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Article: FILM REVIEW: 'Walk Hard' takes risks
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- University Wire
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- December 14, 2007
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Ryan J. Meehan
University Wire
12-14-2007
(Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- With his latest feature, producer Judd Apatow, the mastermind behind "Knocked Up," "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" and "Superbad," takes some calculated risks.
First, a plotline constructed to mock the inexhaustible slew of musician bio-pics finds Apatow outside his filmmaking comfort zone. Second, Apatow's brand of comedy has become the primary draw, instead of the film's star, John C. Reilly, a leading man whose most memorable role for Apatow's audience (or anyone else's, really) is Cal Naughton, Jr. in "Talladega Nights." Third, as his eighth production in four years, Apatow is dancing with the devil of ...
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... ... friendship could not survive," Apatow said. Apatow's become a comedic force at ... Superbad." His next pic is "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," also ... already appeared on FunnyorDie. Apatow will likely bring aboard talent ...
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