Will Ferrell,
Christina Applegate,
Paul Rudd,
Steve Carell,
David Koechner
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After completing the final cut of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, producers were left with enough deleted material to create an entire alternate film--so they did just that. Wake Up, Ron Burgun... read more
Directed by: Adam McKay
Release Date: December 28, 2004
Stats: 1,151 reviews
A much weaker version of Anchorman definitely lacks, but this version has some great cameos and amazing Brick moments. I'd hate to be around anyone who can't stand this movie to begin with after seeing this version. For serious Anchorman fans only...
There is a reason why this is a dvd only addition and why test audiences made the right choice in complaining about some of this footage, but it's neat to see how they edited footage around and added more narration to make it seem like another movie almost, some funny stuff here.
The footage should have remained on the cutting room floor you cannot make an entirely different film out of edits...i mean did this film actually have a script??
Essentially a series of deleted and alternate scenes and subplots reworked and retooled to be its own movie. As a result, it is kind of sloppy and you have to wonder how much the wrote and shot for the original draft of the film if all this as initially worked in some how.
Comprised of alternate takes from Anchorman, this has some laughs but aside from an alternate storyline meant to make it a sequel to the original film, it honestly just feels like something of a retread of the same material.
Y'know, because it is.
Amusing, but not necessarily e... read more
ehhhh... It was basically all the scraps left to create an alternate version of the movie. Still funnier than most films though.
The first half of the film is hilarious, however the second half makes me want to chew the bark off a tree.
This was very interesting. There were so many deleted scenes from the movie, they pieced them together and made another movie out of it. The only problem is that is wasn't as good cause it was so pieced together. But it was still pretty funny overall.
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