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| A French remake titled ''Fonzy'' |
A French remake titled ''Fonzy'' was released on October 30, 2013 in France. ] plays the lead character. | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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2011 Canadian film
| Starbuck | |
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| Directed by | Ken Scott |
| Written by | Martin Petit Ken Scott |
| Produced by | André Rouleau |
| Starring | Patrick Huard Antoine Bertrand Julie LeBreton |
| Cinematography | Pierre Gill |
| Edited by | Yvann Thibaudeau |
| Music by | David Lafleche |
| Production company | Caramel Film |
| Distributed by | Les Films Christal (Canada) Entertainment One (US) |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | French Spanish |
| Box office | $6,320,093 (Worldwide) |
Starbuck is a 2011 Canadian comedy film directed by Ken Scott and written by Scott and Martin Petit. It stars Patrick Huard (Bon Cop, Bad Cop), Antoine Bertrand, and Julie LeBreton as the main character, his friend/lawyer, and his girlfriend, respectively.
The film's title refers to a Canadian Holstein bull who produced hundreds of thousands of progeny by artificial insemination in the 1980s and 1990s.
Plot
In a 1988 prologue, David Wozniak is at a Quebec sperm bank making a donation. Twenty-three years later, in 2011, he's a hapless deliveryman for his family's butcher shop, pursued by thugs who he owes $80,000. His girlfriend Valérie is pregnant with his child. One day, David returns from work to find a lawyer from the sperm bank who tells him he had fathered 533 children. Of those, 142 have joined a class action lawsuit to force the fertility clinic to reveal the identity of "Starbuck", the alias he had used.
David's friend and lawyer Avocat represents him as he tries to keep the records sealed. He provides David with profiles of each party to the lawsuit: David stalks them, finding moments for random acts of kindness. David decides to identify himself, but after the thugs assault his father, he agrees with his lawyer to sue the sperm bank for damages. He wins the lawsuit: he receives $200,000 and keeps his identity a secret.
David has regrets, but after his father pays off his debt, David sends out an e-mail identifying himself. He goes to Valerie's house as she is going into premature labor. At the hospital, his baby is born, he proposes to Valerie, and many of the children show up to see him.
Cast
- Patrick Huard as David Wozniak/Starbuck
- Antoine Bertrand as Avocat
- Julie LeBreton as Valérie
- Igor Ovadis as Père de David, David's father, an immigrant from Poland.
- Dominic Philie as Frère sombre
- Marc Bélanger as Frère sympathique
- David Michaël as Antoine
- Patrick Martin as Étienne
- David Giguère as Porte parole
- Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse as Julie
Reception
Starbuck was screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on 14-15 September 2011, where it was runner-up for the People's Choice Award. The film was also chosen "Most Popular Canadian Film" at the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival.
In September 2011, Chris Knight, the chief film critic for the National Post, called it a "sparkling crowd-pleaser" based on a "ludicrous premise, sure. But Scott's pithy script (co-written by Martin Petit), linked to Huard's likeable layabout, makes the whole thing as easy to take as candy from a baby."
Upon its November 2012 UK release, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave it 
(two stars out of five), and called it a "lame comedy-drama" that loses "almost all the charm of the real story...through the contrivances and overacting."
Box office
The film was the most successful Quebec-made film within the province in 2011, bringing in $3,399,338 in box office revenue for the year.
Remakes
In 2012, it was announced by La Presse that the film rights had been sold to First Take Entertainment who created an Indian Bollywood version of the film named Vicky Donor.
Director Scott is working on an English version of the film, entitled Delivery Man, which is being produced by Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Pictures. Vince Vaughn has been cast as the lead. DreamWorks through Disney's Touchstone Pictures brand will release the film in North America, Latin America, Russia, Australia, and Asia, while Mister Smith Entertainment through Entertainment One will release the film in the UK and Benelux, Constantin Film will release the film in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, Nordisk Film will release the film in Scandinavia and Italia Film will release the film in the Middle East.
A French remake titled Fonzy was released on October 30, 2013 in France. José Garcia plays the lead character.
References
- "STARBUCK (15)". Signature Entertainment. British Board of Film Classification. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- "Starbuck (U.S. only) (2013) - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 84. ISBN 978-1908215017.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Kelly, Brendan (27 July 2011). "Fertile premise delivers laughs - and insight into fatherhood". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- "Starbuck, Ken Scott: Gala Presentations". Toronto International Film Festival. September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Starbuck is a crowd-pleasing comedy from Quebec". reelshorts.ca. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- Knight, Chris (22 September 2011). "Film Review: Starbuck (3.5 stars)". National Post. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- Bradshaw, Peter (22 November 2012). "Film Review: Starbuck (3.5 stars)". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ Massé, Isabelle (4 January 2012). "Starbuck renaîtra en Inde (Starbuck is reborn in India)". La Presse. Retrieved 19 February 2012. Cite error: The named reference "Massé" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- "Breakdown Express". Talentrep.breakdownexpress.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- "La Zone Audio • Vidéo". Radio-Canada.ca. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
External links
- Official website (France)
- Starbuck at IMDb
- Starbuck at Box Office Mojo
- Starbuck at Metacritic