Fanboys

Fanboys is a 2009 American comedy film set in w:1998 in which a group of Star Wars fans head on a road trip to Skywalker Ranch to steal a rough cut of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace for their dying friend.

Directed by Kyle Newman. Written by Ernest Cline and Adam F. Goldberg, based on a story by Ernest Cline and Dan Pulick.

Opening crawl

A short time ago in a galaxy not far, far away...
Episode VII
RETURN OF THE SAGA
The year is 1998 and it is a period of galactic civil war. Scrathc that. There's no civil war. That would be crazy! However, the past fifteen years have been a dark time for Star Wars fans.
But there's hope. A new Star Wars film is on the horizon. In 199 days, 3 hours, 33 minutes and 31 seconds the most anticipated movie of all time will be released. In the remote state of Ohio, two best friends and lifelong Star Wars fans have drifted apart. Little do they know that on Halloween night, their paths will cross again....
Ever wonder where these words are flying? Maybe aliens in another galaxy will one day read this and think WTF?
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Tagline

• The saga's biggest fans on the galaxy's greatest mission!

Cast

• Jay Baruchel - Windows
• Dan Fogler - Harold "Hutch" Hutchinson
• Sam Huntington - Eric Bottler
• Chris Marquette - Linus
• Kristen Bell - Zoe
• David Denman - Chaz
• Christopher McDonald - Big Chuck
• Billy Dee Williams - Judge Reinhold
• Danny Trejo - The Chief
• Allie Grant - Rogue Leader / Kimmy
• Ethan Suplee - Harry Knowles
• Seth Rogen - Admiral Seasholtz / Alien / Roach
• Isaac Kappy - Garfunkel

External links

• Fanboys quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Fanboys at Rotten Tomatoes