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Evil Nine | |
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Origin | Brighton, England |
Genres | Breakbeat Electronic dance music Hip hop |
Years active | 1998–present |
Labels | Marine Parade |
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Tom Beaufoy Pat Pardy |
Evil Nine is a DJ duo comprising members Tom Beaufoy and Pat Pardy. Their musical style is primarily classified as breakbeat, although it additionally encompasses other influences.
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Biography
The pair first came together in 1998 after meeting in Brighton. After sending in a demo cassette they were signed by Adam Freeland to his Marine Parade record label, with their first release being the single 'Less Stress'. According to Beaufoy (in an interview given to Fabric Nightclub) part of the reason that their demo cassette tape was actually listened to rather than thrown away (by 1998 cassettes had become virtually obsolete in favour of CDs) was because of their friendship with Jemma Griffiths, who worked for Marine Parade at the time. She has since gone on to achieve chart success as a singer-songwriter under the stage name 'Jem'.[1]
After further single releases their debut album You Can Be Special Too was released to critical acclaim in 2004, winning the breakspoll 2004 award for best album.[2] Prior to the release of You Can Be Special Too, Marine Parade suffered financial difficulties as a result of one of its distributors going into liquidation. This resulted in only 1000 copies of the album making it into stores initially, causing it to be a highly sought after item on eBay. The record eventually had a full release in greater numbers after the financial problems had subsided. [3] The album featured collaborations with Aesop Rock and Juice Aleem, amongst others.
In addition to their own material, Evil Nine has also released two albums for the Y4K and Fabric mix series (see Fabric Live 28), as well as producing remixes for dance artists including Adam Freeland, Timo Maas, Ils and UNKLE. [4]
The pair has developed a reputation amongst both fans and critics as not being afraid to push the boundaries of what is considered breakbeat music, and tend to incorporate a multitude of styles into their DJ sets. An example of this is the track listing for Fabriclive 28, which includes artists as diverse as Simian Mobile Disco, Bodyrockers, Mystery Jets, and The Clash.
As well as regularly playing at various nightclubs both in the UK and Europe they have held residencies at Fabric Nightclub in London and Audio in Brighton, and they currently hold the position of 'Super-Residents' at Urban Gorilla in Sheffield.
On April 24, 2008 Evil Nine announced the completion of their second album. The album is titled 'They Live!' and has been released in October 2008, which was preceded by the first single, the title track 'They Live!' on August 4th.[5] The song 'Twist The Knife' from the second album is on the video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
Discography
Albums
- You Can Be Special Too (2004, Marine Parade Records)
- They Live! (2008, Marine Parade Records)
Mix compilation album appearances
- Y4K (October 2005, Distinct'ive Records)
- FabricLive.28 (July 2006, Fabric Records)
Singles
- 'Restless'
- 'U Can Be Special 2'
- 'Pearl Shot'
- 'Less Stress/Special Move'
- 'Technology/Big Game Hunter'
- 'Cakehole'
- 'For Lovers Not Fighters'
- 'Crooked (feat. Aesop Rock)'
- 'Restless (feat. Toastie Taylor)'
- 'Pearlshot (feat. Juice Aleem)'
- 'They Live!'
- 'All The Cash (feat. EL-P)'
References
- ↑http://www.fabriclondon.com/press/beta/archives/552-Biography-Evil-Nine.html - Evil Nine biography article
External links
Grandma's Boy | |
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Directed by | Nicholaus Goossen |
Produced by | |
Written by | |
Starring |
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Music by | Waddy Wachtel |
Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
Edited by | Tom Costain |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (United States and Canada) Summit Entertainment (International) |
Release date | |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5 million[1] |
Box office | $6.6 million[2][1] |
Grandma's Boy is a 2006 American stonercomedy film directed by Nicholaus Goossen. Starring Allen Covert and Nick Swardson, and written by Barry Wernick as well as Covert and Swardson,[3] the film features a video game tester who is forced to move in with his grandmother after being evicted from his home. Alongside Covert and Swardson, the film co-stars Doris Roberts, Linda Cardellini, Shirley Jones, Shirley Knight, Peter Dante, Joel Moore, Rob Schneider and Kevin Nealon.[3]
Plot[edit]
Alex (Allen Covert) is a single, 35-year-old video game tester who lives with his friend Josh (Jonathan Loughran). When Josh wastes their rent money on Filipino hookers, their landlord Yuri (Rob Schneider) evicts them, and Alex has to find a new place to live. Alex tries to stay with his marijuana dealer Dante (Peter Dante), but cannot do so because Dante is adopting a wild lion to live in the house. Alex spends one night with his co-worker Jeff (Nick Swardson), but Jeff still lives with his parents. After an embarrassing 'encounter' with Jeff's mom, in which he is caught masturbating in the bathroom and subsequently ejaculates on her, Alex is forced to move in with his grandmother Lilly (Doris Roberts) and her two eccentric friends, Bea (Shirley Knight) and Grace (Shirley Jones).
Alex is given many chores and fix-up projects to do around the house, but has a hard time completing them because his grandmother and her friends are a constant distraction. He also finds it hard to get any work done. Alex discovers that the three women have a fascination with the television program Antiques Roadshow and later is able to get some work finished by giving them tickets to attend a taping of the show. At work, Alex meets the attractive Samantha (Linda Cardellini), who has been sent by the company's corporate office to oversee the production of a new video game. Alex and Samantha hit it off, but the only person in the way of their relationship is the creator of the game they are all working on, J.P. (Joel Moore), a self-proclaimed 'genius' who is obsessed with video games and has a crush on Samantha. Samantha is not interested in J.P. and declines his constant advances.
Meanwhile, in an attempt to sound cool to his younger co-workers (Jonah Hill and Kelvin Yu), Alex says that he is living 'with three hot babes'. Alex's friends believe the lie and actually think the reason he is so tired every day at work is because he is living with three women who constantly 'wear him out' in the bedroom. The real cause of his fatigue is because he stays up late at night working on his own video game, called Demonik, which he has been developing in secret for some time. Lilly asks about the game one night and he teaches her to play it. To his surprise, she becomes quite good at it and beats many levels. After Alex and his co-workers finish successfully testing Eternal Death Slayer 3, their boss Mr. Cheezle (Kevin Nealon) tells Samantha to take the boys out to eat at a vegan restaurant, but they instead make fun of the restaurant and their waiter (David Spade) when they arrive, and then leave to a burger shop. When Jeff has to use the bathroom and refuses to use the one in the restaurant, Alex is forced to take everyone to his house.
Alex comes home to find that Lilly, Grace, and Bea drank all of his pot, which they thought was tea. When Samantha admits to smoking weed too, Alex calls up Dante and throws a wild party. During the party, the group prank-calls J.P. and leaves him a voicemail that makes fun of him about wanting to be a robot. J.P. is upset by the message and shows up at Lilly's house a couple nights later in tears. Feeling bad for him, Alex agrees to let him borrow his only copy of Demonik and test it out for a few days. In retaliation for Alex making his life miserable, and having become accustomed to stealing others' ideas, J.P. steals the game and tries to pass it off as his own at work. Mr. Cheezle does not believe Alex when he insists the game is his, since it was his only copy, so his friends call Lilly to the office. Because she has mastered the game already, she plays J.P. and wins to prove it belongs to Alex.
In the end, J.P. is fired while Alex is vindicated and creates a successful game. Alex and Samantha start dating.
Cast[edit]
- Allen Covert as Alex
- Linda Cardellini as Samantha
- Nick Swardson as Jeff
- Doris Roberts as Grandma Lilly
- Shirley Jones as Grace
- Shirley Knight as Bea
- Peter Dante as Dante
- Joel Moore as J.P.
- Kevin Nealon as Mr. Simon Cheezle
- Jonah Hill as Barry
- Kelvin Yu as Kane
- Chuck Church as Dan
- Jonathan Loughran as Josh
- Scott Halberstadt as Bobby
- Rob Schneider as Yuri
- David Spade as Shiloh
- Randal Reeder as Biker
- Abdoulaye N'Gom as Dr. Shakalu
- Todd Holland as Mover #1
- Kevin Nash as Mover #2
- Ted Stryker as Restaurant host
- Frank Coraci (uncredited) as Cousin Steven
Production[edit]
Principal photography took place in Los Angeles at L.A. Center Studios, and locations in the vicinity.
Game developer Terminal Reality was involved in the film's production, lending footage to promote their game Demonik. Although the game was cancelled before the film's release the footage remained in the final cut.
Release[edit]
Box office[edit]
Grandma's Boy opened theatrically on January 6, 2006 in 2,015 venues and earned $3,009,341 in its opening weekend, ranking thirteenth in the domestic box office and second among that weekend's newcomers.[4] The film ended its run seven weeks later on February 23, having grossed $6,090,172 domestically and $476,105 internationally for a worldwide total of $6,566,277.[2] Though the film was not successful in theaters, it managed to become a success on the home video market, grossing $31,990,186 in DVD sales.[1]
Critical reception[edit]
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 16% based on reviews from 63 critics, with an average rating of 3.55/10. The site's consensus states: 'A gross-out comedy that's more gross than comedic, Grandma's Boy is lazy and unrewarding.'[5]Metacritic reports a 33 out of 100 rating based on 15 critics, indicating 'generally unfavorable reviews'.[6] Audience polling company CinemaScore reported that the average grade cinema audiences gave the film was a 'B' on an A+ to F scale.[7]
Ronnie Scheib of Variety magazine wrote: 'Even Sandler diehards may pass on this mostly derivative paean to compulsive computer geekdom and male sexual dysfunction.'[8]
Accolades[edit]
The film won several honors in High Times' 2006 Stony Awards, including 'Best Stoner Movie', 'Best Actor in a Movie' (Allen Covert), and 'Best Pot Scene in a Movie'.[9]
Home media[edit]
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The film was released on DVD on May 9, 2006 with theatrical (94 minutes) and unrated (95 minutes) versions.
Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack includes tracks of film dialogue between the musical tracks.
Track # | Title | Artist | Time |
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2 | 'Another Day' | The Twenty Twos | 2:40 |
4 | 'Helicopter' | Bloc Party | 3:39 |
5 | 'Meantime' | The Futureheads | 2:49 |
7 | 'Spinnin' | Zion I | 3:25 |
9 | 'Little Girl' | The Daylights | 3:16 |
10 | 'Never Win' | Fischerspooner | 3:59 |
12 | 'Sittin' Sidewayz' | Paul Wall/Big Pokey | 3:48 |
14 | 'Alive and Amplified' | The Mooney Suzuki | 3:05 |
15 | 'Can't Kick the Habit' | Spin Doctors | 8:12 |
17 | 'Night on Fire' | VHS or Beta | 4:01 |
18 | 'Anyone' | Moving Units | 3:57 |
20 | 'Windowlicker' | Aphex Twin | 6:04 |
21 | 'STD Dance' | Ima Robot | 4:35 |
23 | 'Grandma's Boyee' | Kool Keith/KutMasta Kurt | 4:09 |
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- Other music
Music from the film not found on the soundtrack includes:
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References[edit]
- ^ abc'Grandmas's Boy (2006) - Financial Information'. The Numbers. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ ab'Grandma's Boy (2006)'. Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. February 24, 2006. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ^ ab'Grandma's Boy'. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^'Weekend Box Office Results for January 6-8, 2006'. Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. January 9, 2006. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ^'Grandma's Boy (2006)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^'Grandma's Boy reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^'Cinemascore'. CinemaScore. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018.
- ^Scheib, Ronnie (January 7, 2006). 'Grandma's Boy'. Variety.
- ^'Cannabis Cup Winners'. Stony Awards. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
External links[edit]
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- Grandma's Boy at Metacritic