 Date Movie
Starring: Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge, Eddie Griffin
Directed by: Aaron Seltzer
Screenplay by: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Release Date: February 17, 2006
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for continuous crude and sexual humor, including language.
Studio: 20th Century Fox
 Domestic: $48,548,426 (57.3%)
Foreign: $36,247,230 (42.7%)
Total: $84,795,656 (Worldwide)
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 The twisted minds of two of the six writers of Scary Movie – Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg – skewer the romantic comedy genre in Date Movie, a film for people who love date movies and people who hate them. The filmmakers’ goal, in their own words: “We wanted to create a romance that women will respond to and a balls-out comedy for the men in the audience.”
Seltzer and Friedberg tell the story of hopeless romantic Julia Jones, who has finally met the man of her dreams, the very British Grant Funkyerdoder. But before they can have their Big Fat Greek Wedding, they’ll have to Meet the Parents; hook-up withThe Wedding Planner, and contend with Grant’s friend Andy – a spectacularly beautiful woman who wants to put an end to her Best Friend’s Wedding.
For years, there have been comedies that poked fun at sports films, spy flicks and scary movies. But where, wondered Friedberg and Seltzer, was the romance?
The duo sold their first “spoof” screenplay, Spy Hard, just out of college, and a few years later they contributed to the screenplay for the box-office smash Scary Movie. Now, they’ve set their sights on the romantic comedy genre. “We watched a lot of romantic comedies and thought it would be a genre we could have some fun with,” says Aaron Seltzer.
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