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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #96 Foot Fist Way

Published on January 28, 2008

#96.The Foot Fist Way

Director/Writer: Jody Hill
Producers: Jennifer Chikes, Erin Gates, Robbie Hill and Hill
Distributor: Paramount Vantage

The Gist: Written by Jody Hill, this is about self-control, perseverance, integrity, indomitable spirit – that’s what it’s supposed to be all about at the Concord Tae Kwon Do Studio, where boys are turned into black-belts and suburbanites are chiseled into great warriors, all under the proud tutelage of proud sensei Fred Simmons. That is, until Fred discovers his wife has been unfaithful and instantly descends into a blubbering mess.

Fact: David Gordon Green discovered main actor Danny McBride, in 2008 we’ll see him in three comedies Drillbit Taylor, Pineapple Express (DGG) and Tropic Thunder.

See It: Low budget comedy played at Sundance. Bruce Lee would have been proud!

Release Date/Status?: Paramount Vantage releases the film on April 11th.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).