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Semi-Pro

DVD Release Date: June 3rd, 2008
Starring: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney, Will Arnett, Andy Richter, Rob Corddry, DeRay Davis, Josh Braaten, Jay Phillips, Jackie Earle Haley
Genre: Comedy, Sports

Review: The 1970s are back in all their excessive glory in Semi-Pro, an uneven but not uninspired Will Ferrell comedy about a professional basketball team that puts more energy into insane promotional schemes than playing well on the court. Ferrell stars as Jackie Moon, a former pop sensation who made enough money from a couple of hit records (the biggest: "Love Me Sexy") to buy Flint, Mich.'s the Tropics, a disorganized bunch of losers with one genuine talent named Coffee Black (Andre J. Benjamin). Despite knowing little about the game, Jackie is the Tropics' coach as well as a player, though his greater love is in coming up with such bizarre marketing stunts as wrestling a bear and attempting a motorcycle jump over a line of cheerleaders. When the Tropics look like they might be shut down, Jackie desperately agrees to let washed-up veteran player Monix (Woody Harrelson) take over coaching, turning the team's fortunes around--just a bit. The film's thin premise opens the floodgates to a series of absurd vignettes that suit Ferrell's silly-satiric brand of frat humor very well...more

"Let's Get Sweaty" extras: "Love Me Sexy: The Story Behind the One-Hit Wonder" featuette, "Recreating the American Basketball Association (ABA)" featurette, "Four Days in Flint" featurette, behind-the-scenes footage, music video, more.

In single-disc and Two-Disc Unrated "Let's Get Sweaty" Edition. Also available on Two-Disc Unrated "Let's Get Sweaty" Edition) Blu-ray Disc. (New Line).

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Semi-Pro

Release Date: February 29, 2008
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: Kent Alterman
Screenwriter: Scot Armstrong
Starring: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney, Will Arnett, Andy Richter, Rob Corddry, DeRay Davis, Josh Braaten, Jay Phillips, Jackie Earle Haley
Genre: Comedy, Sports
MPAA Rating: R (for language and some sexual content)
Official Website: SemiPromovie.com

Plot Summary: Will Ferrell stars in "Semi-Pro," an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA – a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song "Love Me Sexy" to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon's franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league and in danger of folding when the ABA announces its plans to merge with the NBA. If they want to survive, Jackie and the Tropics must now do the seemingly impossible – win.

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EN 5 Second Review: Now this is a fun movie, Will Ferrell at his best, we just wonder how many sports he has left.

Very much in the tradition of "Slap Shot," George Roy Hill's raucously funny and foul-mouthed 1977 laffer about the misadventures of a minor-league hockey team, "Semi-Pro" scores big laughs with the rowdy play-by-play of hard-luck hoopsters struggling for professional survival
Joe Leydon: Variety
For some auds, Will Ferrell doing a full-court press in a white-guy afro alone will be worth the price of admission. But the New Line release also offers most valuable playing by a first-rate supporting cast, and enough funny business to ensure enduring playoffs on homevid and cable after a profitable theatrical run...more

Semi-Pro tries for semi-sweet when bittersweet would have been better, semi-silly when full-bore absurd was called for. And the final score? Semi-funny
Roger Moore: Orlando Sentinal
Woody Harrelson jabs a knife into a basketball in the "time to get serious" scene about 45 minutes into Semi-Pro, the Will Ferrell comedy about the American Basketball Association. And that's pretty much when the air goes out of the movie...more

 Interviews
Will Ferrell Semi Pro Tour Interview
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Outtakes - 'Ball Girls' and 'Pancakes & Camels' (12.11.07):
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Music Video - 'Love Me Sexy' (1.25.08):
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Featurette - 'The Legend of Jackie Moon' (1.30.08):
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Super Bowl Spot 2 (with Bud Light) (2.3.08):
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Extended Super Bowl Spot 2 (with Bud Light) (2.3.08):
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