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Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy/Wake Up, Ron Burgundy - The Lost Movie [2004] | ![Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy/Wake Up, Ron Burgundy - The Lost Movie [2004]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51c25cXjRFL._SL160_.jpg)
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| Director: Adam Mckay
Actors: Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Fred Willard, Christina Applegate, David Koechner
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £14.99
Buy New: £9.28
You Save: £5.71 (38%)
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1422
Format: Box Set, Pal, Special Edition
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 179 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.3
EAN: 5051188154639
ASIN: B001AHKGYW
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: August 18, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 One Of The Greatest Movies Ever Made November 29, 2008
Steven Stewart (steveo.stewart@hotmail.co.uk)
Anchorman is a film that only comes around once every decade or so and it sets the standard for any comedies to follow. Arguably being Will Ferrells best it's a film with very ridiculous comedy moments brought together in an extremely intelligent way. It's not something where the jokes are reeled off one by one in an in obvious way, in fact some of the more funny jokes you can miss the first time round as they're very subtle. Along with Will Ferrell this film has a very strong supporting cast with people like Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and Christina Applegate. They give us a great blend of serious acting with very, very silly humour. I'm not usually a fan of the silly comedy movies and I'm sure a lot of people will shy away from it because it looks just that, however, it's something that will surpass all expectations and then some.
Anchorman tells the story of 1970s San Diego news Anchor Ron Burgundy and his time as the most respected Anchorman in the San Diego area. Him and his team, Brian Fantana (Rudd), Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) & Champ Kind (David Koechner) are brought into peril when an aspiring woman Anchor is brought into the team. Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) is brought into the news office due to complaints of lack of diversity. This woman is strong and no matter how hard the main news team will try, she's not going to be put off from her goal to be Anchorwoman. Ron manages to use his charm and his ability to play the Jazz Flute (No Inuendo intended) to win over Veronica and they end up dating. She wants to keep it quiet because it will peril her career, but Ron being a mans man tells San Diego live on air that they're sleeping together. Through another series of unfortunate events Ron Burgundys dog baxter is killed leading to him being late for newscast. Seizing her chance, Veronica takes charge and becomes Anchorwoman for the one show to the dismay of Ron. Because she was so successful she is promoted to co-anchor and the relationship is off.
I'm tempted to tell you the entire story but I wont. It is awesome though and is one of the most bizarre, childish and intelligent comedies I've ever seen. People would try to knock this film slightly by saying it's not as funny as his prior film, Old School but it's definitely much much funnier. The over the top acting of Ferrell is worth it alone as I could watch him in his outrageous emotional state after Baxter was killed, all day. Steve Carell is also another shining light in the film as he plays the dumb weather guy who's the over the top idiot that comes out with hysterically stupid things. "I stabbed a guy in the heart" the way he said it has to be witnessed as it's just classic Carell.
One of my favourite lines from the movie which occurred in the opening credits as it was just so unexpected and very very silly. "The human torch was denied a bank loan" is an absolute classic which I think many people will agree with. Also the fight between the different channels news teams is also a classic as it features cameos from one of the greatest comic actors in Ben Stiller as the Spanish language news Anchor. I could honestly go on and on about how crazily funny this film is but I would give everything away. All I can say to wrap this up is you will need to watch it more than once in order to catch all the jokes as some you will miss the first time around.
No doubt! a five star dobbelt fiture. September 5, 2008
Karsten Falkboll Pedersen (Denmark)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
A comedy DVD dont' get eny funnier than this!. Will and the gang just had so much fun that by the end off the shoot, there was enough material to make a second fiture - not a secuel (comes out in 2009) but a second take on the epic jurney, of the number one news team, and there far out eskapades. This is the kind of DVD you watch with the boys, smoke some Green tobaki... and just laugh you're self's blue in the face. Right up there with "Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back", "Tenacious D - Complete Master Works", "Terror Firmer", and some of the John Waters stuff. This one makes Jim Carry look like a 2'end grader trying to impress his school-buddys, by pissing his pants...
What can i say? - I just love lamps.
 Funny, but feel slightly cheated! August 27, 2008
D. Hall
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
So being a hardcore Ron Burgundy fan like I am, I snapped this badboy up as soon a I saw it on the shelves. Yeah its funny, (not as funny as the film), yeah its over an hour long, but its basically made out of loads of bits that wouldn't fit into the first film. Its supposed to be set AFTER Anchorman, but all the way through, you can recognise clips from the first film...the result? A hash of new material from the cutting room floor, stitched together with a bunch of old stuff.
Dont get me wrong, its still worth buying for a few more anchorman classic lines, but dont expect an entirely new film.
Stay classy...
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