Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

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Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Kevin Finn James Rolfe
Written by	Kevin Finn James Rolfe
Based on	Angry Video Game Nerd by James Rolfe
Produced by	Sean Keegan
Starring	James Rolfe Sarah Glendening Stephen Mendel Helena Barrett Time Winters Eddie Pepitone Bobby Charles Reed Jeremy Suarez
Cinematography	Jason Brewer
Edited by	Paul Fontaine Michael Licisyn James Rolfe
Music by	Bear McCreary
Production companies	Cinemassacre Productions Skinny Ugly Pilgrim
Distributed by	Cinemassacre Indie Rights Screenwave Media
Release date	July 21, 2014 (2014-07-21)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$325,972 (estimated)

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (abbreviated as AVGN: The Movie) is a 2014 American independent science-fiction adventure comedy film written and directed by James Rolfe and Kevin Finn (in their feature-directorial debut). It is based on the web series of the same name, also created by Rolfe, with himself as the lead character alongside Jeremy Suarez, Sarah Glendening, Stephen Mendel, Time Winters, Helena Barrett, David Dastmalchian, Robbie Rist, and Eddie Pepitone.

The story centers around the then urban legend of the mass burial of millions of copies of the 1982 Atari 2600 video game E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, proclaimed as the "worst video game of all time". After a longstanding refusal to address the game in his web series, the Nerd succumbs to pressure by fans to review the video game, embarking on a quest to prove that there is nothing buried there. However, the crew is pursued by federal authorities, led by the villainous General Dark Onward, who believes he is investigating Area 51 and the crash of an unidentified flying object.

The film premiered on July 21, 2014, at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, followed by a limited release in theaters through July and August in the United States. The film released online through video-on-demand on September 2, 2014. The Blu-ray version of the film was released on December 14, 2014, with the DVD version released on May 13, 2015. The film's budget of over US$325,500 came entirely from Internet crowdfunding.^[1] It received mixed reviews from critics with many praising its soundtrack, visual effects, and faithfulness to the web series, but criticizing the story, pacing, screenplay, and length.