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Thunderpants - Bruce Cook, Rupert Grint, Simon Callow, Peter Hewitt

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Movie propaganda

Get ready to be blown away.

Patrick Smash (Bruce Cook), a young boy of seemingly no talent, has an amazing ability to fart. At first ridiculed, he then learns to harness his powers, taking him on a ride from fame to death row, and finally to achieve his life-long goal... to be an astronaut.

Persons of interest

Bruce Cook .... Patrick Smash
Rupert Grint .... Alan A Allen
Simon Callow .... Sir John Osgood
Adam Godley .... Placido Placeebo
Paul Giamatti .... Johnson J Johnson
Ned Beatty .... Edward Sheppard
Celia Imrie .... Miss Rapier
Stephen Fry .... Sir Anthony Silk
Phil Hughes .... Screenwriter
Peter Hewitt .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Thunderpants official movie site
Awards and film festivals:

Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2003

Studios and distributors:

Magna Pacific

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Fart jokes. What else did you think a movie called Thunderpants was going to be about?

Thunderpants is aimed fair and square at the pre-adolescent market, with adults who are stupid, adults who are mean, children who are clever, and ugly ducklings who grow up to be astronauts. Perhaps in another 15 years Patrick will grow up to be a Rocketman.

Bruce Cook is great as the bumbling, stupid, incompetent and eponymous hero (he's either a great actor or really, really thick), and looks the part in a way that says lots for his shame level (short, fat and ba-a-ad hair). Rupert Grint, meanwhile, performs as though he's been treading the boards his whole life even though this is only his second film (the first being Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). The adults are all suitably suitable, Thunderpants being a bit of a pantomime.

Thunderpants is funny and fearsome and fast and has plenty for everyone to enjoy, so do!