Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Ari Sandel

Genre:

Documentary | Comedy

Plot:

In this documentary, the show's emcee, Vince Vaughn, and four stand-up comedians hand-picked by Vaughn, travel the country and perform in 30 cities. This film documents the interactions on and off stage along the way.

Plot Keywords:

Comedian | Stand Up Comedian | Interview | Tour | Shopping

Cast

Vince Vaughn	...	Himself
Ahmed Ahmed	...	Himself
John Caparulo	...	Himself
Bret Ernst	...	Himself
Sebastian Maniscalco	...	Himself
Jon Favreau	...	Himself
Dwight Yoakam	...	Himself
Peter Billingsley	...	Himself
Keir O'Donnell	...	Himself
Justin Long	...	Himself
Buck Owens	...	Himself

Directed by
Ari Sandel

Produced by
Peter Billingsley	....	executive producer
John Isbell	....	executive producer
John M. Pisani	....	associate producer (as John Pisani)
Sandra J. Smith	....	associate producer
Victoria Vaughn	....	executive producer
Vince Vaughn	....	producer

Original Music by
John O'Brien

Film Editing by
Jim Kelly
Dan Lebental

Art Department
Tiffany Sims	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Justin Bates	....	sound post-production assistant
Dan Creech	....	sound editor: background effects
Tom Marks	....	dialogue editor
Tom Marks	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Morgenstein	....	sound
Kyle Schember	....	supervising sound editor
Ryan Young	....	dialogue editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Greg Gayne	....	still photographer
Chris Henkel	....	camera operator
Paul Ruffolo	....	camera operator
Dave Rutherford	....	camera operator
Mark N. Woods	....	jimmy jib operator
Jani Zandovskis	....	camera operator

Editorial Department
Stacey Frederick	....	assistant editor
Teresa Lang	....	additional editor
Dan Lebental	....	supervising editor
Dave Pickett	....	colorist
Astrid Sealey	....	additional editor
Sandra Torres	....	additional editor
Matthew W. Johnson	....	IQ artist (uncredited)

Music Department
Greg Morgenstein	....	composer: additional music
Greg Morgenstein	....	music editor
Ralph Sall	....	music clearance supervisor

Other crew
Laura Breakey	....	assistant: Mr. Billingsley
Chad Horning	....	show director
Patrick McMahon	....	merchandise manager
Cafe Noir	....	title design: trailer park (as Cafe Noir)
Jason Ruffolo	....	stage manager

Thanks
Buck Owens	....	in memory of

Production Companies

• Wild West Picture Show Productions

Distributors

• Picturehouse Entertainment (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)

Other Companies

• United Talent Agency (UTA)  filmmakers representation

Also Known As:

Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language and some sex-related humor.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #43341) | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

Wild West Picture Show Productions

Quotes:

Sebastian Maniscalco: One day your name is up in lights and the next day it's on a nametag.

Movie Connections:

References Wedding Crashers (2005)

Soundtrack:

Don't Stop the Rock

uneven material in an affable film

In 2005, actor Vince Vaughn gathered together a handful of comedians from The Comedy Store in Hollywood - Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst and Sebastian Maniscalco - built an extended stand-up show around their acts, then took it on the road for a 30-city-in-30-day whirlwind tour across the United States, starting in Los Angeles and ending in Chicago, with 28 stops in between. Vaughn also brought a few documentary filmmakers along for the ride, the result being "Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show," an at best fair-to-middling account of that event.

Some of the backstage stuff is of moderate interest - particularly the comics offering a free show to some Hurricane Katrina refugees and Ernst's touching reflections on his older brother who died of AIDS. But one can only hope that we're not being treated to the best of the on-stage material here. For if truth be told, there aren't nearly as many laughs to be gleaned from these performances as one might expect given the caliber of talent involved. At best, the routines elicit a few hearty chuckles, along with a surprising number of humor-deprived dead spots. The behind-the-scenes activities are marginally more entertaining (the interviews with the boys' families are sometimes quite informative and amusing), but the movie doesn't provide nearly the depth of insight into the world of standup comedy that, say, Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedian" did a few years back.

Still the guys in the group are likable enough and their camaraderie ultimately becomes infectious, earning the movie at least a lukewarm recommendation, especially for devotees of the subject.