The Comebacks

The Comebacks
The Comebacks
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tom Brady
Screenplay by	Ed Yeager; Joey Gutierrez;
Story by	John Aboud; Michael Colton; Adam Jay Epstein; Andrew Jacobson;
Produced by	Robert L. Levy; Peter Abrams; Andrew Panay;
Starring	David Koechner
Cinematography	Anthony B. Richmond
Edited by	Alan Edward Bell
Music by	Christopher Lennertz
Production; company	Tapestry Films
Distributed by	20th Century Fox; Fox Atomic
Release date	October 19, 2007;
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$13.5 million

The Comebacks is a 2007 American magical realism satirical comedy film directed by Tom Brady and story by Andrew Jacobson. This film is a parody of the clichés and plots of the sports film genre. It parodies 21 popular sports films^[2]^{[user-generated source]} along with historical real world sports events, credible live football action and excerpts from The Onion Movie inserted throughout the film. In the UK, Greece, Finland, Australia and New Zealand this film is called Sports Movie. The movie was released to theaters on October 19, 2007. It was partially filmed^[3]^{[user-generated source]} at the Cal State Fullerton Titan Stadium in Fullerton, California and Shepherd Stadium^[4] at Pierce College in Los Angeles, California.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Comebacks (2007)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
^ "The Comebacks (2007) - Trivia - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
^ "The Comebacks (2007) - Filming & production - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
^ "John B. Shepard - Shepard Stadium | LAPC". www.lapc.edu.

[afi-1] "The Comebacks (2007)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 2020-01-19.

[2] "The Comebacks (2007) - Trivia - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.

[3] "The Comebacks (2007) - Filming & production - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.

[4] "John B. Shepard - Shepard Stadium | LAPC". www.lapc.edu.

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The Comebacks

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