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Jackass Number Two
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| Jackass Number Two | |
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| Directed by | Jeff Tremaine |
| Produced by | Sean Cliver Spike Jonze Johnny Knoxville |
| Written by | Jeff Tremaine All of the Jackass cast |
| Starring | Johnny Knoxville Bam Margera Chris Pontius Steve-O Ryan Dunn Dave England Jason "Wee Man" Acuña Preston Lacy Ehren McGhehey |
| Music by | Manish Raval Tom Wolfe |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures MTV Films Dickhouse Productions Lynch Siderow Productions |
| Release date(s) | September 22, 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11.5 million |
| Preceded by | Jackass: The Movie |
| Followed by | Jackass 3 |
| Official website | |
| All Movie Guide profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Jackass Number Two (also known as Jackass Two) is the sequel to the 2002 comedy reality film[1], Jackass: The Movie, itself based upon the MTV series.
The Jackass cast refused to divulge where they were filming, out of fear of fans interfering with the filming process. However, they have filmed in India, Australia, and Moscow. A few insights were leaked prior to the movie's release by Steve-O and Bam Margera via Radio Bam and Loveline. Other shootings were Bull Shoals, Arkansas; Key West, Florida; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; and West Chester, Pennsylvania.
On June 15, 2006, Yahoo! released the first official teaser for the movie[1]. The stunts in the trailer included Knoxville riding a "rocket bike" off a ramp and a blindfolded Knoxville being rammed by a yak.
The film had 4 different screenings for fans of Jackass and MySpace users, which was a part of MySpace's "Black Carpet" screening. The screenings took place a few days before the movie was released (possibly August). Some of the screenings also had surprise visits by cast and crew. For example, the Pennsylvania screening had director Jeff Tremaine and cast members Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera.
The DVD of the movie is now available in its R rated version in full and wide screen and in widescreen in the unrated version.[2]
Steve-O confirmed on the Howard Stern Show that Jackass 3 is being made and will start filming in January 2008.[3]
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Just as the first TV series and first movie, Jackass: Number Two has essentially no plot. Instead, it is a collection of stunts and pranks.
The film opens with the sound of "The Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly score by Ennio Morricone and the cast members running through a cloud of dust in a slow western style, returning in the blaze of glory for what could be their final adventure. Behind them is revealed to be a group of large bulls chasing them through an abandoned neighborhood. The men, one by one, are taken down by the stampede, until only Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera are left, and are chased through a house. Bam jumps through a window, and Johnny stops in his tracks to deliver his signature line, “Hi, I’m Johnny Knoxville, welcome to Jackass!”, and is pushed through a window by several bulls, and the title comes to screen, “Jackass Number Two” (Skull and Crutches Logo).
The movie finishes with a Busby Berkeley-style movie musical production number set to the La Cage aux Folles song "The Best Of Times", where the cast sing and dance while getting battered by violent stunts. One stunt involves Wee Man and Preston Lacy sliding onto a bunch of metal trash cans. Others involve Chris Pontius dancing in a flaming building and jumping safely onto a mat, at which point he is knocked off his feet by a fire hose, and Bam and Dunn dancing in cowboy outfits in front of a horse before Knoxville causes the horse to flee by slapping its rear, pulling Bam and Dunn away by a rope attached to their feet. This huge sequence might have been inspired by the fact that in the first film, a huge finale was planned in a similar fashion, but the contraption that was to be used for the stunt failed and could not be fixed in time. Also, as in the first film, Rip Taylor is seen at the end of the sequence.
The credits feature outtakes and deleted scenes.
The entire main cast of the original came back to do the movie, including Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey, Preston Lacy, and Jason "Wee-Man" Acuña. Most of the supporting cast members returned as well, with the exceptions of Raab Himself and Rake Yohn. Shooting began in January 2006. The release date for the film was September 22, 2006.The film also includes cameos by Brandon Novak, Brandon DiCamillo, Luke Wilson, Willie Garson, Mark Zupan (Murderball), Dimitry Elyashkevich, Loomis Fall, Lance Bangs, David Weathers, Rick Kosick, Spike Jonze and cult film directors John Waters (A Dirty Shame), Jay Chandrasekhar (Super Troopers) and Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head). Professional BMX rider Mat Hoffman and professional skater Tony Hawk both performed stunts. Rap group Three 6 Mafia also appears, as well as HIM singer Ville Valo, actor James DeBello, with Kat Von D, as well as NFL star Jason Taylor. Stunts including Jackass and Viva La Bam regular Don Vito were also filmed and shown in previews. However, due to the scandal surrounding his arrest just prior to the film's release and the nature of the charges against him, all the scenes involving Don Vito were cut.
The Rated and Unrated DVD versions of the movie were released on December 26, 2006.[2]
The rated version includes the 96 minute theatrical release, with bonus features. And the Unrated includes extended unrated parts that were shortened in the original movie. Both DVDs feature commentary by the cast (except Bam Margera), director Jeff Tremaine and cinematographer Dimitry Elyashkevich, easter eggs, The Making of Jackass featurette, 16 deleted scenes removed from the theatrical release, more than 20 additional scenes, 9 tv spots, 8 promotional spots including trailer, gag reel, the uncensored version of Karazy by Chris Pontius and a promotional commercial for the 2006 VMA's.[2]
A Jackass 2.5 has been announced by Paramount containing never before seen footage from the cast.[4] It will be released on December 26, 2007 as an exclusive at all Blockbuster stores, Blockbuster.com, and at Amazon.com and at Itunes. The DVD will be sold at regular retail stores as well. Jackass 2.5 can be viewed from December 19 to December 31 at blockbuster.jackassworld.com
| Ratings | |
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| Australia: | MA |
| Canada (Alberta): | R |
| Canada (BC/SK): | 18A |
| Canada (Ontario): | 18A |
| Canada (Manitoba): | R |
| Canada (Maritime): | R |
| Denmark: | 15 |
| Finland: | K-15 |
| Germany: | 18 |
| India: | R54 |
| Ireland: | 16 |
| Mexico: | C |
| Netherlands: | 12 |
| New Zealand: | R16 |
| Norway: | 15 |
| Singapore: | R21 |
| South Africa: | 18 |
| Sweden: | 11 |
| United Kingdom: | 18 |
| United States: | R |
The film grossed US$29 million during its opening weekend, taking the number one spot at the box office. [2] The film grossed an additional $14 million in its second week. The film made $84,210,524 worldwide, more than the original.
- The New York Times awarded Jackass Number Two a Critic's Pick, calling it "Debased, infantile and reckless in the extreme, this compendium of body bravado and malfunction makes for some of the most fearless, liberated and cathartic comedy in modern movies." [3]
- On the television show Ebert & Roeper, Richard Roeper and guest critic Fred Willard gave Jackass Number Two a "Two Thumbs Up" rating.
- Movie critic Joe Gayeski of the website AndersonVision gave Jackass Number Two a rating of three and half stars out of 5, which according to his rating definitions, is defined as "Very Good." He did write though that Jackass: The Movie had a much more coherent and successful "rocking beat of a narrative" than its sequel, but the latter is still among the more hilarious pictures to have come from the "Hollywood comedy machine" in the last few years, especially in 2006.
- It received a rating of 61% (positive) on RottenTomatoes.com, with the critical consensus being; "It dares you not to laugh."
- ^ The Real Cancun, Scott Foundas, Variety Magazine, April 20, 2003.
- ^ a b c Amazon.com. DVD Release info..
- ^ http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/09/26/jackass-3-announced/
- ^ TMZ.com. New DVD release..
Jackass Number Two: Music from the Motion Picture
- Official website
- Jackass: Number Two at the Internet Movie Database
- Jackass: Number Two at Rotten Tomatoes
- Jackass: Number Two at Metacritic
- 2007 SuicideGirls interview with Jackass Number Two director Jeff Tremaine by Daniel Robert Epstein
- Jeff Tremaine, Jackass Two director, interviewed by MTV on october 2006
| Preceded by Gridiron Gang |
Box office number-one films of 2006 (USA) September 24, 2006 |
Succeeded by Open Season |
| Jackass | |
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| Main Cast | Johnny Knoxville | Bam Margera | Steve-O | Chris Pontius | Ryan Dunn | Jason "Wee Man" Acuña | Preston Lacy | Dave England Ehren McGhehey |
| Supporting Cast | Brandon DiCamillo | Ted "Rake Yohn" Webb | Chris "Raab Himself" Raab | Phil Margera | April Margera | Manny Puig |
| Crew | Jeff Tremaine | Spike Jonze | Dimitry Elyashkevich | Rick Kosick | Lance Bangs |
| Television shows | Jackass | Wildboyz | Viva La Bam | Homewrecker | Blastazoid | Bam's Unholy Union | Dr. Steve-O |
| Films | Jackass: The Movie | Jackass Number Two | Jackass 3 |
| Miscellaneous | Big Brother | Corona | Jackass: The Game | CKY Crew | CKY Videos | Haggard: The Movie Don't Try This At Home: The Steve-O Video |