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Collider's Steve Weintraub caught up with a red-band trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine during his American Film Market wanderings. A red-band version has sitting on YouTube for several weeks -- presumably Weintraub saw a new one. In any event he posted the following last night:

"If you haven't heard of Hot Tub Time Machine, it stars John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke. It centers on a group of high school pals who reunite at an old ski lodge party spot they went to when they were teenagers. After a night of binge drinking, they wake up in the same spot but it's now 1986, due to the hot tub's magical time-travel powers.

'You may think this premise sounds crazy, but after watching the first footage from the film I'm almost ready to say this might be The Hangover of 2010. The trailer had me laughing out loud from beginning to end and it absolutely played like a 80's movie except it knows it's an 80's movie. I also thought it was great that Cusack is returning to his roots.

"While I won't spoil the jokes, I have to tell you one: When they wake up they wonder why everyone is dressed like it's the 1980s. They can't figure out what's going on and slowly they begin to sense something's up. Somehow Robinson realizes they might be in another era. He runs up to a random woman and asks her what color is Michael Jackson. When she says black, he freaks and runs off.

"Trust me, this movie is going to be huge."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 11, 2009 at 5:12 AM

comment #1

TulseLuper says ...

Cusack's line reading at 0:57 made me chuckle. Otherwise it did nothing for me. If this is The Hangover of 2010 then I'm not going. I can't think of a more overrated film so far this year.

Posted by TulseLuper at November 11, 2009 5:52 AM

comment #2

Pynchon8 says ...

Yeah...Cusack swearing and Clark Duke + Craig Robinson doing their thing. Try again.

Posted by Pynchon8 at November 11, 2009 6:16 AM

comment #3

Ryansi51 says ...

wow. maybe you saw better footage jeff, but that trailer is AWFUL.

Posted by Ryansi51 at November 11, 2009 7:03 AM

comment #4

BurmaShave says ...

It's probably not a good sign that I didn't remember I'd watched that trailer before until I just re-watched it. Pass. I hope John Cusack has a better money manager than Nic Cage.

Posted by BurmaShave at November 11, 2009 8:12 AM

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Travis Crabtree says ...

Hi. My name is Travis Crabtree. Apparently I'm the only person in America who didn't think "The Hangover" was "like, dude, the funniest, most awesome movie EVER. It's a classic, brah!"

Jeez that movie was weak. The only funny part was the photo montage at the end. And it's not because I don't like "those kind" of movies. "Old School"? Funny. "Knocked Up"? Funny. "The Hangover"? WEAK. Not funny.

Anyway, just thought you'd like to meet that one person. Me.

Posted by Travis Crabtree at November 11, 2009 9:24 AM

comment #6

Travis Crabtree says ...

Is that Don LaFontaine?! (voice over)

He died over a year ago.

wtf?

Posted by Travis Crabtree at November 11, 2009 9:28 AM

comment #7

The Winchester says ...

I can't wait to see it, but it will not be HUGE until it finds it's audience on DVD because MGM is releasing it, and unless there's a 007 in the picture, they can't market their ways out of a paper bag.

Also, (and this is a bizarre nitpick, but I'm in the house of Wells which is home of the bizarre nitpick), Cusack's swearing seems too forced, like a bad Tarantino rip-off. I love how Zack Galifinakis manages to not swear in the entirety of Hangover. I'm far from being a prude, but there's good ways to curse, and there are bad ways to curse. Cusack in that trailer above reminds me of the bad way.

Posted by The Winchester at November 11, 2009 9:45 AM

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Ryansi51 says ...

WInchester, THAT trailer made you want to see it?

granted its a funny premise, and i'm sure there will be some funny scenes in the 80's, but that trailer was god-awful.

and i reeeeally think god is awful.

Posted by Ryansi51 at November 11, 2009 10:02 AM

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TulseLuper says ...

You're not alone, Travis. I sat in a crowded cinema where literally everyone besides me was laughing their asses off. Fair enough, but when critics like Roger Ebert praise it as an upper-bracket bromance movie that actually has some wit involved, it's easy to be disappointed. It was just Dude, Where's My Car but less funny.

Posted by TulseLuper at November 11, 2009 10:38 AM

comment #10

dangovich says ...

This looks like a trailer for "Guys In a Hotel Room Talking About Hot Tub Time Machine."

Posted by dangovich at November 11, 2009 11:16 AM

comment #11

Postavant says ...

I'm not a fan of The Hangover, and no way will this make 25 million, let alone 250 million, but that is a great trailer.

Posted by Postavant at November 11, 2009 11:38 AM

comment #12

dangovich says ...

Postavant, I got 20 bucks says it makes more than 25 mil.

Posted by dangovich at November 11, 2009 11:41 AM

comment #13

DeeZee says ...

It looks like they made those supporting actors from NoMA'AM the leads, and they decided to toss in that spectacled kid from Sex Drive for "youth appeal".

Posted by DeeZee at November 11, 2009 11:43 AM

comment #14

Terry McCarty says ...

Looks like the kind of feature film sitcom king Chuck Lorre would make. Except if it were a Lorre film, Charlie Sheen would be playing the Cusack role.

Posted by Terry McCarty at November 11, 2009 12:30 PM

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