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Dodgeball: A true underdog story - Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn, Rawson Marshall Thurber

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Movie propaganda

Grab life by the ball.

Egomaniac White Goodman (Ben Stiller) is the owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness, intent to take over Average Joe's, a run-down gym run by charismatic underachiever Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn). A foreclosing bank has commissioned attorney Kate Veatch (Christine Taylor) to finalise the takeover, but she is drawn to Peter and his team of social rejects and wants to help them. In a bid to keep gym ownership, Peter and the team from Average Joe's decide to enter a national Dodgeball competition, hoping to win the $50,000 prize. But White has also entered the competition with his team of burly muscle-rippling colleagues, and the two teams are destined to meet in the finals.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film comedy sport dodgeball underdog gym competition ball loser fitness

Persons of interest

Vince Vaughn .... Peter LaFleur
Christine Taylor .... Kate Veatch
Ben Stiller .... White Goodman
Rip Torn .... Patches O'Houlihan
Justin Long .... Justin
Stephen Root .... Gordon
Joel Moore .... Owen
Chris Williams .... Dwight
Alan Tudyk .... Steve the Pirate
Missi Pyle .... Fran
Jamal Duff .... Me'Shell Jones
Gary Cole .... Cotton McKnight
Jason Bateman .... Pepper Brooks
Rawson Marshall Thurber .... Screenwriter
Rawson Marshall Thurber .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Dodgeball: A true underdog story official movie sites:

Australia
International

Dodgeball: A true underdog story QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2004: Nominated: Funniest comedy
MTV Movie Awards 2005: Won: Best villain (Ben Stiller); Nominated: Best comedic performance (Ben Stiller), Best on-screen team (Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Justin Long, Alan Tudyk, Stephen Root, Joel David Moore, Chris Williams)

FYI: Keep watching until the end of the credits for a gag
Studios and distributors:

20th Century Fox

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Dodgeball: A true underdog story is, absolutely, an underdog story involving a sport. It has all the traditional (ie clichéd) elements: geeks vs jocks, protagonist and antagonist desire same woman, trials and tribulations, legendary player gives sage advice, antagonist cheats, protagonist has life-changing experience, etc. There are many funny gags.