| Drillbit Taylor (Unrated Extended Survival Edition) | 
 enlarge | Actor: Owen Wilson
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $34.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 6106
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 109
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: PARD344062D
UPC: 097363440628
EAN: 0097363440628
ASIN: B0013FW05Y
Theatrical Release Date: March 21, 2008
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Three kids hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 07/01/2008 Starring: Owen Wilson Run time: 101 minutes Rating: Ur Director: Steve Brill
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Like Owen Wilson himself, Drillbit Taylor has a loose, shaggy-dog appeal. Wilson plays a homeless ex-soldier who wants to emigrate illegally to Canada--and when three misfit high-school students hire him to protect them from bullies, he sets out to fleece them for the money he needs to get away. Naturally, this being a formulaic crowd-pleaser, he bonds with the kids and discovers that maybe his life isn't so worthless after all. Fortunately for moviegoers, the creators of Drillbit Taylor (including co-writer Seth Rogen, star of Knocked Up) have the wit to tweak the formula and give what could have been prefabricated and bland some grit, surprises, and genuine laughs (as well as an allusion to this movie's obvious inspiration, the 1980 teen-movie classic My Bodyguard). While nowhere near as funny (or as rude) as Rogen's previous co-writing effort, the dorkily sublime Superbad, Drillbit Taylor benefits from a similar grasp of the genuine cravings and frustrations of adolescence. Still, it's Wilson's movie, and his slacker-romantic rhythm gives the hmor its swing. Also featuring Leslie Mann (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), who is woefully underutilized as Wilson's love interest. One sneaky bit of casting: The main bully is played by Alex Frost, who played an unhappy teen driven to shoot up his school in director Gus Van Sant's Elephant. --Bret Fetzer
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 Drillbit Taylor - Blu-ray Info November 2, 2008
Version: U.S.A / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
VC-1 BD-50 / Advanced Profile 3
Running time: 1:50:09
Movie size: 31,81 GB
Disc size: 45,09 GB
Total bit rate: 38.51 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 29.95 Mbps
Number of chapters: 15
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 3353 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 3353kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps
Subtitles: English / English SDH / French / Portuguese / Spanish
#Audio Commentary
#Production Featurettes (HD - 14 minutes)
#Still Montage: "The Writers Get to Talk: Kristofor Brown and Seth Rogen" (HD - 14 minutes)
#19 Deleted Scenes (HD, 24 minutes)
#Gag Reel (HD - 4 minutes)
#Line-O-Rama (HD - 4 minutes)
#Additional Montages (HD - 6 minutes)
#Theatrical Trailers (HD)
 I have no idea why... October 22, 2008
I don't know why I liked this movie. It was stupid, but stupid in a campy funny way. Rent it - save it for the $1 rental, but give it a try... great for a lazy afternoon when you just need a laugh or few.
Mediocre October 11, 2008
I was really looking forward to this movie as I'm usually a fan of Owen Wilson, but I have to say this one was a bit dull. If I had to guess, I'd say the potential humor was toned back to get a PG-13 rating.
On the plus side there are some funny parts such as the body guard interviews, the training sequences, and Owen Wilson as a gym teacher. There was a lot of room to expand these parts and make the movie funnier.
On the negative I think the whole robbery aspect detracted from the film. It didn't add much to your opinion of Owen's character, and the scenes with the other homeless guys were rather pointless.
All in all I think there are much better Owen Wilson movies (Wedding Crashers, anything with Ben Stiller) and better high school movies, this one didn't stand out.
Not the best Owen Wilson movie - but still enjoyable September 20, 2008
My family enjoyed watching this movie, although it did seem quite outrageous in terms of what the bullies were getting away with - which was frustrating! But, the kids loved it.
entertaining, but not so funny September 18, 2008
This was an entertaining movie to watch that I would recommend partly because it is different than other movies I have watched. This wasn't really a laugh out loud movie and I didn't expected it to be. But it turned out to be a good movie to watch. People say Owen Wilson provides a similar type of humor atmosphere in his movies and its true but his role in the movie is different and fits in. I liked it.
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