Comments | heard_of_it: Jake Kasdan, You're My Hero.

jeugenewilson in heard_of_it

Jake Kasdan, You're My Hero.

Jul 29, 2007 00:50

Aside from his largely unsung work on Freaks and Geeks, Jake Kasdan (son of genius director and helmer of The Empire Strikes Back, Lawrence Kasdan) has done a few feature films but none so spectacular and spectacularly under loved as 1997's The Zero Effect. Starring Bill Pullman (in a what should have been a career defining role), Ben Stiller (who ( Read more... )

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Comments 5

eulalumel July 30 2007, 05:19:54 UTC

Zero Effect is underrated. It reminds me of House in that it's Sherlock Holmes in the modern day. I like Zero Effect though. :)

jeugenewilson July 30 2007, 06:27:23 UTC

It is like House in that way, and like a lot of other Holmes updates. Good point.

karaokegal July 30 2007, 20:05:26 UTC

This sounds vaguely familiar, but I can't remember if I saw it or not. Either way, it's going right on my Netflix queue and thanks for the rec.

jeugenewilson July 31 2007, 07:16:39 UTC

You're welcome! Bonus: You can actually watch ZE right on your computer. Just click Watch Right Now. I watched it on their a few dozen times before I tracked down a copy of my own...

chonut July 31 2007, 06:50:18 UTC

I have Zero Effect on video...not too bad ^^