Everybody's Famous!

Starring:Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Werner De Smedt, Thekla Reuten, Victor LÃ¶w, Gert Portael, Ianka Fleerackers, Alice Reys, George Arrendell, FranÃ§ois Beukelaers, Silvia Claes, Marc Didden, Sien Eggers, Lut Hannes, Wim Opbrouck, Filip Peeters, Mathias Sercu, Myriam Thys, Bert Van Nieuwenhuyse, Alain Van Goethem
Director: Dominique Deruddere
Studio: Miramax
Product Type: DVD

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Hello Again Everybody is a Documentary about the life of legendary Harry Caray, a sports icon and Hall of Fame Broadcaster. Filmed in High Definition, it brings Harry back to life with rare footage, photos and great stories told by friends, family, fans, sports celebrities, broadcasters and co-workers. This Documentary is an opportunity to learn and remember a man who began as an orphan, but with his true passion for the game of Baseball, he became a lasting icon of American History.

Customer Reviews:

HOLY COW!!!!.......2007-05-07

Harry was a genuine Sports Fan! He had that personality! He was an avid CARDS/WHITE SOX & CUBS Fan(altho the Cubz think Harry belongs to THEM).
This was a PBS Special but I bought it because we LOVE Reverse the Curse w/ the Red Sox! I HOPE HBO releases Wait Till Next Year as it's the same people who did Reverse. THAT will show how the Northsiders have stayed the same! My Dad & Uncle were diehard Cub fans. They brainwashed me until I gave up on them in '69. The more things change....ANYWAY: this is a great Docu about Harry, Dutchie, with comments from Steve Stoney & others who made a difference. Worth it!

hello again everybody.......2007-03-01

I saw this at the Beverly Hills Film festival recently. The audience had people of all ages and about half weren't baseball fans but still loved it. He was a larger than life character who is a national icon. The movie was educational, historical, entertaining, humorous and emotional with interviews from family, friends, sports personalities, broadcasters, fans and co-workers. The character was brought to life with rare footage and photographs plus intertwined with Major League Baseball and WGN Televison footage. Bob Costas the historian who told of his early days and style of broadcasting in St. Louis; educational in that he was with 4 teams in his 53 years not just the Chicago Cubs;Mikde Ditka and Ryne Sandberg speak of his his enthusiam and entertaining with his mis pronunciations; steve Stone-humorous in the fact that he did things on purpose to entertain; and lastly emotional with parts from his televised funeral (celebration of life)annecdotes.
This is a must see movie that brings back this larger than life character. Harry was not only the fans voice in the media but he was the ultimate fan! HOLY COW !!!
PS The movie starts with an animated purple cow broadcasting.

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Typically Flemish, hilarious, well done.
Everybody's Famous
Everybody's Entertained
Charming movie about following that dream
A Belgian Oddball Comedy/Drama about a Father and a Daughter

Everybody's Famous!
Starring: Josse De Pauw , Eva van der Gucht , Werner De Smedt , Thekla Reuten , and Victor Löw
Director: Dominique Deruddere
Manufacturer: Miramax
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00005OSLR
Release Date: 2001-11-13

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This terrific, heartfelt Belgian comedy won a much-deserved Academy Award® nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2000. Jean dreams of giving his daughter Marva a better life than the endless slog in the factory for which he fears she's destined. He does everything he can to launch her to singing stardom, but Marva, shy and overweight, finds the contests she enters humiliating and can barely conceal her contempt for Jean (as well as the songs he composes for her). Then fate comes along in the guise of beautiful singing star Debbie and a few sleeping pills Jean has handy. For all its broad comedy plotting, Everybody's Famous has a shining, gentle spirit and offers a touching portrait of proud fatherhood, including moving little moments such as Jean sitting on the concrete and listening through a window just to hear his daughter sing. This movie is so charming you can't help but enjoy it. --Ali Davis

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Funny and inspiring, this widely acclaimed comedy takes an original look at just how far some people will go for fame! Jean is an ordinary family man and factory worker who is certain that his only child, Marva, is destined to become a famous singing star. If only Jean could catch a break ... and if only Marva could be discovered! A truly hilarious treat honored with an Academy Award(R) nomination as Best Foreign Language Film (2000) -- you'll be delighted to follow the unexpectedly outrageous steps Jean takes to make his dream a reality!

Customer Reviews:

Typically Flemish, hilarious, well done........2006-07-11

Everybody's Famous is an entertaining film with a cute plot that will make you laugh. All the more better if you have spent some time in Belgium as many of the scenes and humor are typically Flemish and will then hit you harder. Only in Belgium would you see a kidnapper making fresh soup for his victims! A must see.

Everybody's Famous.......2004-09-02

I rented this movie the other night, and I wasn't sure if it'd like it, being that it's a foreign flim. I thought it might be hard to understand and very boring. But I couldn't have been more wrong. The only real reason I picked it up was because of it's Oscar nomination, and I'm glad I did. It wasn't hard to understand at all and wasn't the little bit boring. The story is about a loving father would is desperate to do to anything to make his daughter a star. Including kidnapping the country's most popular singer. And what are his demands? Making the singer's producer make a hit song for his daughter. The story is adorable and humorous, and I recommend it to everybody.

Everybody's Entertained.......2003-12-02

"Everybody's Famous" is one of the best films released in 2000. It rightfully earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film(Belgium). Its plot is highly catchy and funny. Its highly creative scenes keep everyone's interest the whole time. Its plot about a father, whose family is in poverty, who will do anything to make his daughter famous keeps everyone's eyes wide open, especially while he's taking action. The plot of the #1 singing sensation's kidnapping builds to a fine climax and conlusion. In average movies, such chain of events would never work. The writer's brilliance makes every scene fit as one movie. The acting is wonderful. Everyone offers their own humor and seriousness in the right times. The song "Lucky Manuelo" has a great unforgettable rhythm that should have become a hit in real life. "Everybody's Famous" is a great comedy for those looking for something unique. This will please many during and after viewing.

Charming movie about following that dream.......2003-06-15

In looking at the blue-haired Debbie on the cover, one might think, "Oh great, a bimbo picture for teenagers and young people." Think again--this is a quirky but refreshing feature from Belgium, set in Flanders. And by the way, Debbie's actually a stunning brunette with a great personality.

As for our cover girl, that's Debbie, the #1 pop sensation who's sold more records than the Beatles, Elvis, and Michael Jackson combined. Yet she seems more interested in car mechanics rather than singing, much to the chagrin of her promoter Michael.

Jean Vereecken, a worker at a bottle factory in his mid-forties, has dreams of becoming a songwriter, and thinks his daughter Marva is a talented singer. He writes songs for her but his efforts are underappreciated by his down-to-earth wife Chantal and totally unappreciated by Marva, who is irritated. Part of that comes from a lack of confidence. She is nineteen, a bit on the portly side, isn't exactly fashion model pretty, and doesn't have much of a life. Consequently, she gets low marks at the lookalike singing contests.

A crisis comes when the bottle factory goes bankrupt and all the workers get the sack. What to do? Jean's unemployment will cause him to lose more face in the eyes of his family. Jean's younger co-worker Willy, is financially supporting his girlfriend Liz, who is going to college. Any genuine feelings towards him are conspicuous by their absence. His unemployment means Liz will have to pay her own way, and that's the last thing he wants.

It's only when Debbie meets the downtrodden Jean that things begin to click a notch, and sets into motion a hairbrained scheme that draws in Willy and Michael.

Of the stars, Josse de Pauw succeeds as Jean, trying so hard, maybe too hard to please his daughter and gain her love at whatever cost. His singing attempts are clumsy but given his enthusiasm and joy at finding what he thinks is a winner is so encouraging. And if genuinely pretty and pleasant women--as opposed to fashion-model pretty--like Thekla Reuten (Debbie) were in plenty supply, this world would be a better place.

Victor Low (Michael) does a great job as a savvy businessman who's a master at artist promotion and publicity gimmicks. And Werner de Smedt plays Willy as someone who's actually sensitive and that part of him is drawn out later involving Jean's scheme.

The homages to 80's music was fun for me, as well as the lookalike contests. And there's a funny bit involving (kind of) Michael Jackson. The songs done here (not by the original artists) are Vanessa Paradis's "Be My Baby," Queen's "I Want To Break Free," and Madonna's "Material Girl."

As for the title, it's a reference to why everybody wants to be famous. Yes, it is to escape an ordinary life, but what is the result? Part of the answer comes from Debbie and involves talent. She is talented, therefore she didn't have to sleep with any managers to get to the top. And for those real-life girl singers today and yesterday who weren't talented but made it to the top? I wonder how many of those there are.

An entertaining comedy-drama that also explores the importance of being what one wants to be in one's heart, but also fighting the odds to discover that one precious dream, trying to rise above an anonymous crowd. Jean, Marva, and Debbie do just that in this charming movie.

A Belgian Oddball Comedy/Drama about a Father and a Daughter.......2002-12-24

One of the nominees at the Academy Award for Best Foreigen Film category, "Everybody's Famous" gathered considerable attention of critics, but at the same time divided their opinions. That is only natural because this Beligian film is too light-weight and predictable for all its charms and sentiments. So, which side you take totally depends on your feelings.

The story is reminiscent of the underrated Robert DeNiro - Jerry Lewis comedy satire, "The King of Comedy." A Belgian father working for a bottle factory is desperate to make his 17 year-old daughter a star. But as the terrible performance at local talent show testifies, she is no talent (but she seems to have some potential, since she can really sing at a puppet show, without showing herself up before the audience). One day, however, an incredible chance visits him. He finds a super-star singer Debbie riding a bycicle alone on the road, and inspite of his better judgement, he kiddnaps her, to threaten the producer into making the much-coveted TV debut for his beloved daughter.

After these initial events, there are some plot twists leading up to the final moment. I don't know how Belgian people reacted to the film, but I, being a Japanese, found the Flemish humors (if there are) very strange and unique. Of course, that depends on you and your culture, but maybe, I am afraid, during the process of translation we have lost many things. I suspect that, whatever the reason may be, it is nearly impossible for most of English-speaking viewers to seek for the kind of laughs you find in regular Hollywood outings.

But you still can enjoy the film as it is, and the father's love for his daughter is a universal theme, which is possibly the best thing of "Everybody's Famous." The last sequence is certainly heart-warming, but I still am not sure whether I really appreciated the film in the right way. That is because the film's satires on show biz world and craze for 15 minutes celebrity are, for me, are too self-evident these days when we have so many "reality TVs" and instant celebrities around us. If only the director developed the initial premise, that's how I thought.

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Customer Reviews:

Typically Flemish, hilarious, well done........2006-07-11

Everybody's Famous.......2004-09-02

Everybody's Entertained.......2003-12-02

Charming movie about following that dream.......2003-06-15

It's only when Debbie meets the downtrodden Jean that things begin to click a notch, and sets into motion a hairbrained scheme that draws in Willy and Michael.

A Belgian Oddball Comedy/Drama about a Father and a Daughter.......2002-12-24

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