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Will Ferrell's hit comedy ANCHORMAN is united at last with its 'sequel', WAKE UP RON BURGUNDY, an entire film made up of footage and scenes that never made it into the first film.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>It's the early 1970s and the local anchorman is not only a source of news but a revered local hero. In San Diego, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), a moustachioed bachelor with a taste for scotch, unparalleled passion for the jazz flute, and a near-telepathic connection with his spirited mutt, Baxter, is that man. Rounding out Ron's testosterone-heavy news team are his close friends--cologne-obsessed man-on-the-street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), sports reporter Champ Kind (Dave Koechner), and mentally challenged weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carrell). Their male camaraderie is challenged, though, when producer Ed Harken (Fred Willard), pressured by changing times, brings the first female reporter, ambitious Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), to the team. Ron finds his chauvinistic ideals compromised further when he starts falling in love with her. Fuelled by Ferrell's singularly loopy persona, ANCHORMAN joins the long list of comedies which have successfully poked fun at the styles and mores of the '70s. Here, with Ferrell's script and Adam McKay's direction, the character of Ron Burgundy becomes a full-bodied comic creation whose possibilities for laughs aren't nearly exhausted by the end credits. The result is an often hilarious celebration of moustaches, wide neckties, alcohol abuse, and good, old-fashioned sexism.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Retaining the same cast and crew from ANCHORMAN, WAKE UP RON BURGUNDY sees the news team--led by Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate)--investigating an extremist organisation known as The Alarm Clock. With the same absurdist tone and style as its parent film, WAKE UP RON BURGUNDY is a treat for fans of the genre, and its existence goes to show how much time and effort went into making the silly comic gem.Product Identifiers
EAN5051188154639
eBay Product ID (ePID)66700625
Product Key Features
ActorChristina Applegate, Steve Carell, David Koechner, Fred Willard, Paul Rudd, Will Ferrell
Film/TV TitleAnchorman-The Legend of Ron Burgundy/Wake Up, Ron Burgundy-The Lost Movie (Box Set)
DirectorAdam Mckay
Release Year2008
FeaturesSpecial Edition\The Many Months of Burgundy - Ron Burgundy's Diary (booklet)\Additional deleted scenes\Additional bloopers\Ron Burgundy's interviews at the MTV Movie Awards\Ron Burgundy's ESPN audition\Behind the scenes\Interview with Ron Burgundy\Cast auditions\Rehearsals\Feature commentary\'Afternoon Delight' music video\Making of ANCHORMAN
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs3
ReviewsUSA Today - That he can make his anchorman chauvinistic, deluded and ridiculous but still manage to give him some humanity is testimony to Ferrell's comic talents, Premiere - Anchorman is the kind of wonderful, cotton-candy escapism that should leave you with the right kind of stomach ache, Empire - It offers episodes of such inspired idiocy that the only reasonable response is to laugh yourself stupid... if it were any more manic you'd have to put it on Ritalin, Los Angeles Times - [Ferrell is] a reminder that the greatest, deepest laughter doesn't come at the expense of some other guy, but from the glints of self-recognition we get when the screen becomes our mirror, Total Film - Bladder-troublingly funny, News Of The World - Move over Austin Powers, there's a new big screen Love Machine in town, Variety - Generates enough inspired lunacy to sail past the arid stretches and provide a welcome splash of breezy, at times jaw-droppingly bizarre summer fun, Rolling Stone - There's no sense to the scene in which the boys get together for a close-harmony rendition of 'Afternoon Delight'--just pure pleasure
ScreenwriterAdam McKay, Will Ferrell
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleAnchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy/Wake Up, Ron Burgundy - The Lost Movie (Box Set)