Some of you might have seen previews of the upcoming Johnny Knoxville movie entitled The Ringer. Some might be a little taken a back by what they have seen in trailers and previews. The storyline is about a guy who tries to rig the Special Olympics. The movie is co-produced by the Farrely brothers who brought you such classics as Something About Marry, Stuck On You, Dumb and Dumber and King Pin. With "gross-out" hits like these in the brothers past and the often-dimwitted star of Jackass as the lead character, many might assume that the concept for "The Ringer" is mean and disrespectful of those that maybe intellectually challenged. Well after spending some time with a friend of mine at Special Olympics Indiana this past week I can tell you that this is not the case. Special Olympics are fully behind this movie. In fact the outgoing CEO of Special Olympics (whose family started the organization many years ago) holds co-producing title with the some times rude humored brothers. This movie is intended to help those who don't work with or personally know any intellectually challenge folks to gain a better understanding of these wonderful people. Let everyone you know that might make a snap judgment about this movie being "in bad taste" that is not the case and that if they go see any movie over the Christmas weekend it should be this one.
2 comments:
cool things I did not know. Still won't see it, mind you, but good to know. :-)
You should go see it! If not rent it...It depicts those with disabilities wonderfully...They may be slow, but they aren't stupid, and a ton smarter than most people think. I loved the movie and would recommend it to anyone, and as I said if you don't want to spend the money to see it in theaters, rent it!
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