Help me be awesome and remember a movie title.

February 14, 2008 9:50 AM

Help me help my friend remember the title of a movie. (Or documentary?) It starts out with a voiceover over a dark screen - and the voiceover is interrupted by someone saying that voiceovers are lame (or something) and they should cut it out. And the voiceover-over-dark-screen ends. The movie (or documentary?) then progresses in a similar manner, being "edited" in that way, as they go along. Some well-known actors or director was involved. Also, it may have been filmed by a cast or crew member the same time they were filming some big-budget movie. Er, and that's about all I know.
posted by Xere to media & arts (12 comments total)

Sounds like you're talking about Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Search for "Wi n0t trei a h0liday in Sweden thi yer?" to find the relevant part.
posted by Bernt Pancreas at 10:02 AM on February 14, 2008

This reminds me of a few things:
- The Long And Short Of It (filmed by Sean Astin while he was shooting Lord Of The Rings)
- The trailer for The Comedian (cliched movie trailer voice-overs)
- The Orange mobile phone network cinema ads (example) which have involved various famous actors and the Orange guys changing stuff and generally ruining the point of the movie.
posted by EndsOfInvention at 10:03 AM on February 14, 2008

Maybe Adaptation?
posted by aswego at 10:03 AM on February 14, 2008

Definitely Adaptation, although it reminded me of Monty Python intially as well.
posted by Ugh at 10:04 AM on February 14, 2008

Seconding Monty Python's Holy Grail. It was produced by llamas, you know.
posted by SlyBevel at 11:15 AM on February 14, 2008

Here's one that fits the filmed-concurrently angle: Blue in the Face
posted by roger ackroyd at 11:33 AM on February 14, 2008

Thirding adaptation. Fits quite well (though not a documentary).
posted by ORthey at 11:39 AM on February 14, 2008

Most certainly Adaptation.

There's some (fake) "documentary" footage of the set/filming of Being John Malkovich included.
posted by katra12 at 11:42 AM on February 14, 2008

This is not the film, but this synopsis reminded me of "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story", which was a pretty decent film. The book, however, is essential to any humor collection.
posted by pedmands at 12:47 PM on February 14, 2008

I dunno, that kind of sounds like the parts of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang I've seen, but I can't remember all of it very well and it doesn't sound quite like what you have in mind. But I may as well throw it out there.
posted by Green With You at 1:10 PM on February 14, 2008

Another one for Adaptation. Holy grail has a similar thing, but it's text and not a voice over. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang plays with the role of narrator as well, but not quite in the way you're describing. Adaptation does it dead on.
posted by twirlypen at 1:56 PM on February 14, 2008

This is totally not what you're looking for (as you've already favorited an answer) but the teaser for Red vs. Blue has something like this.
posted by ericales at 3:10 AM on February 15, 2008