You are not logged in

New York Magazine

 
 

Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
     
  Release Date: 04/13/06 (Future Release)

Starring: Rob Corddry, Rob Riggle, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, Ed Helms

Director: Brant Sersen

Rating: (NR)
 
Advertiser
 
 
Genre
  Comedy, Drama
   
  Running Time
  90 min
   
  Distributor
  First Motionless Pictures
   
Official Website
Get Movie Showtimes and Tickets


NEW YORK VIEW
This mockumentary, which stars Daily Show regular Rob Corddry as a legendary paintball player attempting to make a dramatic comeback, may provoke visions of over-the-top comic delirium, but Brant Sersen’s ultralow-budget film is surprisingly laid-back, taking its cue from the likes of Waiting for Guffman, with occasionally hilarious results. Corddry’s low-key performance is engaging, but it’s nothing compared to Rob Huebel’s crazy antics as his jacked-up, Type-A nemesis.

CINEMASOURCE SYNOPSIS
June 12th, 1993 -- the darkest day in paintball history -- was the day that Bobby Dukes cheated! While leading his team to their unprecedented fourth consecutive victory Bobby was shot. Desperate to stay in the game, Bobby intentionally wiped the paint from his jersey, thus committing paintball's most heinous crime -- "wiping." Banned from the game and rejected by the paintball community, Bobby disappeared in disgrace. Ten years later, the ban lifted, a well-traveled and mature Bobby is back to prove himself on the field that made him famous. To his dismay, he finds that no one will play with him. To them, he still is and always will be a cheater. Assembling a team of misfits, Bobby is determined to win back his title and his soul.