Esther Williams,
Starting point is 00:06:53 the old-timey swimming lady. And it really is. Like, there's pictures of her out there. Thanks for promoting our movie. I'm happy to be part of Super. Will you go on Leno or something like that? Sure. I am doing it on Tuesday.
Starting point is 00:07:08 Will you just talk about Super? Yeah, mention it a little bit. That would be awesome if two people... I mean, Paul has billboards and shit. You know what I mean? We don't have billboards. Our movie cost a billboard. I'll be your billboard.
Starting point is 00:07:20 You'll be my billboard? I'll talk about Super exclusively. Thank you. This Tuesday. This is awesome. That would be so great. And show a clip from it too? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:29 You should get everybody you know that's got something coming out to just go out there. We should promote each other's movies. Or switch, yeah. When are you doing Leno? Just for fun. On Tuesday night, I think. Yeah, I'm doing it Thursday. Would you?
Starting point is 00:07:44 Because the movie's out Friday, so you could just give it a quick spin. Oh, that would be really cool. All right. It's going to happen. That would be really cool. Whoa, whoa. Me and Rain have only just met,
Starting point is 00:07:55 so you're going to double-cross me and do a double thing on Super. So, like, it's going to get... Paul's going to get nothing. I know. It does work out well that you're on second, Rain. That works out.
Starting point is 00:08:04 I sense a double cross here. We'll get our lawyers into it. I think if you get away with it, he would follow through. But I think that the people at Jay Leno might say, we'd rather you didn't do that. Do you think? Oh, no, and then I'd never have to do that show again. But also, you have a bigger studio behind yours that would be more mad at you promoting somebody else's movie.
Starting point is 00:08:31 Universal would kill me, yeah. Yeah, yeah. What's the studio behind Super? IFC Films, if you call that a studio. Yeah. I'm not saying that's not bad. They made it, yeah. That's great that they did it.
Starting point is 00:08:43 They didn't make it. We sold it at Toronto. We went to Toronto Film Festival, a company called Ambush Entertainment Finance Super. It's a very low-budget film. Everybody did it for scale. And we sold it at the Toronto Film Festival. We're actually the first film sold
Starting point is 00:08:58 at the Toronto Film Festival this year. So, you know, we're working on a budget, but it works out pretty well because Super isn't exactly a movie for everybody there's a lot of dark stuff in it a lot of violence, a lot of black comedy and to be able to put it out in a limited way so that you can
Starting point is 00:09:14 make money from the people who actually want to see something different it's fun instead of those big studio sellout movies aliens and CGI cute creatures and Seth Rogen voiceovers. Wait a second. There's no fun?
Starting point is 00:09:36 It's amazing. Believe me. It's an amazing film. Which one? Bowl. Oh, okay. I told Simon beforehand, in all seriousness, it is actually one of the few movies that I'm very excited about. I really want to see it.
Starting point is 00:09:48 I'm a big fan of Greg Mottola. I love the Bible. All of the apostles. I mean, God. I mean, no, no, no. I mean, it's amazing what they did. Just like spreading the word, spreading the gospel. You got it.
Starting point is 00:10:00 The road to Damascus. Testify. It's good. So Paul opens on what date? 18th of March. 18th. And Super opens on April 1st. We open on April 1st in select cities in New York, L.A., San Francisco.
Starting point is 00:10:18 Half a theater. And then on April 15th, we go wider to most big metropolitan areas. Except for look like you're from Austin. Can I just say that? The audience you mean? What is that? You know we are in Austin. They look like they're from Austin.
Starting point is 00:10:31 Do you remember Richard Linklater's Slacker? You guys look like you walked out of the movie Slacker. That's racial profiling in a way. But at least it's a huge compliment. You have succeeded in keeping Austin weird. People are leaning against a wall. These folks, they stood in a line.
Starting point is 00:10:54 These are productive people. She made that thing. Yeah. They have name tags. What is that? You guys have never been on the show before, so it's kind of surprising, I'm sure. Were you in Elizabeth?
Starting point is 00:11:09 No. You were great in that. One of the few British people not to be. Her name is Elizabeth. Everybody has name tags. Oh, I see. Because when we play the Leonard Maltin game, you're going to play for a member of the audience.
Starting point is 00:11:20 I want to play for Word Joe. To win some prizes. This guy's name is Word Joe. I'm going to play for him. Wow, you've already picked somebody. Ross. Everyone loves Ross. Look at that, two arrows going right at him. Don't pick him. It's too needy.
Starting point is 00:11:33 You know what I mean? Too desperate. Well, too needy. This is fun. All right, Greg, put it down, man. We can see you. Yeah, we get it. Be cool or rain will hit you with a giant wrench. That's right. That's what you do in Super, right? That's your weapon?
Starting point is 00:11:47 Nice segue. Super is... I get you. That's what Leno would do. Show, you got a movie coming out. Tell us about it. Want to tell us what we're going to see? No.
Starting point is 00:12:13 Have you ever sucked on Leno's chin? I'd like to. I've never seen a small face on such a big head. That's what it tells me. I got it halfway down my neck. Is there a clip from Super that you were showing on all the talk shows that actually represents the movie? It's probably quite a lot of stuff you can't do
Starting point is 00:12:31 on TV. It's been hard. It's been very difficult because the movie, again, it's a mix of part comedy, part drama, part violent Charles Bronson action film. It's hard to have one clip that shows, but we've found a couple that work okay.
Starting point is 00:12:47 Yeah, they're all right. But yeah, Super, for those of you who don't know, is... I'm just... I mean, you don't have a scene where an alien eats a bird. That would be a slam dunk. That's the winner. If you had a scene like that, then everyone would want to go on and see that movie.
Starting point is 00:13:02 Why didn't we do that? We did. Remember, we originally shot it, and then Paul was coming out, and we saw the exact same scene like that, then everyone would want to go off and see that movie. Why didn't we do that? We did. Remember, we originally shot it, and then Paul was coming out, and we saw the exact same scene in that, so we had to cut it, because people thought we'd be ripping it off. The people who made our trailer in the UK put a fart into the trailer, without our permission, and there's a scene
Starting point is 00:13:18 when Paul just yawns, and we were watching it like, you know, because we kind of get some, we don't get all say, this is left to marketing people who've got when you say, oh, that's terrible, they go, well, look at these numbers, look at these numbers. And you have to go, all right, then. And they had a scene and Paul did a yawn. And he went, like that. And it was like, what the fuck?
Starting point is 00:13:35 But there's no fart in the, I don't think there was a fart. Anyway. That's funny. I do that to my own movies. But it's because they think that will get people in. Farts sell, right? That's funny. You know what?
Starting point is 00:13:44 I wasn't going to see the movie. No, I am. The fact that an alien has a gastrointestinal tract exactly the same as ours. Yeah. Please. Where's the verisimilitude?
Starting point is 00:13:59 Is that you or Dwight Schrute speaking right now? That was me. That was me. What was it like shooting your movie Paul? Well, Rain. Thanks for the assist.
Starting point is 00:14:14 It was really good fun and everyone got on really well and it was great. We had a huge budget. That means the movie's going to suck. Technically, yeah. No, no. it was a laugh. It was nice because it was like
Starting point is 00:14:29 a bit of a hands across the ocean thing because me and Nick, you know, getting to work with some American people that we like. Do you play Americans in it or Brits in it? No, we're a couple of Brits. We don't, we're not, we haven't got a great range.
Starting point is 00:14:40 So we're just, we kept it what we know, you know. You just go British to Scotty? Yeah, I can do Scottish. That's your rage? Yeah, I can go slightly north of my own town. Highlands and... Yeah.
Starting point is 00:14:51 Sutherlands and Essex. That's just like you get a bit drunk. Can you do Essex upon Surrey? Essex upon Tweed I can do. You can do that? Can you do Northumberland? There is a place called North Nibley. Can you do a North Nibley?
Starting point is 00:15:04 No. He's never gone North Nibley. Can you do a North Nibley? No. He's never gone that Nibley. So, Star Trek 2 is happening? Yeah, we shot it. It's fucking amazing. Yeah. There's a special screening of it tonight.
Starting point is 00:15:20 No, we haven't. No screening tonight. Apparently, as far as I know, it's being written and we'll shoot it in the summertime. That's what I've heard. That's all I know. They're very tight-lipped. They don't tell you anything. That was all I was looking for. I just want there to be more. That was my least favorite thing about that movie
Starting point is 00:15:36 is that there isn't more yet. Well, you ask a lot. Come on, you guys. I want more now. Well, yeah. It's hopefully soon. All right.
Starting point is 00:15:48 Do you know that DeForest Kelly and I have the same birthday? Get away. I'm serious. What a great fact. But I think he seriously wants you to get away. All right. You say get away instead of get out? That's awesome.
Starting point is 00:16:02 Yeah, get away. Oh, I'm going to start doing that. That's so much better. Get away, mate. That's right. Get say get away instead of get out? That's awesome. Yeah, get away. Oh, I'm going to start doing that. That's so much better. Get away, mate. That's right. Get away, bloke. Come on, don't knock me English. We gave you your job.
Starting point is 00:16:14 It's true. Thank you. Ooh! Ooh! Uncalled for. Uncalled for. Totally uncalled for. We gave for. Totally uncalled for. We gave you rock and roll.
Starting point is 00:16:29 True. Freedom. That kind of shit. That's a good point. Freedom from the Nazis. Little things. Little things. Super's a good movie.
Starting point is 00:16:42 It's really funny. Let me ask you this about Super. James Gunn, writer, director. How come you don me ask you this about Super, James Gunn, writer-director. How come you don't ask me anything about Super? I don't have to ask you anything. I'm really depressed right now. Trying to move the ball around.
Starting point is 00:16:56 But James, did you cast any of the girls from Scream Queens in Super? Or in anything that you've done? No, I have never. I didn't cast any of the girls from Scream Queens in Super? Or in anything that you've done? No, I have never. I didn't cast any of the girls from Screen Queens in Super. However, one of them makes an appearance in Helpful Bus, the PG porn episode with Craig
Starting point is 00:17:13 Robinson from The Office. But I think that's the only thing that... You have a series on the web called PG Porn? PG Porn, yeah. It's pornography for people who love everything about porn except the sex. You know, when you're sitting and you're watching a porn movie, you're really enjoying it. It's got great, you know, production values and a fantastic story and great acting.
Starting point is 00:17:35 And all of a sudden they put in that fucking, you know, gross sex that takes you out of everything. P.G. Porn is for the people who really like that stuff in between. That sounds great. How many episodes did you do? We did seven episodes. Every episode features a mainstream actor like Nathan Fillion or Craig Robinson and an actual porn star like
Starting point is 00:17:58 Sasha Gray. Jenna Hayes, Sasha Gray, Bella Donna. The one Brie Olsen who's like the goddess now. She was in Help the Bus. She seemed like a really normal girl, and now she's living with Charlie Sheen. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:12 That sounds great. I might slip and just watch their actual porn, now that you mention how awesome they all are. That's what I found it leads to a lot, actually. But that is a funny premise and where do people go to see it? People can go to jamesgunn.com to see all of the episodes
Starting point is 00:18:31 put together there. Gunn with two N's. Spike.com or jamesgunn.com Right on. Now none of you have heard the podcast before so this is going to be interesting because we play a game on the podcast called The Leonard Maltin Game and I'm just going to have to because we play a game on the podcast called the Leonard Malton game.
Starting point is 00:18:45 Okay. And I'm just going to have to walk you through it. Cool. Because the listeners won't, they wouldn't, they'd never let me hear the end of it if I didn't make you guys play it. Okay. And I think you'll be good at it. Cool.
Starting point is 00:18:56 We're game. Do you know, Simon, do you know like actors' names? Some. Because, you know, Edgar Wright, of course, is great at this. Yeah, because he's like a little fucking, isn't he? Because you know Edgar Wright of course is great at this Yeah because he's like a little Innie You guys are friends right
Starting point is 00:19:10 Yeah we're very good friends We were No I knew you were kidding I make fun of when he says corridor But it's a fucking hallway Edgar So He's around here somewhere Edgar. He's around here somewhere. I just couldn't get him on the show.
Starting point is 00:19:31 He's doing Press for ATB with Nick and Joe. Yeah, Attack the Block that I accidentally mentioned at the top of the show and would like to mention again because Nick Frost is in it. And it's about aliens attacking a block. It's like, you know, I don't know what you guys call them here. We have hoodies at home.
Starting point is 00:19:47 They're like little, they're like herbets. Do you know what I'm saying? Yeah. Little kids that wear hoods that are naughty. Like hobbits? I like hobbits, yeah. But antisocial hobbits. Yeah, okay, yeah.
Starting point is 00:20:00 It's like aliens versus... Homeboys. Homeboys, yeah. But kind of our version, which but kind of our version which is like council estate little which is like a project he's taking a lot of fucking explaining isn't he we're not even in this movie why are we promoting this movie
Starting point is 00:20:13 super is an awesome movie Kevin Bacon is really good in it I heard that did he like lose weight or something like they say he's skeletal in it he's ridiculously skinny. Kevin does this weird type of exercise. He just exercises all the time.
Starting point is 00:20:31 He does something called... Super slow. Super slow, right. It's called super slow. They work out. It takes them 10 minutes for each lift or something. Each one you lift at six degrees. I've heard about that.
Starting point is 00:20:43 He said that one of the... Very nice. Touche. one of the... Very nice. Touche. But he says he has a super slow coach. It's like, I'll coach you. Just go really slow. Just like, good. No, too fast.
Starting point is 00:20:57 Keep going. No, no, no. Slow it down. Good. Keep going up. No, you got to keep lifting it. No, slow down. How hard could that be?
Starting point is 00:21:05 He's not even listening. Yeah, where we shot in Shreveport, Kevin said one of the reasons he wanted to do the movie was because one of the biggest super slow guys in the world lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, where we shot. Which made me feel real good about my script. But he's amazing. He's so great in the movie because you've never...
Starting point is 00:21:23 He's been in 157 movies, but you've never seen him like he is in Super. I mean, he's this coked up, sweaty, sleazy, freaky dude, but that is impossibly charming at the same time. And you've never seen Kevin Bacon play a role like this before, and if you're just a Kevin Bacon fan, it's a treat to watch him. All right, because I wasn't sold until you said that. Now I'm in.
Starting point is 00:21:46 Now I'm going to go. No, I'm going to see it tonight. It's at 10 o'clock tonight, right? Yeah, yeah. You're not on the list. Oh. Sorry, you couldn't get in. I could confuse them.
Starting point is 00:21:58 I did a movie called Super Jaime that premiered at the same theater a few years back. Yeah. I'm so excited that we're going to be next to each other on blockbuster shelves, if those exist anymore. And alphabetical listings. It'll be like Super, Super
Starting point is 00:22:14 Jaime, Superman. That's great. That'll be great. Alright, but I wasn't texting anybody. I play the game off of the phone. I use my Leonard Maltin app on the phone. And my iPhone has been acting really weird lately. It just shuts off.
Starting point is 00:22:29 And I got to turn it back on every time. I don't know what that's about. Wow. It just did it again. It's a great story. Keep going with that. This is scintillating stuff. Save that for Leno.
Starting point is 00:22:42 Sure, I understand you've been having some problems with your phone recently. What? All right, so each of you need to pick somebody you'd like to play for in the audience. Pick a name tag that speaks to you, that you think is... Grimly. Grimly.
Starting point is 00:22:53 Word Joe. How do you pronounce your name? Moises. Moises, okay. Just go get the name tag from the person you're going to play for. Go grab it. Word Joe, come here, buddy.
Starting point is 00:23:04 I'm firing up my iPhone. Virgo. Vanessa. Is that right? Yes. I got it. So how do I say it then? What?
Starting point is 00:23:12 Who do you got, Simon? Virgo. Vanessa. I got Vanessa. Simon's playing for Vanessa. Virgo. Virgo. Not Virgo.
Starting point is 00:23:24 Not Virgo. As we originally thought. Is it Moises or Moises? Moises. Moises. Moises. Accent on the ses. Moises.
Starting point is 00:23:34 Moises. All right. I use my Leonard Maltin app from my phone to play this game. What's essentially going to happen is I'm going to let one of you choose between some categories, some genres of film, and then you will select which one you want to play, and then I'll give you some choices of years, and you'll pick a year.
Starting point is 00:23:54 And then from there... You're going to totally win at this game. James is going to probably be pretty good at this. Yeah, he might be good at this. I'm not. But it's also tricky, though. It's a very difficult game, and that's part of the fun game Simon's going to be picking social realist films From the early 1960s I don't have any categories that highfalutin
Starting point is 00:24:12 I have a category Ernest Goes To Movies That nobody ever wants to play But let's start with Simon Let's let you pick the first category. So, Ernest Goes to movies, or super movies, that's movies with the word super in the title.
Starting point is 00:24:32 Or, and also a tribute to super, because I didn't know until the last minute you were going to be here. I should have put alien movies in here. Comic book movies. So your choices are comic book movies, super movies, or Ernest Goes to blank.
Starting point is 00:24:48 I have never seen or heard of an Ernest movie. Oh. I'm sorry, I was brought up in a third world country. Give me a break. I'm sure Jim Varney never watched Spaced. It's a two-way street. So I'm going to go with, well, let's go with super movies, because we're here with the guys from Superhero.
Starting point is 00:25:10 That was very gracious. That was very gracious. And maybe I can quickly whip up movies with the word Paul in the title. Well, there's Paul. The Paul Bearer. Hey! Good one. You're alwayser. Hey! Good one. You're always making David Schwimmer movie jokes.
Starting point is 00:25:30 Okay, Simon, would you like a movie that's got the word super in the title from 1972, 2002, or 2007? I'm going to go with 2002. Okay. Leonard Maltin gave this movie two and a half stars. It might be a three or three and a halfer, in my opinion. I'm going to give you a couple clues from his review.
Starting point is 00:25:52 Then I'm going to tell you how many actors he lists, because he always lists a pretty big number of actors. And then you guys are going to bid on how many names you think it would take you to guess the title of this particular movie, going from the bottom of the cast list up. So the smaller roles up to the lead. So you want to get the bidding down as low as possible
Starting point is 00:26:11 because then it's really difficult. And here are your clues. I just pick a couple of things out of the review. He calls it gleefully raunchy. And he says it's anarchic. I'm pronouncing that right, right? It's anarchic. It stars anarchic. Yes, anarchic is in this movie.
Starting point is 00:26:33 Right, she's great. She's terrific. Yeah. Two and a half stars. 2002. It has the word super in it and there are nine names. So how many names do you think you'd have to hear? You can open with a bid of nine names, or you can bring it down a little bit as we throw it to James Gunn.
Starting point is 00:26:50 Then he has to either bid less than you or ask you to name that movie. I'm going to go, okay, I'll go four. Four names, he says. So James, you could go three, two, one, or zero, or say name it. Three. All right, now we go over to Rain.
Starting point is 00:27:05 Name it, motherfucker! 1, or 0? Or say name it. 3. All right, now we go over to Rain. Name it, motherfucker! Oh, shit! So it's got super in the title, that's the thing? Mm-hmm. Okay. And I can give you the clues again. Leonard gave it two and a half stars. I don't really agree.
Starting point is 00:27:20 He says that it's anarchic, and he also said something else about it. Okay. Oh, he said it was gleefully raunchy. Gleefully raunchy. Yeah, and it's from 2002. It has the word super in it. Okay. And you get four names.
Starting point is 00:27:33 I got three. Three names, sorry. Right? Yeah. Your three names are Paul Soter. Oh, great. Soter. S-O-T-E-R.
Starting point is 00:27:42 That's the first name? Yeah. Well, it's at the bottom of the nine names. Oh, it's at the bottom? Yeah, we're weeding our way up now. Oh, shit. I thought we were starting from... Yeah, yeah, see, that's why it's hard. Yeah, it is hard.
Starting point is 00:27:56 I think Simon needs to name it. No, then the next name is Kevin Heffernan. And then the third name is Steve... I don't know how to pronounce it, but it's Lemmy, like L-E-M-M-E. Does that help you at all? Oh, no. So it looks like Rain's going to get the point
Starting point is 00:28:14 unless you pull something out. Just name any movie that has the word super in it and you might get it. 2002. 2002, that's... I was going to say that movie Super Troopers, that's not it. Okay, I'll say Super Troopers. You're going to go movie Super Troopers That's not it Okay I'll say Super Troopers You're going to go with Super Troopers?
Starting point is 00:28:29 Are you sure? No but I'm sure I'm going to go with that Because that's the correct answer Can I ask The 2007 Was that super bad? It was. Fuck it!
Starting point is 00:28:50 Paul was directed by Greg Mottolo, who directed Superbad, so that would have been fun for you to pick that one, but you didn't. I'm pointing at him, you don't even, you don't, you, gratitude. Moises. Moises. Moises. Okay. So Rain got the point. Or no, James got the point.
Starting point is 00:29:11 I got a point. And we'll start over here. I only get one point? Huh? Yeah, one point for that. We're playing first person to two wins. Okay. So the pressure's on for everybody.
Starting point is 00:29:22 But since Rain said name it and James did, we'll start here with Simon since he couldn't win or lose on that one. And you get to pick again. Would you like movies that I saw last year at South by Southwest? You know me pretty well, so you could probably probably do pretty
Starting point is 00:29:40 great with that. It's Aaron Eckhart's birthday today, the day that we're taping this. So Aaron Eckhart motion pictures that he's in. And I gotta keep doing this category because people love it. Charlie Sheen.
Starting point is 00:29:55 The motion pictures of Charlie Sheen. Are we bored of him yet or should I... Oh wow. Let's go. wow let's go well let's happy birthday Aaron Eckhart
Starting point is 00:30:07 let's do that one okay I thought I put three movies in here but I only put two in but your choices are 2000 or 2008 mumble mumble mumble
Starting point is 00:30:23 2008 no 2000 okay mumble mumble mumble 2008 no 2000 okay I shan't be swayed I shan't three stars from Leonard Maltin I don't have a problem with that he calls it energetic
Starting point is 00:30:44 which I do have a problem with. I don't remember being particularly energetic. And then he also says that a real-life person that you would know that's not an actress plays a waitress in the movie. And they're... People are like... Three stars, 2,000. Aaron Eckhart's in there somewhere. He's somewhere in stars 2,000
Starting point is 00:31:05 Aaron Eckhart's in there somewhere He's somewhere in the cast Can I just name it? No you can Can I just name it? You get to start the bidding Hang on Rain One
Starting point is 00:31:14 No you could say zero Zero If you think you can get it in zero names Negative one Zero You've never heard this But this is how we play Now
Starting point is 00:31:22 Now in negative one names It's gonna go James is to be next in line. Actually, we're going the wrong way now. James is supposed to be next. What do you want to do? He said zero. If you go negative one, you have to name from the top of the cast list,
Starting point is 00:31:39 the top-billed person. And if you go negative two, you'll have to name the top two people. Or you could just make him name it. I want Simon to name it. Okay, Simon. Name that movie. Zero Names. Aaron Brockovich. That's right. You knew it too?
Starting point is 00:31:54 We could have gone, what? Julia Roberts, Aaron Eckhart, Albert Finney. See, Albert Finney. You would have won because I forgot that he was in that movie. Well, then it's fat. It would have gone Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, you would have won because I forgot that he was in that movie. Well, then it's fat. It's fat. Yeah. It would have gone Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, then Aaron Eckhart as her long-haired boyfriend. All right.
Starting point is 00:32:11 That was a good one. So who got that point? What happened there? Simon. Simon. So Rain has a point. Simon has a point. No, James has a point.
Starting point is 00:32:19 Simon has a point. Rain. I get nothing. Poor word, Joe. But you get to pick this time, Rain. It's like a sequel to Pujo, anyway. You get to decide. Would you like Esther Williams films?
Starting point is 00:32:30 Rain Wilson films. Would you like... I'm just kidding. I wouldn't... They're all called Swimming on a Sunday or whatever. My friend, Sam Levine, he's actually celebrating a birthday today, and I said, do you want to pick a category
Starting point is 00:32:48 for me to play on the show? And he said, sure. So he wants me to suggest to you guys films that Catherine O'Hara is in. Yeah, she's good. And then let me give you two more categories. The great Bryan Cranston, movies that he's in.
Starting point is 00:33:03 Oh, and this is a fun one. Pullman Paxton. That's movies that have either Bill Pullman or Bill Paxton. Pullman Paxton. Oh, here we go. Pullman Paxton. People fucking love Pullman Paxton. I can never remember which one is which, so I'm going to totally...
Starting point is 00:33:19 You really can't? I can't. Have you ever worked with either of them? I don't know. One of them. I don't know. Maybe of them. I don't know. Maybe. Big love is Paxton.
Starting point is 00:33:29 Big love is Paxton. Okay. They're both so beefalicious. Independence Day is Pullman, but I'm not going to say any more. I'm not going to name any of these movies I have here. So would you like a Paxton or Pullman from 86, 93 or 96? Oof, yes. Decisions, decisions.
Starting point is 00:33:50 What year again? 86, 93 or 96? Everybody's muttering. They're all figuring out what they think it is. 86. I love when people in the audience try to sway what is it again?
Starting point is 00:34:07 86 83 or 96 that was right right? no no 93 86 I see what you're doing 86 93 96 all 1900s 86 93 96
Starting point is 00:34:25 All 1900s 96 Is that one? Yes Three stars from Leonard Might be a tad generous He calls it a wild ride And he says it was written by a dude and his wife a couple wrote this movie
Starting point is 00:34:52 they were married to each other those are terrible clues and that's the point and there are 11 names how many names do you think you can get it in, Rainn Wilson, Pullman, Paxton? Six. That's a good opening bid.
Starting point is 00:35:18 Which way are we going? It's Simon's turn, right? Yeah, Simon. One. All right, so James Gunn, you can go zero. I have no idea, so you're going to have to name it. All right, name that movie with just one name. Does this mean you win if you get this right?
Starting point is 00:35:47 If he gets this, he's the winner, yeah. And if I get it, if he doesn't get it, I win. Oh, it's everything, isn't it? Oh. I wasn't treating it anywhere near as seriously as this. Do you have a strong feeling what it is? No. Alright, I'll give you your one name.
Starting point is 00:36:09 Go on then. Because that might help. It's Jake Busey. Doesn't look like it helped. Titanic. Titanic. Which one was in Titanic? Paxton. That's right. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:36:30 Thanks so much. That should just be a game where I just name movies that those two guys were in. You have to... Independence Day. Pullman. Yeah, I said that earlier.
Starting point is 00:36:50 What was that good one that Pullman was in with Ben Stiller? Zero Effect. Did you ever see that? I did. That's good. Okay. Do you have anything, Simon? I was going to go with Twister. That's correct. Wow. You and me, Vanessa. All the way. There you go. Sorry, dude. When I say all the way, I mean all the way. Who were you playing for?
Starting point is 00:37:20 Who were you playing for? Vanessa over here? Okay, Vanessa, you're going to win some awesome prizes. Normally I have the guests bring stuff for me to give away, but you guys... You really should fly to L.A. for the Paul premiere. Yes! You really... I mean, if you were... Well...
Starting point is 00:37:35 If you were really... Gracious. Yes, I would. And I would. I definitely would. That would be like a much better prize than what I have in here. I have a copy of one of my CDs, of course.
Starting point is 00:37:53 I brought a copy of Inception because I thought Ellen was going to be here. Oh, that's great. And why don't the three of you sign this copy of Inception? Fantastic. I'll be Leo. Thanks be Leo. Go ahead and sign that.
Starting point is 00:38:06 And then I always bring some woot monkeys. Is Morgan Freeman in there? People love woot monkeys. Which one do you want to be? You called Leo. Yeah, I got Leo because I was first. I'll be...
Starting point is 00:38:20 I want to be Tom Hardy. Are you going to take Tom Hardy? I'll be Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Yeah, he's good. He just put them all in the next Batman movie, right? Yeah. It's just going to be
Starting point is 00:38:36 just like Inception. Batman's going to Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Then Commissioner Gordon is going to run around in his head with no pants on. Alright, there you go.
Starting point is 00:38:50 Let's put it in the bag of gifts. She can have my bottle with my DNA on it. Alright, there you go. She can make a baby. You can clone me. If you're in LA on Monday, by any chance, are you in LA on Monday?
Starting point is 00:39:03 Where are you from? Just fly her out on your jet. On the Universal Jet. Well, it's broken. Well, I was just going to say, if you were in LA on Monday, you could be very welcome at the pool premiere.
Starting point is 00:39:15 Yes. Or tomorrow. That's what I mean. That's what I was going to say. Yeah, just get her into the screening here. Right. That's a done deal then.
Starting point is 00:39:23 And maybe like... Maybe like dinner before or something like that. Yeah, dinner. Dinner, you done deal then. And maybe like dinner before or something like that. Do you like dancing? Greek sculpture? We could make a day of it. Alright, you're on. Breakfast tacos the next morning. How do you
Starting point is 00:39:43 like your eggs in the morning? With a song. That's how I like them. I never knew I'd get... Oh, I just got a text from Edgar Wright. Oh, what does he sign? Let's see what he has to say. How's Simon doing?
Starting point is 00:39:57 Is Simon all right? Simon's there, right? No, he's in the corridor. You guys want to play one more round for fun? We got a couple more minutes. Let's do it. Because you're all really good at it. This is awesome.
Starting point is 00:40:23 Usually, you know, people don't know anything. I knew it was Aaron Brockovich. Yeah. It's all a timing thing. And probably with six, I would have guessed Twister. It would have been like Philip Seymour Hoffman, and then the chick, and the other guy. Yeah, the chick.
Starting point is 00:40:42 All right, so let's let you pick a category, Rainn. Would you like Bryan Cranston? Someone's allergic to that Yeah, the chick. All right, so let's let you pick a category, Rainn. Would you like Bryan Cranston? Someone's allergic to that category in the audience. Comic book movies or Catherine O'Hara as supplied by Sam Levine? I can't win any of those. Comic book movies, he'll win. I don't know a single movie Bryan Cranston's ever been in.
Starting point is 00:41:06 So, Catherine O'Hara movies. All right. I got to pull up. Sam Levine. Sam texted me this. Have you guys worked with Sam? I know Sam. I met Sam.
Starting point is 00:41:16 He's a good little man. Yes. Freaks and geeks. He's a great Tanner Feller. He turned 29 today, and he's still getting cast as a high school student. It's awesome.
Starting point is 00:41:28 I got to find... He turned 29 today, and he's still getting cast as a high school student. It's awesome. He texted me all this stuff. I've got to find it. Oh, here it is. I got it. Okay. Rain, would you like a Catherine O'Hara movie from 1990, 1994, or 2002? 2002. Okay.
Starting point is 00:41:46 And Sam already picked out the things from the review for me to say. It got two stars from Leonard. Leonard calls it lumpy. How can a movie be lumpy? This one is. When you hear it, you're going to be like, yep, you lumpy. He says it turns serious and sincere towards the end to no great effect.
Starting point is 00:42:16 Nice try, film. And there are 13 names listed in this 2002 movie that has Catherine O'Hara in it. How many names do you think you can get it in, Rainn Wilson? Six. Six names. We go to Simon, right?
Starting point is 00:42:37 Well, I'm going to say name it. Oh. Oh. Isn't this exciting? Call my bluff. Really? I have no idea. It's six pretty good names.
Starting point is 00:42:50 I think they're helpful names. Leslie Mann, George Murdoch, Lily Tomlin, Chevy Chase, Dana Ivey, Gary Marshall. That I sort of said with a Gary Marshall voice. You kind of said said with a Gary Marshall voice. You kind of said it
Starting point is 00:43:08 in a Penny Marshall way. Jinx Coke. Okay. Do you have any idea? Lily Tomlin's a good clue. Chevy Chase, of course. In a smallish role in 2002. Chevy Chase? Has he done a role in 2002. Chevy Chase?
Starting point is 00:43:25 Has he done a movie in the last 20 years? No, I'm not dissing on it. Yeah, he did this one. 2002? Yeah, yeah. Do you have an idea, James? Is it I Heart Huckabees?
Starting point is 00:43:44 Mm-mm. I like the way you said it. And Lily Tomlin is in that. Yeah, yeah. I don't think Captain O'Hara's in that. This is a tough one. Let me give you another one.
Starting point is 00:44:03 Yay! Not only is it a tough one, I think we you another one. Yay! That was... Not only is it a tough one, I think we played it on the show recently. It's Orange County. Oh, interesting. Yeah, but let me give you the 1991. Alright, two and a half stars.
Starting point is 00:44:17 Wildly successful. The film has its ups and downs. You just said it was wildly successful, Len. And then, this is my favorite, there's a climactic scene. And there's ten names. Les Laisons Dangerous. Catherine O'Hara movie
Starting point is 00:44:39 from 2002. How many names do you think you can get it in? Wait, wait, wait, wait. 2002? Oh, sorry. 1990. I don't care. No, it's 1990. Two and a half stars.
Starting point is 00:44:54 Has an ending. I was in junior high. I'm just kidding. Paul. Paul. Five. Paul Five Paul It's a fart a minute I'm going to go see that yawning farting movie
Starting point is 00:45:13 Who doesn't yawn fart? Okay, how many names did you say? Five Alright, Simon Four Four James Five Alright Simon Four James How many names are there overall? Ten
Starting point is 00:45:33 It's down to four You'd have to go with three Do you know what it is? Name it Alright This is going to be rough If you had four names you'd have a shot at getting this All right. This is going to be rough. Go on.
Starting point is 00:45:49 If you had four names, you'd have a shot at getting this. But I think with three names, it's not... Because I don't know any of these people. Devin Rattray, Angela Gothels, and Billy Bird. Home Alone. Really? That's right. Wow. How did you Wow
Starting point is 00:46:09 I'm like You warlock It's Edgar It's Edgar That's hanging around It's Edgar Hanging around with Edgar That's what it is
Starting point is 00:46:17 But what name gave that away? Catherine O'Hara In 1990 to be honest Very very nice. I just wanted it to look cool. Now, for the two players that you guys played for, who are the... You two lost, Rain and James.
Starting point is 00:46:31 For your people that you played for, at the end of the show, what I do is I call someone a shithead on their behalf. It's kind of a consolation prize. So I'm going to go ask them who I should call a shithead. You guys just talk amongst yourselves into the microphones.
Starting point is 00:46:46 Remind us again the release dates of your projects. So tell us about Super. When's it out again? April 1st, and then it kind of is a platform release, and then it goes out in other cities after that every weekend. And you've seen the finished film. How do you feel about it, honestly? I think it's really fucking great. I've got a feeling it's going to be.
Starting point is 00:47:05 Are you... I'm a fan of both of you. You can't go tonight, though. I can't go tonight because I've got an Attack the Block thing to do. But I would... We'll have a premiere in LA
Starting point is 00:47:13 on the 21st. Are you around? I'd like to come because I really... I like you guys ever such a lot. And I love Ellen Page as well. And I've been looking forward to it. I can honestly say, in all seriousness, I've been sort of I've been looking forward to it. I can honestly say, in all seriousness,
Starting point is 00:47:26 I've been sort of tracking it and looking forward to it. It's not a joke. It's serious. Oh, that's nice. Now tell him how shitty you think his movie is. Fuck Leonard Maltin. Yeah, well, you know. He's got opinions. We'll see. He might like it.
Starting point is 00:47:42 I think Greg Mottola has one of the best track records of any... I mean, he's directed three movies, all of which are fantastic films, in my opinion. He's a great guy, Greg. I'm very excited about it. Yeah, he's done a great job. You've directed two films. True, yeah. All of them fantastic. That's true. And wrote
Starting point is 00:47:59 one of my top five zombie movies. No offense, Simon. Thanks. As long as I'm in that, too. No, seriously, Dawn of the Dead and Shaun of the Dead are two of the best zombie movies ever. Thanks. The only ones that are better
Starting point is 00:48:15 are the ones that invented the idea, and they're not even necessarily better, but those are my other living dead, Dawn of the Dead. My super ex-girlfriend was kind of a zombie movie. Oh, you mean it was four zombies? Yeah, exactly. And starring zombies.
Starting point is 00:48:31 Zombies are the demographic. All right, well, thanks a lot, you guys. Let's hear it for these wonderful guests. Thank you. James Gunn. Thank you. And Rainn Wilson from Super. Come do us.
Starting point is 00:48:42 Simon Pegg from Paul. Let me get a picture of you guys as the end of the title is played. 10 o'clock tonight at the Paramount. Come on down, you guys. Come see it tonight. I'm going to get a picture of these guys. And as always, Julia Roberts is a shithead. And Dave Foley's first wife is a shithead.
Starting point is 00:48:56 Thank you. Now it's time for Doug to watch another talkie Eyes of gold, his viewing prowess makes him cocky There's no room in his heart for you Cause Doug loves movies

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