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Be Kind Rewind
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Michel Gondry
Written by
Michel Gondry
Produced by
Michel Gondry
Julie Fong
Georges Bermann
Starring
Jack Black
Mos Def
Danny Glover
Mia Farrow
Melonie Diaz
Cinematography
Ellen Kuras
Edited by
Jeff Buchanan
Music by
Jean-Michel Bernard
Melissa Manchester
Production company
Partizan Films
Distributed by
New Line Cinema (United States)[1]
Focus Features International (International)[1][2]
Pathé Distribution (United Kingdom)
EuropaCorp Distribution (France)
Release dates
January 20, 2008 (2008-01-20) (Sundance)
February 15, 2008 (2008-02-15) (United Kingdom)
February 22, 2008 (2008-02-22) (United States)
March 5, 2008 (2008-03-05) (France)
Running time
98 minutes[3]
Countries
United Kingdom
France
United States[2]
Language
English
Budget
$20 million[4]
Box office
$30.6 million[5]
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.
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.
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^ ab"Be Kind Rewind (BFI)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
^"BE KIND REWIND (12)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
^Be Kind Rewind – Box Office Data, Movie News, Cast Information – The Numbers
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^Deadbolt Interview with Jack Black Archived July 20, 2011, at archive.today
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