For Your Consideration (PG-13) Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard |SwapaDVD.com

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Adult Humor, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Movie Release: 2006
DVD Release: 02/20/2007
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 26 mins
Studio: Warner Home Video
Total Copies: 21
Genres: Comedy, Showbiz Comedy
See Also: For Your Consideration

Mockumentary mastermind Christopher Guest turns his satirical eye away from dog shows, small-town theater, and folk music to offer a hilarious take on Hollywood award season in this comedy focusing on trio of actors whose lives are turned upside down when they discover that their performances in an independent film are generating a sizable buzz in the entertainment industry. Jay Berman (Guest) is in the process of directing his first feature film -- an intimate family drama set in the 1940s and detailing the tempestuous reunion of an estranged Jewish family that is reluctantly drawn together to celebrate Purim at the behest of their dying matriarch. The cast soon comes down with an infectious case of award fever when rumors on the Internet claim that "Purim" stars Marilyn Hack (Catherine O' Hara), Victor Allan Miller (Harry Shearer), and Callie Webb (Parker Posey) may be delivering Oscar-caliber performances. When "Hollywood Now" co-anchors Chuck Porter (Fred Willard) and Cindy Martin (Jane Lynch) perpetuate the buzz on national television, the entire film crew starts to see stars in their eyes. Subsequently convinced that they have a sleeper hit on their hands, unit publicist Corey Taft (John Michael Higgins), talent agent Morley Orfkin (Eugene Levy), and producer Whitney Taylor Brown (Jennifer Coolidge) immediately cave to requests from Sunfish Classics president Martin Gibb (Ricky Gervais) to alter the film so that it may appeal to a larger audience. Now, while "Purim" screenwriters Lane Iverson (Michael McKean) and Philip Koontz (Bob Balaban) are forced to watch helplessly as their original screenplay is plundered in order to cash in on the positive buzz, awards season draws near and the production takes a most unexpected turn. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Bob Balaban - Philip Koontz
Jennifer Coolidge - Whitney Taylor Brown
Christopher Guest - Jay Berman
John Michael Higgins - Corey Taft
Eugene Levy - Morley Orfkin
Jane Lynch - Cindy Martin
Michael McKean - Lane Iverson
Catherine O'Hara - Marilyn Hack
Parker Posey - Callie Webb
Harry Shearer - Victor Allan Miller
Fred Willard - Chuck Porter

Damian M. (ratchet) wrote on 3/11/2009...

Basically the cast from Best in Show (or, if you will, This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, etc), doing what they do best, creating characters just a bit out of whack. This film follows the story of several actors making a drama about a hard family reunion, and the Oscar(TM) buzz that surrounds certain actors. Now I do think the prior film, A Mighty Wind, was the low point for this group, but For Your Consideration shows that they still have much to offer. Great to have included Ricky Gervais as well (doing his typical very un-PC type character).