Author: Dignan
Published: Jul 7th, 2009
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Big Fan Movie Trailer

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Big Fan is written and directed by Robert Siegel, most famous for writing Mickey Rourke’s role in The Wrestler. It tells the story of a 35 year old parking garage attendant who gets his ass kicked by the New York Giant football player he idolizes at a stripclub. It got great reviews at Sundance and has a nice buzz for a smaller film. It’s release date is set for August 28th, 2009 in the Angelika in New York City and September 11th, 2009 at the Nuart Theater in LA.

I like Patton Oswalt. He’s really one of the more original voices in comedy today and it seems he won’t have a problem convinces audiences he’s a lonely, 35 year old football fan who lives with his mother. HD trailer, synopsis, cast and images after the jump.

Synopsis, from the official site:

Paul Aufiero (Patton Oswalt), a 35-year old parking garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described “world’s biggest New York Giants fan.” He lives at home with his mother (Marcia Jean Kurtz), spending his off hours calling in to local sports-radio station 760 The Zone, where he rants in support of his beloved team, often against his mysterious on-air rival, Eagles fan Philadelphia Phil (Michael Rapaport). His family berates him for doing nothing with his life, but they don’t understand the depth of his love of the Giants or the responsibility his fandom carries.

One night, Paul and his best friend Sal (Kevin Corrigan) spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop (Jonathan Hamm) at a gas station in their neighborhood. They impulsively follow his limo into Manhattan, to a strip club, where they hang in the background, agog at their hero. Paul cautiously decides to approach him, stepping into the rarefield air of football stardom — and things do not go as planned.

The fallout of this chance encounter brings Paul’s world crashing down around him as his family, the team, the media and the authorities engage in a tug of war over Paul, testing his allegiances and calling into question everything he believes in. Meanwhile, the Giants march toward a late-season showdown with the Eagles, unaware that sometimes the most brutal struggles take place far from the field of play.

Following up his first filmed screenplay (“The Wrestler”), writer-director Robert Siegel once again demonstrates a unique and potent vision of the human experience, in all of its harsh truths and hopeful humanity.