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The Darwin Awards | |
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Directed by | Finn Taylor |
Written by | Finn Taylor |
Produced by | Jason Blum Debbie Brubaker Dieter Busch Frank Capra III |
Starring | Joseph Fiennes Winona Ryder David Arquette Juliette Lewis Lukas Haas Juliana Margulies Chris Penn |
Cinematography | Hiro Narita |
Edited by | Rick LeCompte |
Music by | David Kitay |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Icon Entertainment |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Darwin Awards is a 2006 American adventure comedy film based on the website of the same name written and directed by Finn Taylor, the film premiered January 25, 2006, at the Sundance Film Festival. The film features Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder, David Arquette, Juliette Lewis, Wilmer Valderrama, Chris Penn, Julianna Margulies, Robin Tunney, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Brad Hunt, Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman and Metallica. This was Chris Penn's last movie before his death on January 24, 2006, the day before the film's premiere. The film includes several full and partial re-enactments of "Darwin Awards", the earliest of which were fictitious, most notably the debunked JATO Rocket Car story.