"Dinner for Schmucks" Interview with Director Jay Roach

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I truly love talking to directors because they give tremendous insights to their films. In "Dinner for Schmucks," Jay Roach, the guy who gave us "Meet the Parents" and "Meet the Fockers," as well as all the "Austin Powers" films, talked about:

*** The conception of the film from its French roots (Francis Veber's "Les diner de cons") to the American version
*** Why Roach decided to add the mythological "dinner" that wasn't shown in the French version
*** The film subscribes to the "tragedy as comedy" notion
*** How the film follows French farce conventions such as mistaken identity, comedy of errors, non-verbal jokes
*** "Austin Powers 4" anyone?
*** If he's invited to a dinner for schmucks, what idiosyncrasy will be bring to the table?

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[turockandar]

Like many American remakes of French films...this one is terrible...like The Bird Cage...Americans miss all the subtlety of European classics!

[blackwithpink]

@mach6306 u have a really bad movie daste this is a good movie

[mach6306]

this movie really sucked and would not recommend it to anyone. the writer and director of this movie should be fired. don't waste your time on this movie!!!

[LegoLee329]

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