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Sep 30, 2009 · “Big Fan,” one of the more thought-provoking sports movies I’ve seen, is the directorial debut of Robert Siegel, who wrote “The Wrestler.” A comedy with dark undertones, it asks: What kind of a man listens to and calls sports talk radio compulsively, even at 2 a.m.?
Aug 27, 2009 · NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Robert D. Siegel. Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sport. R. 1h 28m. By Manohla Dargis. Aug. 27, 2009. The little man at the center of the spasmodically funny and bleak...
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Jan 29, 2021 · ‘Big Fan,’ Robert Siegel and Patton Oswalt’s ode to a sad New York Giants fan from Staten Island, is the best sports movie that’s not about sports ever made
Aug 24, 2009 · Siegel, the former editor of “The Onion,” wrote “Big Fan” several years ago while attempting to launch his screenwriting career; the darkly humorous story of a New York Giants aficionado caught...
Synopsis. Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking-garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described “world’s biggest New York Giants fan”. One night, Paul and his best friend Sal spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop at a gas station and decide to follow him.
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Big Fan: Directed by Robert Siegel. With Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport, Marcia Jean Kurtz. A hard-core New York Giants fan struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.
Aug 27, 2009 · Now, Siegel’s directorial debut, Big Fan, follows the world’s biggest Giants fan—played by Patton Oswalt—as he has an unpleasant encounter with his favorite player, and subsequently...
