Beerfest

Theatrical Release Date: 2006 08 25 (USA)

UPC: 012569829701

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Nudity, Adult Humor, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Two guys used to drinking beer for fun suddenly become fierce competitors in a sort of Lager Olympics in this over-the-top comedy. Todd Wolfhouse (Erik Stolhanske) and his brother Jan (Paul Soter) are from a German-American family but have never visited the Old Country until their grandfather dies and they fly to Germany to scatter his ashes. Todd and Jan arrive during the annual Oktoberfest celebration and accidentally discover a secret competition, "Beerfest," in which the world's leading beer guzzlers determine who can handle the most brew during several days of heated drinking games. Todd and Jan are no slouches when it comes to downing suds and offer to compete, but the German branch of the family, the Von Wolfhausens, scoff at their desire to enter the contest and inform them no mere American could hope to carry away the Beerfest honors. Determined to prove Yanks can swill beer and embarrass themselves just as well as anyone, Todd and Jan bring their most skilled drinking buddies to Germany to defend America's honor on the field of drunken battle and show their German relatives that the family's talent didn't vanish when they crossed the pond. Beerfest was written and directed by Jay Chandrasekhar of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, and several other Broken Lizard members pop up in the film's cast, as do Will Forte, Mo'nique, Cloris Leachman, and J?rgen Prochnow. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: Deleted scenes: Full-bodied and full-babed!
Party Foul: Hear stories of the cast and filmmakers's most outrageous alcohol-related mishaps
Beer 101: Dive into the history of beer with Jay and the Lizards
Frog Fluffer: Meet the man behind the green goo
Commentaries: Two tracks featuring the director and the Lizards
Theatrical trailer

Beerfest

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 01/30/2007

Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 2.40:1

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 116 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Jason Buchanan

The Broken Lizard troupe returns to tap the box office for another round of substance-soaked fun, and the results are endearingly juvenile in this beer-chugging chuckler that pits good old American innovation against time-honored Teutonic drinking endurance with occasionally uneven, but often hilarious, results. In a time when the R-rated comedy is making a strong comeback, the Broken Lizards have managed to capture all the light-hearted raunchiness of the late '70s and early '80s with relative ease. This is straight-up comedy, pure and simple -- no romantic side-plots, no dramatic developments, and no need for anything except the most threadbare of plots. Beerfest is the kind of film that exists solely to make the viewer laugh, and it achieves its goal with an charmingly reckless sense of politically incorrect zeal. Though pacing has never been the troupe's strong point (chugging does occasionally slow to a sip when the Lizards shift gears to keep the story moving), the functional laughs that populate the scenes bridging the gap between gags do serve well to keep the viewer in good spirits until the next big set up -- which is never too far away. As a result, however, Beerfest does have a bit too much head to qualify as a true comedy classic despite inspired moments of hops-soaked insanity, making the film both a fun night at the flicks for good friends and a surefire hit on home video -- where the best jokes are sure to be repeatedly enjoyed with a few six packs and a group of good friends. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Cast and Crew: William Fay  Executive Producer 
Jay Chandrasekhar  Director 
Jay Chandrasekhar  Producer 
Jay Chandrasekhar  Screenwriter 
Kevin Heffernan  Producer 
Kevin Heffernan  Screenwriter 
Steve Lemme  Producer 
Steve Lemme  Screenwriter 
Richard Perello  Producer 
Paul Soter  Producer 
Paul Soter  Screenwriter 
Erik Stolhanske  Producer 
Erik Stolhanske  Screenwriter 
Michael Beugg  Executive Producer 
Nathan Barr  Composer (Music Score) 
Bill Gerber  Producer 
Peter E. Lengyel  Executive Producer 
Broken Lizard  Screenwriter 
Thomas Tull  Executive Producer 
Jay Chandrasekhar  Actor 
Jay Chandrasekhar  Actor 
Kevin Heffernan  Actor 
Steve Lemme  Actor 
Kevin Heffernan  Actor 
Kevin Heffernan  Actor 
Steve Lemme  Actor 
Paul Soter  Actor 
Erik Stolhanske  Actor 
Erik Stolhanske  Actor 
Will Forte  Actor 
Ralf Moeller  Actor 
Mo'Nique  Actor 
Eric Christian Olsen  Actor 
Jürgen Prochnow  Actor 
Cloris Leachman  Actor 
M.C. Gainey  Actor 
Cameron Scher  Actor 
Owain Yeoman  Actor 
Tom Tate  Actor 
Allan Graf  Actor 
Chris Moss  Actor 
Bjorn Johnson  Actor 
Collin Thornton  Actor 
Pab Schwendimann  Actor 
Philippe Brenninkmeyer  Actor 
Jessica Williams  Actor 
Steven Michael Quezada  Actor 
Aaron Hendry  Actor 
Michael Yurchak  Actor 
Nat Faxon  Actor 
Gunther Schlierkamp  Actor 
Blanchard Ryan  Actor 
Isaac Kappy  Actor 
Robert Washington  Actor 
Leanna Kristen  Actor 
Audrey Marie Anderson  Actor 
Megan Robinson  Actor 
Arron Shiver  Actor 
Justin Ocksrider  Actor 
Amber Hay  Actor 
Galen Hutchison  Actor 
James Roday  Actor 
Anna Lane  Actor 
Candace Smith  Actor 
Brittney Higgins  Actor 
Sarah Figoten  Actor 
Marc Mouchet  Actor 
Simona Fusco Stratten  Actor 
James Grace  Actor 
Tom Carver  Actor 
Ben Zeller  Actor 
Ivan Brutsche  Actor 
Sabrina Javor  Actor 
Rohit Sang  Actor 
Richard Perello  Actor 
Gary Kanin  Actor 

Country: USA