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AUDIENCE TESTS RESULTED IN MANY VIRGIN CHANGES
Monday, August 22 2005
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Numerous test screenings of The 40-Year-Old Virgin resulted in many scenes being reworked in the editing room, the Los Angeles Times reported today (Monday). The newspaper said that director and co-writer Judd Apatow, who was making his feature-film debut, recorded the reaction of audiences at the test screenings, then, in the editing room, synchronized the recording with the film in order to hear which scenes failed to produce laughs. For example, a scene featuring an encounter between the title character and a transvestite was trimmed to only a few seconds after audiences responded negatively to it. Another scene in which the character watches a porn movie was also trimmed. Co-writer/star Steve Carell told the Times: "It was way too graphic. It pulled people out of the movie."
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MOVIE REVIEWS: THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN
Friday, August 19 2005
On
the
heels
of
the
best
buzz
any
movie
has
generated
this
year,
critics
are
gushing
with
praise
for
The
40-Year-Old
Virgin,
co-written
by
and
starring
Steve
Carell.
Manohla
Dargis
in
the
New
York
Times,
who
calls
the
comedy,
"charmingly
bent,"
observes
that
nothing
Carell
has
done
in
the
past
--
including
his
regular
appearances
on
The
Daily
Show
and
his
starring
role
in
the
U.S.
version
of
The
Office,
conveys
"his
sheer
likability
[or]
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THE OFFICE STAR TURNS DOWN EXCLUSIVE DEAL
Tuesday, March 22 2005
Golden
Globes
winner
Ricky
Gervais,
star
of
the
BBC
comedy
The
Office,
has
turned
down
a
$9.5
million
offer
to
sign
an
exclusive
deal
with
the
publicly
supported
broadcaster,
the
London
Daily
Telegraph
reported
today
(Tuesday).
The
newspaper
quoted
Gervais
as
saying
that
such
deals
"promote
laziness
and
extravagance."
He
also
said
that
by
remaining
free
to
go
elsewhere,
he
can
increase
his
bargaining
leverage
with
the
BBC.
"As
long
as
they
are
terrified,
they'll
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