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A hard-core New York Giants fan struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.A hard-core New York Giants fan struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.A hard-core New York Giants fan struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.
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- 1 win & 5 nominations
Sidné Anderson
- Hospital Doctor
- (as Sidne Anderson)
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- TriviaDirector Robert Siegel has said that between takes in the strip club, while other members of cast and crew were enjoying the company of dancers, actor Patton Oswalt was watching episodes of John Adams (2008) on his iPod in a private room.
- GoofsWhen Paul is reading the newspaper about the Giants' actions regarding the suspended player, two short paragraphs are repeated several times to give the appearance of more news copy.
- SoundtracksOoh Poo Pah Doo
Written by Jessie Hill
Performed by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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a profound and thoroughly remarkable character study marked by a magnetic performance of Patton Oswalt
Big Fan stands as a profound and thoroughly remarkable character study marked by a magnetic performance of Patton Oswalt. He excels as Paul Aufiero, a life-long fan of New York Giants being brutally hit by one of Giants' top players in a strip club. Oswalt is equally sympathetic and believable starring as this deeply troubled character. His performance is the chief, but thankfully not the only reason to see Big Fan. Writer-director Robert Siegel regards the sports fanaticism as an addiction and that gives his film the necessary gravitas: its power and its credibility. The script is devoid of clichés with many well-observed situations thrown in and several ingenious twists you won't see coming. As a result, you observe Paul falling into decay with great anxiety combined with care. Siegel crafts a subversive comedy, funny and bleak in equal measures. It also works as a peculiar take on the pathology of sports mania.
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- Mar 24, 2010
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- Paul Aufiero
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- Gross US & Canada
- $234,540
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $24,266
- Aug 30, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $234,540
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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