Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | 
| Director: Liam Lynch
Actors: Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Jason Reed, Ronnie James Dio, Paul F. Tompkins
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 9055
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), German (Published), Spanish (Published), English (Published)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN10698D
UPC: 794043106989
EAN: 0794043106989
ASIN: B000MCH5RM
Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 2006
Release Date: February 27, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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You don't have to be a munchie-loving stoner or an aspiring rock god to enjoy Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, but it helps. A dozen years after they introduced their mock-rock power duo on the Los Angeles club scene, Jack Black and Kyle Gass finally got the movie showcase (a partial spinoff from the D's short-lived HBO series) their fans had been waiting for, and it's a rockin' romp with plenty of crude laughs that will hit home for anyone who's ever played air guitar to Meat Loaf's "Bat out of Hell." It's a Beavis and Butt-head-like origin story, recalling the legend (ahem) of how JB (Black) and KG (Gass) met, bonded over bong-hits and rock-operatic guitar licks, then set out (on a tip from a crazed guitar-store clerk played by Ben Stiller) to find the mythic pick of destiny, used by all guitar gods and said to be fashioned from the tooth of Satan. Their quest includes a variety of well-cast cameos (including Tim Robbins, Meat Loaf, and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl as Satan himself), and there's plenty of flatulence, drug humor, at least one hilarious fantasy sequence, and outrageous sight gags too numerous to mention. Suffice it to say, it's about 90 minutes of lowbrow indulgence, and some of the jokes fall flat, but if you're a headbanger at heart, you'll know what Tenacious D is riffing on, and the sweet licks (also available on the soundtrack CD) will sound that much sweeter. If you're not ready to RAWK, this potential cult favorite may not be for you... but give it try anyway. It may not be better than Citizen Kane, but if you're properly stoked, it comes close to rock & roll heaven. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
IN VENICE BEACH, NAIVE MIDWESTERNER JB BONDS WITH SLACKER KB & THEY FORM THE ROCK BAND TENACIOUS D. SETTING OUT TO BECOME THE WORLD'S GREATEST BAND IS NO EASY FEAT, SO THEY SET OUT TO STEAL WHAT COULD BE THE ANSWER TO THEIR PRAYERS - A MAGICAL GUITAR PICK HOUSED IN A ROCK-&-ROLL MUSEUM SOME 300 MILES AWAY.
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 Great music, awful movie June 10, 2009
J. Harrelson (Marietta, Georgia United States)
A friend of mine kept frothing at the mouth about how good this movie was. I like Jack Black and I've seen/heard the Tenacious D stuff, so I figured this would be a fun movie. The music in the movie is great and funny, but the rest of the movie is hideous. There's a couple of scenes with Ben Stiller and Tim Robbins that are pretty funny, but when it's just Jack and Kyle it really seems like they're trying to be funny, but not really succeeding.
 I have seen this movie over 20 times March 12, 2009
James Hood (Virginia)
I love this movie. If you haven't seen it, then you need to buy it. If you have seen it, then you have probably already bought it.
Rock On! March 3, 2009
Judson Violette (Concord, NC USA)
This movie is fantastic! If you like Jack Black or rock music, you will love this movie, it is sensational.
Tenacious D in the Pick Of Destiny February 16, 2009
Matthew Reichel (Seattle, WA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
DVD was entertaining.
DVD arrived in very timely fashion.
DVD arrived in excellent condition.
Some Crazy JuJu January 4, 2009
Ken P. Copen (Alameda, CA USA)
They must have put some crazy JuJu into the recording of this movie because I can't stop watching it. I'm not even a fan of the D but I watched this on cable one night, now I can't stop watching Master Exploder (one of the songs) and the "Final Showdown." Sometimes if I'm having a lame day at work I'll watch Master Exploder on Youtube just for a laugh.
Bottom line is I expected this to totally suck and figured I probably wouldn't even get through it and instead got several laugh out loud moments and even scenes that I would consider absolute comedy classics. Very funny cameos from Dio, Ben Stiller, Tim Robbins and an extremely amusing Dave Grohl. Damn Funny.
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