Be Kind Rewind
2008 film by Michel Gondry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Be Kind Rewind is a 2008 buddy comedy film written and directed by Michel Gondry and starring Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow, and Melonie Diaz with supporting roles done by Chandler Parker, Irv Gooch, Arjay Smith, Marcus Carl Franklin, Blake Hightower, and Amir Ali Said. It tells the story of an employee at the titular VHS rental store and his conspiracy theorist friend who work to recreate the rental store's film inventory after they were accidentally erased when the latter got himself magnetized while the proprietor was away. The film first appeared on January 20, 2008 at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. It was later shown at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film opened on February 22, 2008 in the United Kingdom and in North America.
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Directed by | Michel Gondry |
Written by | Michel Gondry |
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Cinematography | Ellen Kuras |
Edited by | Jeff Buchanan |
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Running time | 98 minutes[3] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $20 million[4] |
Box office | $30.6 million[5] |
The title is inspired by a phrase that was commonly displayed on video rental cassettes in America during the medium's heyday.[6]
The film was met with mixed reviews.