Beerfest (2006)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Jay Chandrasekhar

Writers (WGA):

Jay Chandrasekhar (written by) &
Kevin Heffernan (written by) ...
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Release Date:

25 August 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Brewed in 2006

Plot:

Two brothers travel to Germany for Oktoberfest, only to stumble upon secret, centuries-old competition described as a "Fight Club" with beer games.

Plot Keywords:

Beer | Competition | Oktoberfest | Germany | Fight

Cast

M.C. Gainey	...	Priest
Paul Soter	...	Jan Wolfhouse
Erik Stolhanske	...	Todd Wolfhouse / Young Baron Ludwig
Cloris Leachman	...	Great Gam Gam
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen (as Juergen Prochnow)
Cameron Scher	...	Helmut
Owain Yeoman	...	Aussie Sailor #1
Tom Tate	...	Aussie Sailor #2
Allan Graf	...	Soup Waiter
Chris Moss	...	German Producer
Bjorn Johnson	...	Mr. Schniedelwichsen (as Bjørn Johnson)
Kevin Heffernan	...	Landfill / Gil / Sausage Lady
Jay Chandrasekhar	...	Barry / Blind Sikh
Steve Lemme	...	Fink / Emcee
Collin Thornton	...	Little Boy
Pab Schwendimann	...	Door Bouncer
Philippe Brenninkmeyer	...	Herr Referee
Jessica Williams	...	Inga
Steven Michael Quezada	...	Mexican
Aaron Hendry	...	Pim Scutney
Michael Yurchak	...	Rog Gobshire
Will Forte	...	Otto
Nat Faxon	...	Rolf
Eric Christian Olsen	...	Gunter
Ralf Moeller	...	Hammacher
Gunter Schlierkamp	...	Schlemmer
Blanchard Ryan	...	Krista Krundle
Isaac Kappy	...	Hustler
Mo'Nique	...	Cherry
Robbie Washington	...	Viking Master
Leanna Kristen	...	Little Tough Chick
Audrey Marie Anderson	...	Giddy Girl #1 (as Audrey Anderson)
Megan Robinson	...	Giddy Girl #2
Arron Shiver	...	Strike Out Kid
Justin Ocksrider	...	Camera Phone Kid
Amber Hay	...	'Cops' Girl
Galen Hutchinson	...	Wiseass Partygoer
James Roday	...	German Messenger
Marya Beauvais	...	Sandy Cook
Anna Lane	...	Dancing Girl
Candace Smith	...	Naomi
Brittney Higgins	...	Todd's Wife
Sarah Figoten	...	Young Gam Gam
Marc Mouchet	...	Karl Schumacher
Simona Fusco	...	Ulsa (as Simona Fusco Stratten)
James Grace	...	Canadian #1
Tom Carver	...	Canadian #2
Ben Zeller	...	Spectator #1
Ivan Brutsche	...	Spectator #2
Sabrina Jàvor	...	Rog's Girl (as Sabrina Javor)
Rohit Sang	...	Raj Kumar
Richard Perello	...	Bartender Percy McButtons
Gary Kanin	...	Old Vet
Dennis Gubbins	...	Video Camera Operator
Dan Fey	...	Gam Gam's 'John'
Artist W. Robinson	...	Taxi Driver (as Artist Robinson)
Christopher Hagen	...	Elderly Man
Chloe Russell	...	Waitress
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Blackburn	...	Irish Drinking Team Captain (uncredited)
Kimberly Bosso	...	St. Paulie Girl Waitress (uncredited)
Misha Bugaev	...	Drunk Aussie Sailor / Singer (uncredited)
Michelle Chase	...	Hot Girl Sprayed by Keg (uncredited)
Dave Colon	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Paul Edney	...	Munich Oktoberfest Singer (uncredited)
Hugh Elliot	...	German Businessman (uncredited)
Scott Flick	...	European Aristocrat (uncredited)
Fortunato Frattasio	...	American Tourist (uncredited)
Paul Haasch	...	Aussie Sailor (uncredited)
Nancy Ann Hibbs	...	Arena Personnel (uncredited)
Sara Holden	...	Beer Wench (uncredited)
Brian Hudson	...	Lederhosen Guy / Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Lux Kassidy	...	Swedish Team Member (uncredited)
Brent Lambert	...	Mourner (uncredited)
Mandi Leigh	...	Beer Waitress (uncredited)
Chauntal Lewis	...	Girl Sprayed by Keg (uncredited)
William E. Marshall	...	Patron (uncredited)
Meriah Nelson	...	Topless Girl #1 (uncredited)
Willie Nelson	...	Himself (uncredited)
Ben Nolte	...	French BeerBong Rooter (uncredited)
Logan Steele	...	Aussie Sailor / Singer (uncredited)
Donald Sutherland	...	Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited)
Steven Vulin	...	Drunken Aussie (uncredited)
Z. Ray Wakeman	...	European Aristocrat (uncredited)
Paul Zepeda	...	European Frat Boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Jay Chandrasekhar

Writing credits (WGA)
Jay Chandrasekhar		(written by) (as Broken Lizard) &
Kevin Heffernan		(written by) (as Broken Lizard) &
Steve Lemme		(written by) (as Broken Lizard) &
Paul Soter		(written by) (as Broken Lizard) &
Erik Stolhanske		(written by) (as Broken Lizard)

Produced by
Michael Beugg	....	executive producer
William Fay	....	executive producer
Bill Gerber	....	producer
Peter E. Lengyel	....	executive producer
Scott Mednick	....	executive producer
Richard Perello	....	producer
Artist W. Robinson	....	associate producer (as Artist Robinson)
Thomas Tull	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nathan Barr

Cinematography by
Frank G. DeMarco

Film Editing by
Lee Haxall

Casting by
Venus Kanani
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
Clark Hunter

Art Direction by
David Baca

Set Decoration by
Gabriella Villarreal

Costume Design by
Tricia Gray

Makeup Department
Sara Bozik	....	makeup artist
Debra Clair	....	hair stylist (as Debra R. Clair)
Katie Douthit	....	key hair stylist
Sheri Kornhaber	....	makeup department head
Kathy Lineberger	....	hair department head
Linda Vallejo	....	key makeup artist
Vanessa Jaramillo	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Jolynn Nieto	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Michael Beugg	....	unit production manager
Bob Dohrmann	....	production supervisor
Susan Maas	....	post-production supervisor
Ravi D. Mehta	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sonia Bhalla	....	second assistant director (additional photography)
Jason Blumenfeld	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Dennis Crow	....	additional second assistant director (as Dennis M. Crow)
Dennis Crow	....	second assistant director: second unit
Jai James	....	second second assistant director
Joseph Payton	....	second second assistant director: additional photography
Timothy C. Reischauer	....	additional second assistant director
Timothy C. Reischauer	....	assistant director: reshoots
Artist W. Robinson	....	first assistant director
Deanna Stadler	....	second assistant director
Marcia Woske	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
David D. Baumann	....	assistant property master
Ralph Diaz	....	greens
Ryan Falkner	....	storyboard artist
Jason Fitzgerald	....	lead
Marisa Frantz	....	set designer
Dwayne Grady	....	property master (as Dwayne David Grady)
Arlen Johnson	....	construction foreman (as Arlen J. Johnson)
Ester Kim	....	assistant art director
Ellen Lampl	....	graphic designer
Amy Marsh	....	art department coordinator
Evan Martinez	....	on-set dresser
David McQuade	....	assistant property master
Phil Shirey	....	lead
Juan Souter	....	lead
Christopher Windisch	....	construction coordinator (as Christopher D. Windisch)
Chris Alvarez	....	welding foreman (uncredited)
Isaac Amondson	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Jeffrey G. Baca	....	set dresser (uncredited)
James Duddy	....	painter (uncredited)
Erick Garibay	....	assistant property master: re-shoot (uncredited)
Arlen Johnson	....	general foreman (uncredited)
Caylen Johnson	....	welding foreman (uncredited)
Sara M. Lewis	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Randy Moffitt	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Robbie Mueller	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Ian Scroggins	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Upton Shipley	....	on-set painter (uncredited)
Mike Sudrow	....	on-set dresser (uncredited)
Gary Warshaw	....	assistant art director: re-shoot (uncredited)
Chris Windish	....	laborer (uncredited)
Brannon Wright	....	specialty props (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Alvarez	....	sound mixer
John D'Aquino	....	boom operator
Barbara Delpuech	....	sound effects editor
Caoimhe Doyle	....	foley artist
Cole Gittinger	....	cable person
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Shaughnessy Hare	....	sound effects editor
Gregory King	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gregory King	....	supervising sound editor
E. Niles Klein	....	sound editorial technical consultant
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Tim LeBlanc	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Barbara Noren	....	assistant sound editor
Jeena M. Phelps	....	dialogue editor
Lan Tran	....	foley recording assistant
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Derrick Espino	....	additional sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Nicole Hansen	....	special effects technician
Geoffrey C. Martin	....	special effects coordinator
Gary Petersen	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Danny Albano	....	digital compositor: Technicolor Digital Services
David Beedon	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dream VFX
Thomas Clary	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Dream
Andrea D'Amico	....	visual effects executive producer: Eden FX
Nikki Dennis	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Dream
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist
Hong Kim	....	digital effects artist
James Allan May	....	digital compositor
Erin L. Nelson	....	digital restoration
Jason Piccioni	....	visual effects supervisor
Fred Pienkos	....	digital compositor: Eden FX
Corinne Pooler	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Alfredo Ramirez	....	digital compositor
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Jason Michael Zimmerman	....	digital compositor
Anthony Davis	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
James Allan May	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Sean M. Scott	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Robert Alonzo	....	stunts
Hank Amos	....	stunts
Richard Burden	....	stunts
Ken Clark	....	stunts
Russ Dillon	....	stunts
Edward A. Duran	....	stunts
Andy Dylan	....	stunts
Natascha Hopkins	....	stunts
Gene LeBell	....	stunts
David Leitch	....	fight choreographer
David Leitch	....	stunts
Deborah L. Mazor	....	stunt double (as Debbie Mazor)
Heidi Moneymaker	....	stunts
Darrin Prescott	....	stunt coordinator
Rex Reddick	....	stunts (as Rex J. Riddick)
Justin Riemer	....	stunts
Bridgett Riley	....	stunts
Craig Silva	....	stunts (as Craig 'Frosty' Silva)
Chad Stahelski	....	stunt coordinator
Logan Brown	....	stunts (uncredited)
Natascha Hopkins	....	stunt double: Mo'Nique (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Barocci	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Ryan Eustis	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Doug Foote	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Richard Foreman Jr.	....	still photographer (as Richard Foreman)
Patrick R. Heffernan	....	dolly grip (as Patrick Heffernan)
Greg Hewett	....	key grip
Chris Joehnk	....	rigging gaffer
Jimi Johnson	....	video playback operator
Alan Keffer	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Steven Litecky	....	chief lighting technician (as Steve Litecky)
Charlie Newberry	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Phil Pfeiffer)
John Stearns	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Michael Warren	....	best boy grip
Robert Barocci	....	camera operator: additional photography (uncredited)
Edward A. Duran	....	grip (uncredited)
Allen Eaves	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Frank Eyers	....	24 frame playback operator (uncredited)
Christina Fiers	....	film loader (uncredited)
George Greene	....	electrician (uncredited)
George Ross Johnson	....	best boy rigger (uncredited)
Robert Johnston	....	grip (uncredited)
Colin Kelly	....	additional first assistant camera (uncredited)
Benjamin Lowell	....	first assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Ryne Niner	....	digital imaging technician: video segments (uncredited)
Mark Steinig	....	grip (uncredited)
Daniel Stilling	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Daniel Stilling	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)
Lee Vickery	....	additional assistant camera (uncredited)
Marcia Woske	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jo Edna Boldin	....	casting: New Mexico
Eleanor Bravo	....	extras casting
J.C. Cantu	....	casting associate
Trixie Geisler	....	extras casting assistant
Lindsay Graham	....	casting assistant
Sandy Holt	....	adr voice casting
Marie A. Kohl	....	local casting associate
Lewis Liu	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maria Bentfield	....	costumer
Bradford Booth	....	costumer
Emily Egge	....	costumer
Juliet Hyde-White	....	costumer (as Juliet M. Hyde-White)
Roberta Souder Langhofer	....	key costumer (as Bobbi Langhofer)
Kent Alan Parker	....	key costumer
Claire Sandrin	....	set costumer
Pilar Agoyo	....	seamstress (uncredited)
Anette Czagany	....	costumer: Los Angeles (uncredited)
Pamela Lee Incardona	....	costume supervisor (uncredited)
Melissa Moody	....	costumer (uncredited)
Leigh Anne Stoudenmire	....	costume assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Ron Barr	....	digital intermediate editor
David Berman	....	assistant editor
Ryan C. Fill	....	post-production assistant
Danya Joseph	....	first assistant editor
Kathleen Latlip	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Michael Jay	....	additional music editor
Tim Mosher	....	composer: additional music
Brian Richards	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Andy Boyd	....	transportation captain
Dennis Milliken	....	transportation coordinator
Bruce Comtois	....	teamster (uncredited)
Harold L. Woods	....	driver: production van (uncredited)

Other crew
Steve Aguino	....	staff assistant
Chris Agyeman	....	set/office intern
Aaron Behl	....	staff assistant
Thomas Buerkle	....	staff assistant
Anna Burd	....	production secretary
Claire Chandou	....	first assistant accountant (as Claire T. Chandou)
Philip Cottone	....	assistant: Richard Perello
J.J. Dalton	....	staff assistant
Pablo del Olmo	....	intern
Russ Dillon	....	livestock coordinator
Ryan C. Fill	....	staff assistant (as R.C. Fill)
Rebecca Fulton	....	script supervisor
Don Gray	....	location manager
Tom Graziano	....	assistant: Steve Lemme
Rowie Green	....	staff assistant
Emily Gruendike	....	staff assistant
Karen A. Harris	....	assistant production coordinator
Rebecca Hilliard	....	production coordinator
April A. Janow	....	production accountant
Judith Jennings	....	studio teacher (as Judy Jennings)
Matthew Jennison	....	assistant: Kevin Heffernan
Armando Kirwin	....	office production assistant
Andrew Lang	....	office production assistant
Tara Leone	....	assistant: Jay Chandrasekhar
Sara M. Lewis	....	staff assistant (as Sara Lewis)
Lewis Liu	....	staff assistant
Brandy Marrs	....	staff assistant
Matt McMaster	....	staff assistant
Marcus Montano	....	staff assistant
Dennis Muscari	....	staff assistant
Dan Noah	....	travel coordinator
Barbara Noren	....	staff assistant
Charlie P. Pinto	....	publicist (as Charlie Pinto)
Jay Polidoro	....	assistant: Bill Gerber
Heston Roewe	....	office intern
Leigh Anne Stoudenmire	....	staff assistant
Faith Strongheart	....	staff assistant
Marcus Taylor	....	staff assistant
Lan Tran	....	staff assistant
Wade Whitman	....	assistant location manager
Jeffrey G. Baca	....	set medic (uncredited)
Erin Boyd	....	set decorator: re-shoots, Los Angeles (uncredited)
Trisha Burton	....	script supervisor: additional photography (uncredited)
William Clark Coit III	....	location scout (uncredited)
Brooke Fair	....	assistant craft service (uncredited)
Marc C. Geschwind	....	extras coordinator (uncredited)
Mary Holyoke	....	shopper buyer (uncredited)
J.D. Jacoby	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Sandy Lizaola-Hernandez	....	physical production coordinator: staff (uncredited)
Leigh Maney	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Michelle Montgomery	....	additional voice-over (uncredited)
Carlos A. Montoya	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Jason Neudecker	....	key set production assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
Aimie Olson	....	key medic (uncredited)
Michyl-Shannon Quilty	....	production coordinator: additional photography (uncredited)
Stephanie Wescott	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
• Legendary Pictures (in association with)
• Gerber Pictures
• Cataland Films
• Broken Lizard Industries (as Broken Lizard)
• Adobe Pictures (uncredited)
• Road Rebel (uncredited)
• Village Roadshow Pictures (uncredited)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Veronica (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Argentina) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (opticals)
• Eden FX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• All Balloons All The Time  balloon decor
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Digital Jungle  DVD Commentary sound
• Framepool  stock footage
• No Stone Unturned Security & Investigative Services  set security (as Angels Security)
• Orbit Digital  HD services
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  nextel cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive crude and sexual content, language, nudity and substance abuse.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Ireland:15A | Canada:14A (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:R21 | UK:15 (cut theatrical version) | Germany:16 (nf) | UK:18 (re-rating) (DVD version) (2006) (uncut) | UK:18 (uncut DVD version) | UK:18 (DVD rating) (uncut) | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Malaysia:18SX (unrated DVD version) | South Korea:18 | Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque Press Club - 201 Highland Park Circle SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The shape of the final beer mug is in the shape of a big boot. Everybody refers to it as "Das Boot", that means "the boat" in German. However, it also refers to the actor Jürgen Prochnow, famous for acting in the legendary German movie Das Boot (1981).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the fight scene between Landfill and Cherry, several shots show Cherry's much thinner stunt double fighting.

Quotes:

Jan Wolfhouse: [Barry picked up a woman] Are you sure you want to do this?
Barry Badrinath: Are you kidding? She's hot as hell! I'm just lookin' for a little slap n' pickle.
Jan Wolfhouse: You're drunk.
Barry Badrinath: Hey... I'm drunk, you're drunk... everybody's drunk!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Fight Club (1999)

Soundtrack:

Sexy

You won't regret having seen Beerfest the morning after...

Caught Beerfest last night in Milwaukee at a special screening. Heffernan and Stolhanske were there to introduce it. Broken Lizard's Beerfest is HILARIOUS. I really liked Super Troopers (although it's a bit too self-aware at times), and Club Dread was more of a miscalculation than a misstep. It was a solid flick and a superior horror film spoof to the Scary Movie series that lost a lot of people because the BL guys played such different characters than in Super Troopers. They got a little too far away from what people loved about Super Troopers. Puddle Cruiser, their first film from 1996, is a great little indie flick with some great characters and lines that just never really adds up to anything special. But, it's very worthy of checking out. Beerfest is a whole different monster. It's loose and confident and ditches the overly punchy dialogue of their preceding films. It takes its time to get going, but when it does, the laughs come unbelievably fast. Many lines were lost in the laughter.

There isn't much of a plot (as would be expected), but it's better than I would have guessed and revolves around 2 brothers (Soter and Stolhanske) who discover their German ancestry and stumble upon an event that would make Oktoberfest its bitch. Beerfest. The brothers are shamed by their long lost German relatives and accused of hiding an old, stolen beer recipe. Upon their return to America, they decide to honor their family name and train for next year's Beerfest. They recruit three other team members (Heffernan, Chandresehkar, and Lemme). The middle third of the movie is the funniest, which features the team's training. It feels a little long as a whole, but most of the film moves quite fast. While Stolhanske stole Puddle Cruiser as Freaky Reaky, Heffernan stole Super Troopers as Farva, and Lemme stole Club Dread as Juan, Jay Chandresehkar owns Beerfest. Who says the director can't have some fun? His character is sort of a perverted, sexual deviant/prostitute on-the-side who is a former beer games champion who has just lost his chops. I don't wanna spoil anything more, but this movie is completely hysterical.

Even if you didn't love Super Troopers, this still might be for you. There were things in all previous Broken Lizard movies than I could understand some might think were "annoying," but that style is absent here. If you dig Broken Lizard's stuff, you'll love this. If you like "Old School," you'll have a good time with Beerfest. If you love beer, this movie is for you. If you're an Adam Sandler fan, well, this flick is probably too sophisticated for you so you best stay away. Beerfest has all I could ever want from my comedies. Tons of laughs, memorable characters, tons and tons of nudity, and it never pusses out. This is a hard "R" folks. Check it out and leave any Broken Lizard pretenses at the door.

8/10