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3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom

Field	Value
name	3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom
image	Frankie Go Boom.jpg
caption	Film poster
director	Jordan Roberts
producer	Pavlina Hatoupis
Marcel Langenegger
Katayoun A. Marciano
screenplay	Jordan Roberts
starring	Charlie Hunnam
Chris O'Dowd
Lizzy Caplan
Nora Dunn
Whitney Cummings
Ron Perlman
Chris Noth
music	Matt Messina
cinematography	Mattias Troelstrup
editing	Michael Hofacre
studio	Ministry of Content
distributor	Variance Films (United States)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (International)
released
country	United States
language	English
budget	$480,000
runtime	89 minutes

Marcel Langenegger Katayoun A. Marciano Chris O'Dowd Lizzy Caplan Nora Dunn Whitney Cummings Ron Perlman Chris Noth Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (International) 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom is a 2012 comedy film directed by Jordan Roberts and starring Charlie Hunnam, Chris O'Dowd, Lizzy Caplan, and Ron Perlman.

Plot

Two brothers (Charlie Hunnam and Chris O'Dowd) seek the help of a transgender hacker (Ron Perlman) in erasing all evidence of a sex tape from the internet before the unhinged movie star father (Chris Noth) of the girl involved (Lizzy Caplan) seeks violent revenge. Cast member Lizzy Caplan described the plot: "It's about a guy whose life has been ruined by a YouTube video that has gone viral and so he's been hiding out and he gets brought back into civilization (because he's been living in the middle of nowhere) by his really manipulative, horrible brother. And everybody in his life is sort of terrible [and it's about] how he deals with that."

Cast

Charlie Hunnam as Frankie
Chris O'Dowd as Bruce
Lizzy Caplan as Lassie
Nora Dunn as Karen
Whitney Cummings as Claudia
Ron Perlman as Phyllis
Chris Noth as Jack
Sam Anderson as Chris

Development

Filming began on the week of November 10, 2010.

Ron Perlman was offered two different roles in the film, but accepted the role of a transgender character. He is quoted as saying "They offered me two different roles and I went for the transsexual because I felt like when the door opens and you see that it's me, it should get a 'Yuck!'"

Reception

, the film holds a 45% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 22 reviews with an average rating of 5.26/10.

References

"Charlie Hunnam talks Pacific Rim & past and future projects".
Jagernauth, Kevin. (2011-04-28). "Lizzy Caplan Talks The Curious Link Between The Upcoming 'Frankie Go Boom' & 'Queens Of Country'". [[Indie Wire]].
Neish, Jaimie. (2010-11-10). "Ron Perlman & More Join Frankie Goes Boom". HeyYouGuys.co.uk.
(2010-12-02). "Ron Perlman To Play Ugly Transsexual In 'Frankie Goes Boom'". Star Pulse.
"3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom".

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