The prestigious Tribeca film festival is about to come to a close tomorrow night, and what better way to mark the end of another year of fine cinema, than with a film about a big group of people shoving their parts together?
The film is A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, and it is about-
a thirtysomething party animal famous among his close circle of friends for his lavish summer theme parties at his father’s swanky Hamptons pad. But when members of the crew start settling down, and Eric’s dad announces plans to sell the beach house, Eric decides it’s time for one last bash to go out with a proverbial bang—a good old-fashioned orgy.
This sounds like a return to the American sex comedies like American Pie that have dried up a bit in recent years, and even seems to be targeting that same audience that used to buy tickets for other films to get in and see tits. These days they’re a bit older, marrying off and having kids, and it looks like AGOF hits that note.
The film was written by a duo — Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck — who don’t have any film credits under their belt, but have both written for King of the Hill, Frasier, and Letterman. The cast is filled with a shit-ton of comedians who have had supporting roles in film or bigger parts on TV. And then Will Forte. Here’s the list I ganked from a press release…
Jason Sudeikis (SNL, Horrible Bosses)
Leslie Bibb (Iron Man 2)
Lake Bell (How To Make It In America)
Michelle Borth (Timer, The Forgotten)
Nick Kroll (The League)
Tyler Labine (upcoming: Planet of the Apes)
Angela Sarafyan (The Informers)
Lindsay Sloane (She’s Out Of My League, The Other Guys)
Martin Starr (Adventureland, Party Down)
Lucy Punch (Dinner for Schmucks)
and
Will Forte (SNL)
We’ve got the brand new poster for the film that you can see to the side (click to HUGE), as well as a few stills below. We’ll keep an ear out to gauge the reaction to the film after the festival, and see if we’re in store for a raunchy comedy worth catching, or a toothless dumbedy. Till then there’s a Facebook page you can take a look at.
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