Considering “Horrible Bosses” has turned into a respectable late summer hit for SNL star Jason Sudeikis, it’s a little surprising to see his next film “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy” (due out September 2nd) still flying under the radar. The film made its debut back in April at the Tribeca Film Festival where our reviewer called it a good update of the classic slob comedies of the 70s and 80s like “Stripes” and “Animal House.” This writer also got a chance to check the film out at the fest and while it’s not in the league with those films, it had a nice rough-around-the-edges charm that recalls the general looseness of that era. It’s pretty much the antidote to slick big budget comedies like “The Hangover” and more in line with the low key ensembles in David Wain‘s work (“Wet Hot American Summer,” “Children’s Hospital“).
‘Orgy’ was written and directed by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck, both writers on “Late Show With David Letterman” and “The Larry Sanders Show” among others, who managed to round up an impressive ensemble (Tyler Labine, Leslie Bibb, Will Forte, Lucy Punch, Lake Bell, Michelle Borth, Martin Starr, Nick Kroll, Lindsay Sloane) for their feature debut. You can now watch a handful of clips from the film via its Youtube page and some new images via Collider. Just be warned that if you strung these clips back to back you’d probably have watched about half the film. Check it out below.
