He nearly super-sized himself after eating nothing but McDonald's for 30 days a few years back, but now Morgan Spurlock's got bigger fish to fry (that was not intended as a McDonald's joke) with his very amusing new documentary, "Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?" (out in theaters April 18th.)
We got a chance to check this flick at Sundance and we're very pleased now to show you the first nearly five minutes of the film here. Truth be told, they might be my favorite moments of the film. Check out Morgan taking on Osama in HD right here. Or, if you're not a stickler for that sort of thing, just click below.
- It's not easy counting green. Jim Henson biopic in development at Empire Film Group. (Empire)
- Found it! "Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?" trailer pops up online. (Yahoo!)
- Enchanting? Amy Adams in talks to star opposite Ben Stiller in "Night at the Museum 2." (Variety)
- "Since you really have no chance of winning the Academy Award, was it still fun being nominated?" Hilarious video of "Juno" director Jason Reitman getting interviewed by a group of middle-schoolers. (/film)
- Website goes live for Heath Ledger’s last film, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." (Dr. P)
On the Line: Ever since it was announced that "Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?" would premiere at Sundance, this documentary from Morgan Spurlock, the muckraking documentary filmmaker, has been at the top of my (and many fellow true believers') must-see list. Yes, the man who may or may not have pressured McDonald's to abandon the "Super Size" option (a moment of silence please for French fries portions the size of my head) has decided to set his sights on none other than the most wanted man in the universe, Osama bin Laden.
Did he find him? How does it all end? Well if there was any doubt that this one was garnering huge interest, the insanely long line for the press screening I attended laid any hesitation to rest. The curiosity was there. Would Spurlock deliver? (Check out our interview with Spurlock here.) Read more...
Indiana Jones is back and ... wait a minute, that's not Harrison Ford!
Every year at the Sundance Film Festival, competing movies plaster Main Street with their posters, stapling advertisements over their competitors, and often having their own obscured within the hour. But the one poster that always sticks out is Morgan Spurlock's "Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?," an Indy-loving image advertising one of Sundance's most talked-about films. Read more...