BALLS OF FURY (HD-DVD) (WS/ENG SDH/FRENCH/DOL DIG 5.1) DVD

Balls of Fury
A disgraced former ping pong champion is drawn back into the world of high-stakes table tennis to carry out a top-secret mission in the feature directorial debut of Reno 911! writer/director Ben Garant. Far removed from the rigidly regulated world of professional sports, clandestine ping pong tournaments offer thrilling competition where only the strong survive. There was a time when the mere mention of the name Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) was enough to make even those most hardened ping pong player cower in fear, but these days Randy has fallen out of favor with ping-pong fans. The former champ soon receives a much-needed shot at redemption, however, when he is recruited by a determined FBI agent named Rodriguez (George Lopez) to win a coveted spot in the upcoming underground table tennis tournament and ferret out the nefarious Feng (Christopher Walken), whose thriving criminal empire has transformed him into a true menace to society. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Cast Dan Fogler as Randy Daytona Christopher Walken as Feng George Lopez as Rodriguez Maggie Q as Maggie James Hong as Wong Terry Crews as Freddy Robert Patrick as Sgt. Pete Daytona Diedrich Bader as Gary Aisha Tyler as Mahogany Thomas Lennon as Karl Wolfschtagg Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Mysterious Asian Man Brett Delbuono as Young Randy (12 Yrs. Old) Jason Scott Lee as Siu-Foo Toby Huss as Groundskeeper Dave Holmes as TV Producer Heather DeLoach as Teenage Fan David Koechner as Rick The Birdmaster Kerri Kenney-Silver as Showgirl Floyd VanBuskirk as Old Man Jenny Robertson as Den Mother Patton Oswalt as Hammer Jim Lampley as Sportscaster La Na Shi as The Dragon Mather Zickel as Branch Director Jim Rash as Techie David Proval as Mob Boss Philippe Durand as Referee Masi Oka as Jeff - Bathroom Attendant Brandon Molale as Male Courtesan #1 Guy Stevenson as Male Courtesan #2 Steven E. Little as Crazed East German Fan Cathy Shim as North Korean Attache Greg Joung Paik as North Korean General Eugene Choy as Gardener Matt Sigloch as Commanding Officer Marisa Tayui as Geisha Mark Hyland as Umberto Dinovi Justin Lopez as Wedge McDonald Irina Voronina as Coach Schmidt Darryl Chan as Feng's Bodyguard

Crew Steve Arnold - Art Director William Munroe - Boom Operator Kurt Peterson - Boom Operator Julie Ashton-Barson - Casting Mary Ann Bozek - Costume Designer Noga Isackson - First Assistant Director Robert Ben Garant - Director Thomas Lennon - Second Unit Director John Refoua - Editor Derek Evans - Executive Producer Ron Schmidt - Executive Producer Chad Stahelski - Fights Choreographer Laine Trzinski - Hair Styles Viviane Normand - Hair Styles Jeremy Alter - Location Manager Randy Edelman - Composer (Music Score) Charles Papert - Camera Operator David L. Parrish - Camera Operator Jeff Knipp - Production Designer Thomas E. Ackerman - Cinematographer Gary Barber - Producer Thomas Lennon - Producer Jonathan Glickman - Producer Roger Birnbaum - Producer Scott Herbertson - Set Designer Suzan Wexler - Set Designer Masako Masuda - Set Designer Tim Chau - Sound/Sound Designer Steve Hart - Stunts Eddie Fernandez - Stunts Shawn Kautz - Stunts Willie Leong - Stunts Tadahiro Nakamura - Stunts Ilram Choi - Stunts Jeremy Dunn - Stunts Ryan Watson - Stunts Xuyen T. Valdivia - Stunts Al Goto - Stunts J.J. Dashnaw - Stunts Freddi Joe Farnsworth - Stunts Steven Ho - Stunts Monty L. Simons - Stunts Anita Hart - Stunts Chuck Tamburro - Stunts Brian Imada - Stunts John Koyama - Stunts Mike Runyard - Stunts Tim Rigby - Stunts Scott Workman - Stunts Jonathan Eusebio - Stunts Roel Failma - Stunts Jeff Podgurski - Stunts Steve Upton - Stunts Jonathan Valera - Stunts Rex Reddick - Stunts Jeff Imada - Stunts Robert Alonzo - Stunts Heidi Moneymaker - Stunts Sam Looc - Stunts Don Tai - Stunts Kiralee Hayashi - Stunts Ming Qiu - Stunts Dan Bell - Stunts David Leitch - Stunts Marcus Young - Stunts Daniel Hernandez - Stunts Troy Brown - Stunts Coordinator Josh Hakian - Special Effects Supervisor Ron Schmidt - Unit Production Manager Thomas Lennon - Screenwriter Robert Ben Garant - Screenwriter David L. Parrish - Second Unit Director Of Photography Zachary J. Gans - Production Assistant Victoria Holt - Production Assistant Sarah Barber - Production Assistant David L. Parrish - Second Unit Camera Dennis Berardi - Visual Effects Supervisor Nils C. Jensen - Sound Effects Editor Albert Gasser - Sound Effects Editor Bruce Tanis - Sound Effects Editor Dave Fulton - Unit Publicist Mr. X - Digital Effects Baird B. Steptoe - First Assistant Camera Linda Gacsko - First Assistant Camera Bob Small - Grip Craig Fetterman - Grip Brandy Holiday - Grip David K. Howard - Grip Chris Moriarty - Grip Don Selsor - Key Grip Lloyd M. Moriarty - Key Grip Chuck Martin - Music Editor Steve Gaub - Post Production Supervisor Sean Gowrie - Production Coordinator Valerie Beth Sharp - Production Supervisor Guillaume De Louche - Properties Master Steven R. Gehrke - Script Supervisor Jim Hensz - Second Assistant Director David Waine - Special Effects Coordinator Charles Papert - Steadicam Operator Gemma La Mana - Still Photographer Tim Chau - Supervising Sound Editor Fiona Campbell Westgate - Visual Effects Producer Jim Brookshire - ADR Editor Thomas J. O'Connell - ADR Mixer Rick Canelli - ADR Recordist Jonathan Jansen - Assistant Location Manager Jeff Stanford - Assistant Location Manager Stacey B. Brashear - Assistant Location Manager Erin Wooldridge - Assistant Makeup Debbie Merritt - Assistant Production Coordinator Jimmy Meehan - Assistant Properties Rick Maddux - Best Boy Electric Jason Selsor - Best Boy Grip Tom L. Adams - Best Boy Grip Paige Augustine - Buyer Alan Colbert - Chief Lighting Technician John Samson - Construction Coordinator Andrew N. Miller - DGA Intern Hugo Elizondo - Dolly Grip Antonio V. Garrido - Dolly Grip Andrew B. Horton - Electrician Thomas Holm - Electrician Dan Kerns - Electrician Martin Weeks - Electrician Nick Zeigler - Electrician Nicholas Aiello - Electrician Elzabeth Speckman - First Assistant Accountant Ann M. Wiggins - First Assistant Accountant Steve Bobertz - First Assistant Editor Alyson Moore - Foley Artist John Roesch - Foley Artist Alex Bates - Key Costumer Gloria Montemayor - Key Hairstylist Maggie Fung - Key Make-up Sharon B. Taksel - Post Production Accountant Donald Williams - Post Production Assistant Laura Walker - Post Production Assistant M.K. Gleason - Production Accountant Sophia Tapia - Production Accountant Caroline Fife - Production Accountant Rob Monroy - Second Assistant Camera Markus Mentzer - Second Assistant Camera J.J. Linsalata - Second Second Assistant Director Melinda Johnson - Second Second Assistant Director Craig Amendola - Second Second Assistant Director Juana Marie Franklin - Second Unit Assistant Director Louis Terry - Set Dresser Christopher Fuentes - Set Dresser Al Lewis - Set Dresser Jennifer La Gura - Set Dresser Bart Barbuscia - Set Dresser Dennis Curlett, Jr. - Set Production Assistant Megan Miller - Set Production Assistant Andrea McGee - Set Production Assistant Gary Thomas - Storyboard Artist Shaun Ryan - Transportation Captain Ted Moser - Transportation Coordinator Dena Roth - Set Decorator Jeff McMahon - Construction Foreman Jeff Hattem - Driver Mary Jo Lang - Foley Mixer Scott Morgan - Foley Recordist Kyle Cookmeyer - Production Secretary Ed Novick - Production Sound Mixer John Cameron - Visual Effects Editor Andrew M. Somers - Visual Effects Editor Andrew M. Somers - Title Design Seismic Productions - Title Design Katherine Wilson - Art Department Coordinator Brendan Taylor - Assistant Visual Effects Editor Gina Bonacquisti - Department Head Hair Peter Robb-King - Department Head Makeup Clay Weber - First Assistant Sound Editor David Lincoln - Assistant to the Director Paul Vicknair - Producer's Assistant Mike Larocca - Producer's Assistant J. Cole Hooper - Producer's Assistant Jamie Lai - Producer's Assistant Stephanie McKinnon - Producer's Assistant Tory Mell - Producer's Assistant Leanne Milner - Producer's Assistant Marc Siegel - Producer's Assistant Jacqueline Phillips - Producer's Assistant Anand Dorairaj - Compositor Jean Phillipe Traore - Compositor Avi Salem - Compositor Annu Gulati - Compositor Mike Ocoboc - Compositor Robert Greb - Compositor Barb Benoit - Compositor Rob del Ciancio - Compositor John J. Miralles - Compositor Giselle Kymberly - Compositor

Balls of Fury
Balls of Fury was the recipient of much critical fury when it first hit theaters. Maybe that's because the title sounded like a ripoff of Blades of Glory, which came out earlier that year, or because Fury's Dan Fogler seemed like a transparent attempt at finding "a poor man's Jack Black." Whatever the reason, it was as though all the pent-up frustration about two-bit comedies and their enslavement to formula was unleashed on this one little ping pong movie. Which contradicts one very central and very original thing about Balls of Fury -- it might just be the first ever mainstream comedy about ping pong. And it's certainly the first film since Forrest Gump to digitally conjure such realistic feats of paddle prowess, which Fury does repeatedly, with contagious joy. That's a good way to describe the entire film -- its surprising warmth and sweetness can't help but feel contagious, once viewers look past their pre-conceived biases. Fogler is, actually, his own comic personality -- he bears a physical resemblance to Black, but his perfectly named Randy Daytona is Fogler's own Def Leppard-loving goofball creation. While Daytona is in fact a depressed shlub working the dingiest casinos in Reno, he's also a genuine ping pong savant. A lesser script might have made him a hapless wannabe, but writer-director Ben Garant and writer Thomas Lennon respect Datyona's genius, finding the absurd in his situation, rather than requiring him to play the clown -- quite different from how they would have written his character on Reno 911! They've also dreamed up a funny array of ping pong lifer nut jobs, whose tournament underworld is comic gold, especially as overseen by Christopher Walken in a kimono and a Brooklyn accent. The title tells you this movie has balls, but it can't prepare you for its unexpected heart. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French, Spanish Subtitle Options: English, French Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: Deleted scenes HD Alternate ending HD Balls out: the making of balls of fury HD Under the Balls: the life of a ball wrangler DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 91 min   DVD Chapters: Disc #1 -- Balls of Fury 1. Life of Shame [5:38] 2. Ping-Pong Wizard [3:49] 3. High-Stakes Tournament [3:08] 4. No Mercy [2:53] 5. Hands on Training [5:54] 6. Not Just a Game [4:04] 7. Believe in YourSelf [3:22] 8. Face the Dragon [5:54] 9. The Golden Paddle [5:29] 10. Master Fang [5:28] 11. Courtesan of Pleasure [4:05] 12. Sudden Death [1:36] 13. Invitation to the Dark Side [3:50] 14. Plan B [5:23] 15. Change in Program [4:39] 16. Who's the Best? [5:39] 17. Rules Have Changed [2:39] 18. The Backhand [3:18] 19. A Little Something [3:23] 20. End Titles [3:11]