Intramural (film)

Intramural
Directed by Andrew Disney
Produced by Russell Wayne Groves
Andrew Lee
David Ward
Red Sanders
Tucker Moore
Bradley Jackson
Written by Bradley Jackson
Starring Jake Lacy
Beck Bennett
Jay Pharoah
Nikki Reed
Kate McKinnon
Music by Alice Wood
Cinematography Jeffrey Waldron
Edited by Kody Gibson
Production
company
Ralph Smyth Entertainment
Red Productions
Release dates
  • April 19, 2014 (Tribeca)
Running time
 97 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Intramural is a 2014 American independent sports comedy film directed by Andrew Disney, based on a script by Bradley Jackson.[1] The film stars Jake Lacy, Beck Bennett, Jay Pharoah, Nikki Reed, Kate McKinnon, DC Pierson, Nick Kocher, Brian McElhaney, Nick Rutherford and Gabriel Luna, and focuses on a group of college seniors that decide to form an intramural football team before graduating.[2] The film stars cast members of comedy groups Saturday Night Live, Derrick Comedy, BriTANicK, and Good Neighbor.[3] The film is planned to be released in 2014. The film premiered in the Midnight section[4] at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19, 2014.[5]

Synopsis

Caleb (Jake Lacy) is a fifth-year senior preparing to graduate. Not quite ready to settle into the life, expectations, and realities outside of his college, he decides that he wants to reassemble The Panthers, an intramural football team that had to shut down after one of the team members ended up getting partially paralyzed for life. Doing so is going to be far more difficult than he expected.

Cast

Production

The film's script was written by Bradley Jackson during his sophomore year at the University of Texas, where he was inspired to create the script after listening to his friends brag about their intramural sports games.[6] Jackson expressed his desire to have Andrew Disney direct the film, as he greatly enjoyed his work.[7] Nikki Reed was later confirmed to be performing in the film, as were Beck Bennett and Michael Hogan.[8] Jackson and Disney raised funds for the film through a successful Kickstarter campaign,[9][10] and filming began on July 12, 2013 in Austin, Texas and continued for six weeks,[11] ending on August 22, 2013.[12]

Reception

The film was met with positive reviews from film critics at the Tribeca Film Festival, currently holding a 83% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews.[13] It won both the Cinema Dulce Best of Fest and Best Actor (Jake Lacy) awards at the Hill Country Film Festival[14] and the Best Guilty Pleasure Audience Award at the Seattle International Film Festival.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Intramural Shooting in Austin With a Cast of Comedy Heavy Hitters". Screen (magazine). Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  2. ↑ Ragland, J. Parker (2013-08-09). "For all the athletes who never could...". Fort Worth Business Press. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  3. ↑ Young, Andy (2013-07-23). "Sports Comedy "INTRAMURAL" features stars from SNL, The Office, BriTANick & DERRICK Comedy". Comedy Nerds United. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  4. ↑ "Here Are The 7 Films In The Midnight Section". Tribeca. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  5. ↑ "Intramural – 2014 Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  6. ↑ Guerrero, Dorothy (2013-10-31). "Almost Famous". The Alcalde. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  7. ↑ Mejia, Lisa (2013-09-13). "Viewing the World Through Words". Austin Fusion Magazine. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  8. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (2013-07-24). "'Twilight' Star Nikki Reed Leads Cast of Football Comedy 'Intramural'". The Wrap. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  9. ↑ Luippold, Ross (2013-07-24). "Kate McKinnon, Jay Pharoah Shooting Indie 'Intramural' In Austin This Summer". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  10. ↑ Riese, Monica (2013-08-09). "Kickstart Your Weekend With the 'Intramural' Team". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  11. ↑ Kay, Jeremy. "Intramural shoots kicks off". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  12. ↑ Champion, Matthew (2013-09-02). "That's a Wrap: Austin Sports Film Intramural Completes Production". The Austinot. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  13. ↑ "Intramural - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  14. ↑ "HCFF AWARDS". Hill Country Film Festival. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  15. ↑ "SIFF 2014 films returning to Seattle". The Seattle Times. 2014-06-09. Retrieved 2014-07-02.

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