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When American brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse
travel to Germany to spread their grandfather's
ashes at Oktoberfest, they stumble upon a
super-secret, centuries old, underground beer
games competition--"Beerfest," the secret
Olympics of beer drinking. The brothers receive
a less than warm welcome from their German
cousins, the Von Wolfhausens, who humiliate Todd
and Jan, slander their relatives, and finally
cast them out of the event. Vowing to return in
a year to defend their country and their
family's honor, the Wolfhouse boys assemble a
ragtag dream team of beer drinkers and gamers:
Barry Badrinath, the consummate skills player
with a dark past; Phil Krundle (aka Landfill), a
one-man chugging machine; and Charlie "Fink"
Finklestein, the lab tech with a PhD in 'All
Things Beer'. This Magnificent Five train
relentlessly, using their hearts, minds and
livers to drink faster, smarter and harder than
they ever have before. But first they must
battle their own demons--as well as a bunch of
big, blond, German jerks who want to destroy the
team before they can even make it back to
Munich.
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Also Known
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Beer Fest
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Production
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Released |
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Logline: |
Two brothers go
to Oktoberfest in Germany and stumble upon a
super-secret centuries-old competition with
beer games. After the brothers are dealt a
humiliating defeat, they return to the U.S.
and assemble a group of all-star beer
drinkers. |
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Genres: |
Comedy |
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Running
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1 hr. 50 min. |
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Release
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August 25th,
2006 (wide) |
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MPAA Rating: |
R for pervasive
crude and sexual content, language, nudity
and substance abuse. |
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Distributors: |
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
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Production
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Gerber Pictures, Cataland Films, Broken
Lizard Films, Legendary Pictures, Inc.
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Studios: |
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
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U.S. Box
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$19,145,054 |
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Filming
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New Mexico, USA
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Produced in: |
United States |
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