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My Name Is Bruce (2007)

My Name Is Bruce poster
Directed by
Bruce Campbell
Genre
horror film, comedy horror, parody film, zombie film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
R
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 367 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A washed-up B-movie actor is mistaken for his on-screen character by a small town. He is shanghaied into fighting a real monster that is terrorizing the townspeople.

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What happens

My Name Is Bruce is a 2007 American comedy horror film directed, co-produced by, and starring B-movie cult actor Bruce Campbell. The film was written by Mark Verheiden. It had a theatrical release in October 2008, followed by DVD and Blu-ray releases on February 10, 2009. Although Sam Raimi, with whom Bruce frequently collaborates, is not involved with this production, much of the film is in the vein of the Evil Dead series. Ted Raimi (Sam's brother), also a frequent collaborator, appears in this film. Campbell has shown several minutes of the movie during some of his campus lectures, as well as a few public screenings, including showings at the sixth annual Ashland Independent Film Festival, CineVegas and the 11th annual East Lansing Film Festival. A trailer was released for the film, as well, and is available on various websites. A screening was held at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Tickets for the show sold out in less than two minutes, breaking the previous Alamo ticket sellout record, which was also set by a Bruce Campbell appearance at the theater in 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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