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Synopsis
When a bumbling movie lover becomes magnetized while attempting to sabotage a local power plant and accidentally erases all of the videotapes in the small video store where his best friend works, the pair attempt to keep the store's loyal customer base by remaking as many as the top-renting movies as possible. Mike (Mos Def) is an employee at Be Kind Rewind, a modest mom and pop video store that is owned by Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover). Mike's best friend Jerry (Jack Black) works in an auto garage/junkyard directly adjacent to a local power plant. Lately Jerry has become increasingly paranoid about the effects that the power plant is having on his health. Convinced that he has developed a brain tumor from working in such close proximity to the power plant, Jerry attempts to sabotage the plant. Unfortunately for Jerry, his brain is magnetized in the process. The next time Jerry goes to visit Mike at Be Kind Rewind, the powerful magnetization emanating from his brain erases every videotape in the store. Now the only way for Mike and Jerry to be sure that Be Kind Rewind stays in business is to remake every film on the shelves before the customers notice. But when word gets out that Mike and Jerry have remade such Hollywood classics as Back to the Future, Robocop, The Lion King, and Rush Hour without permission, the store is threatened with copyright violations and forced to close its doors. In the aftermath of the closing, Mr. Fletcher and his employees discover just how loyal their customers really are when the entire neighborhood pools their resources to transform the junkyard into a legitimate movie studio and produce an entirely original film detailing the incredible adventures of a local jazz legend. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide


Production Crew

James Donahue Art Director
Raffi Adlan Associate Producer
Jeanne McCarthy Casting
Ellen Kuras Cinematographer
Ann Ruark Co-producer
Jean-Michel Bernard Composer (Music Score)
Kishu Chand Costume Designer
Rahel Afiley Costume Designer
Michel Gondry Director
Jeff Buchanan Editor
Guy Stodel Executive Producer
Toby Emmerich Executive Producer
Michael Hausman First Assistant Director
Linda Cohen Musical Direction/Supervision
Georges Bermann Producer
Julie Fong Producer
Michel Gondry Producer
Dan Leigh Production Designer
Paul Hsu Re-Recording Mixer
Reilly Steele Re-Recording Mixer
Michel Gondry Screenwriter
Ron Von Blomberg Set Decorator
Pawel Wdowczak Sound/Sound Designer
Stephen Pope Stunts Coordinator
Paul Hsu Supervising Sound Editor
BUF Visual Effects
Fabrice Lagayette Visual Effects Supervisor
Year: 2008
Runtime:
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for some sexual references
Category: Feature


Color type
Deluxe

Sound
Dolby Digital
DTS
SDDS

Produced by
Partizan Films

Release
April 04, 2008 (USA)
by Focus Features
New Line Cinema

Awards
2008 - Film Presented - Berlin International Film Festival
2008 - Film Presented - Karlovy Vary International Film Festiva