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One Night Only

Can We Make It Less than That? / Dustin Rowles

Trailers | September 3, 2009 | Comments (16)

Here’s the trailer for One Night Only, which has got to be the dullest, least informative trailer I’ve ever seen. I wouldn’t even bother but for the fact that both Kristen Wiig (“SNL”) is in it, as is Garret Dillahunt, who is one of my very favorite character actors. The movie is “a romantic drama about two couples shifting sexual dynamics over one night in a folk music bar,” though God knows you wouldn’t know it from the trailer. Catchy little folk song, though. I don’t have a clue when it’s coming out; in fact, it’s so goddamn obscure, there’s not even an iMDB page devoted to it.

Enjoy!

(H/T Cinemablend)

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Comments

The color and font of the credits evokes Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel.

Posted by: laredo at September 3, 2009 6:19 PM

I dunno, I pretty much deduced the plot without reading your description.

Are any of you folks Homestarrunner fans? There was a great Strongbad email about independent films recently.
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail203.html
This trailer fits the "City, comma, state" indie profile.

Posted by: Empress of All the Russias at September 3, 2009 6:24 PM

Carnac the Magnificent

"Answer: One Night Only."

Ed McMahon

"One Night Only."

Carnac the Magnificent

"Question: How long did it take to write, shoot and edit this movie."

McMahon

"Hi-yo!"

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at September 3, 2009 6:44 PM

Am I the only one who thinks Kristen Wiig is horribly overrated? She seems to play the exact same character in every SNL skit (socially awkward, over-the-top uncomfortable, shrill) and relies on the same delivery in every film role in which I've seen her.

I guess she's preferable to other actresses (especially Amy Poehler...Jesus is she atrocious) and she definitely has a solid base of comedic ability beneath the surface, but I just feel like she hasn't scratched her potential yet and certainly not enough to merit the near-universal accolades she seems to receive. I hate to be that guy, but I have a feeling that if she were a male actor, she wouldn't be getting nearly the amount of attention that she does.

Posted by: Abe Froman at September 3, 2009 6:47 PM

I miss Carnac the Magnificent.

"Those were the days..." -Edith Bunker voice

Posted by: MM at September 3, 2009 6:52 PM

Abe, you may be that guy, but you're not the only "that guy" with regard to Ms. Wiig. Overrated and overhyped. At best she works that awkward/uncomfortable thing but seems to have nothing else.

And L. O. V. E., that was well played. Bravo.

Posted by: icecreammang at September 3, 2009 7:10 PM

I used to think that about Poehler, but then I realized that was her in arrested development. Poehler can be fine, she's only USUALLY entirely intolerable.

Posted by: Pandemic at September 3, 2009 7:35 PM

it's a stretch to call Garret Dillahunt a character actor. I think he's carving himself a place in the "that guy" category. you know, that guy you see in movies and tv shows and always plays very similar characters but you don't his name. that guy.

Posted by: kerokan at September 3, 2009 7:36 PM

the song in the trailer is definitely early Bob Dylan

Posted by: Malon at September 3, 2009 9:31 PM

I've loved Amy Poehler ever since I've seen her amazing Christopher Walken impression.

Posted by: Eva at September 4, 2009 10:16 AM

You know that's Dylan singing, right?

Posted by: Dimmy at September 4, 2009 12:33 PM

Dillahunt alternately turns me on and creeps me out, which is a weird feeling, and it doesn't seem to make any difference what part he's playing. Am I just strange?

Posted by: Tarn at September 4, 2009 12:48 PM

Amy Poehler in movies and even SNL is a completely different experience compared to Amy Poehler in UCB shows. In her element, she is amazing.

Posted by: jason at September 4, 2009 12:52 PM

This is not what I expected when I read "trailer suck off."

Posted by: coryo at September 4, 2009 2:34 PM

I like them both too.

Posted by: JapJay at September 4, 2009 3:30 PM

Guys, this trailer is only for a short film to raise funding for a later, feature version. Cool it. And it's a good trailer, too. It evokes the tone well, which interests me more than being fed the plot in a minute - especially in the case of a short film.

Posted by: C'mon at September 7, 2009 1:32 AM

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