Tagline: You name it. We shoot it.
A man (Jack Black) whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend’s video store. In order to satisfy the store’s most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Jack Black stars in “Be Kind Rewind,” a one-of-a-kind comedy from the mind of writer / director Michel Gondry (“Dave Chappelle’s Block Party,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”). Jack Black stars as a loveable loser stuck in a life that’s too small for his big dreams. But when he unintentionally erases all the tapes in a video store where his best friend works, he devises a plan to satisfy the store’s few loyal customers by re-creating and re-filming every movie they decide to rent.
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Be Kind Rewind
Starring: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, Melonie Diaz, Arjay Smith, Paul Dinello, Marcus Carl Franklin, P.J. Byrne
Directed by: Michel Gondry
Screenplay by: Michel Gondry
Release Date: February 22, 2008
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual references.
Studio: New Line Cinema
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $11,175,164 (39.2%)
Foreign: $17,327,272 (60.8%)
Total: $28,502,436 (Worldwide)