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Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland

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Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 77 Fresh: 44  Rotten:33 Average Rating: 6/10
 
Consensus: Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show has some entertaining moments, but is a mostly hit-and-miss documentary.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Synopsis: Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland chronicles the journey of Vince Vaughn, star of the hit films Fred Claus, The Break Up, Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Old School, and Swingers, and four stand-up comedians as they... Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland chronicles the journey of Vince Vaughn, star of the hit films Fred Claus, The Break Up, Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Old School, and Swingers, and four stand-up comedians as they traverse the country performing in a live variety show. In the spirit of the old west variety shows, Vaughn plays host to the ensemble of comedians and performs improvisational sketches with surprise celebrity and musical guests. Hand picked by Vaughn to perform on the tour, from the world famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles, are national comedians Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst, and Sebastian Maniscalco. The film provides audiences a rare opportunity to experience Vaughn and his team as they travel over 6,000 miles across the heartland of America and perform 30 shows in 30 days. Traveling to cities that don't ordinarily attract this type of entertainment, Vaughn and his team bring their unique styles and perspectives to regional audiences throughout Western, Southern and Midwestern states. Through rousing onstage performances and behind-the-scenes interviews, the engaging film breaks down the true essence of each comedian's life altering experiences and the personal and professional challenges that will unite four comics, one movie star and legions of fans from Hollywood to the Heartland. --© Picturehouse [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Vince Vaughn, Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst, Sebastian Maniscalco

Director: Ari Sandel
Producer: Vince Vaughn
Composer: John O'Brien

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 6, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Surround 2.0 - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
  • Stereo Surround 2.0 English

Additional Release Material:

  • Feature-length Commentary with Executive Producers Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley
  • Second feature-length Commentary with Director Ari Sandel and Comedians Bret Ernst, Sebastian, Maniscalco and Ahmed Ahmed
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Featurette - 1. The Tour featurette
  • 2. The Making of Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show
  • 3. Wrap up

Interactive Features:

  • Animated Menus

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... a surprisingly insightful meditation on the personal stories that drive comedy.

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06/26/08
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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It gets to be a stretch until the tour winds down and you realize you're rooting for these guys to make it, and what a drag it would be if they don't.

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03/17/08
Matt Kelemen
Las Vegas CityLife
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6/10

It is supposed to be a raucous ride of laughter, but it's thin on one important aspect: the jokes.

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03/04/08
Jeff Bayer
Daily Herald (IL)
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Along with the comics' constant riffage and the doc's terrific, vintage-country soundtrack, the film's full of joyful moments that pretty much guarantee you'll feel better walking out than you did going in.

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02/28/08
Tricia Olszewski
Movie Babe
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3.5/4

Where WERE you? I know, I know. The wind was blowing some ghastly mph and yes, the temperature was well below zero.Still, 'Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show' was worth getting out for.

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02/24/08
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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2/5

There's a reason this lackluster documentary...has languished on the shelf since its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006...

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02/17/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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6/10

Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show is a modest documentary that provides a good showcase for these four comedians.

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02/17/08
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org
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2.5/5

The movie's just not all that funny. Vaughn's troopers -- as presented anyway -- are never more than mildly amusing.

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02/13/08
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Good stuff.

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02/11/08
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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Too crude in spots, 'Wild West Comedy Show' is still an amusing and revealing documentary about the daring art of stand-up comedy.

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02/09/08
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
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3/4

Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show succeeds when it focuses in on the comedian's homes off the range.

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02/08/08
Christian Toto
Washington Times
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7/10

Very much a guy's flick, filled with the kind of macho male-bonding moments that might make the more estrogen-oriented of audience members roll their eyes.

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02/08/08
Jeff Otto
ReelzChannel.com
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3/4

There's more heart than one might expect in this raunchy romp across America.

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02/08/08
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News
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2/5

You get four decent comics plucked from obscurity and given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play big venues packed with eager fans who would probably have roared at a 20-minute set by Alan Greenspan if Vaughn had deigned to give him his blessing.

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02/08/08
Josh Rosenblatt
Austin Chronicle
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Vince Vaughn is coming to town with the Four Indistinguishable Frat Dudes of Comedy.

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02/08/08
Scott Von Doviak
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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2.5/4

The movie's amiable, impulsive, intense, and scattershot, and since those are qualities associated with Vaughn himself, in the end it's a fair representation.

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02/08/08
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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Good enough for an HBO special. But for a full-blown movie? No way.

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02/08/08
Tom Long
Detroit News
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2/4

Perhaps everyone who takes a long road trip with their friends should bring a video camera to capture memories. Whether, like Vince Vaughn, you believe these home movies are worth putting in movie theatres is another question.

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02/08/08
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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2.5/4

After a while the movie's inside chumminess and the overgrown-boy schtick start to wear thin, making me wonder whether Sarah Silverman or Margaret Cho might consider filming a sequel with a busload of neurotic girlfriends.

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02/08/08
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
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3.5/5

While not overtly done, the entire movie explores what America is laughing about at this point in time -- and what people in the heartland don't find funny. Either way, it is illuminating.

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02/08/08
Bruce Kirkland
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