Hot Rod (film)

Hot Rod is a 2007 American comedy film cowritten, directed, and starring members of The Lonely Island Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer. The film stars Samberg as an amateur stuntman whose abusive stepfather, Frank Ian McShane continuously mocks and disrespects him. When Frank grows ill, Rod raises money for his heart operation by executing his largest stunt yet. In addition to raising money for the operation, he also does so to win Franks respect. The film also stars Taccone, Sissy Spacek, Will Arnett, Danny McBride, Isla Fisher and Bill Hader. It was directed by Schaffer in his directorial debut and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Throughout his entire life, Rod Kimble Andy Samberg has believed his father, now deceased, was a successful and respectable stuntman working for Evel Knievel. He aspires to follow in his fathers footsteps and become a famous stuntman himself. Meanwhile, his stepfather Frank Ian McShane fails to respect Rod as a man, often going out of his way to beat him in sparring sessions and mocking his stuntman dream. Rod makes many attempts at landing jumps with his Tomos moped, most of them ending unsuccessfully. After an illfated jump attempt at the public pool, he returns home to find out that Frank is in urgent need of a heart transplant. Angry at the thought of his stepfather dying without getting a chance to smash his face in and gain his respect, Rod tells his childhood friends Rico Danny McBride, Dave Bill Hader and his halfbrother Kevin Jorma Taccone about his plan to do a jump over the length of fifteen school buses, and give the proceeds to his stepfathers surgery. He also adds Denise Isla Fisher, his collegegraduate neighbor on whom he has a crush, to his crew.To promote his stunt and also raise funds, Rod works parties, corporate get togethers, and other events, performing activities such as taping pillows to his body and having a washing machine, suspended by a crane, swing to hit him. Kevin releases a movie using his footage of Rods stunts and sells over 200 tickets, but everyone at the movie laughs at Rods expense as the film depicts his failed training attempts. Rod gets angry and throws the theaters projector out of a window, smashing the projectionists car below. Rod ends up giving up all the money he has raised so far to the projectionist to cover the damages and avoid arrest. Upset, he returns home, where his mother reveals to him that his father was not the stuntman he thought he was. Humiliated, Rod quits the crew and ends his dream to beat up his stepfather, despite his friends interventions. However, he takes up the jump again when Dave asks Rod to ta

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