| Comic Book: The Movie | |
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| Directed by | Mark Hamill |
| Written by | Mark Hamill Billy West |
| Produced by | Mark Hamill Jess Harnell Eric Mittleman Roger Rose Billy West Scott Zakarin |
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| Narrated by | Mark Hamill |
| Cinematography | Jason Cooley |
| Edited by | Matt Mariska Nimrod Erez Lawrence Hutchins E.S. Josephs |
| Music by | Billy West |
Production companies | Creative Light Entertainment Timely Studios |
| Distributed by | Miramax Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Comic Book: The Movie is a 2004direct-to-DVDmockumentary starring, co-written and directed byMark Hamill.
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Comic book fan Donald "Don" Swan battles against a fictional film studio that is about to announce a film based on his favorite superhero, Commander Courage (a parody ofBatman).
The script was finished on July 29, 2002. Most of the movie was filmed at the 35th annualSan Diego Comic-Con on August 1–4, 2002. All the interviews with attendees while Hamill remained in character were unscripted to obtain a realistic look. This film subverted convention by casting voice actors in live-action roles. The panel was held on August 2, 2002.
ComicBook:The Movie was originally released on DVD on January 27, 2004. It was distributed by Miramax Home Entertainment and Buena Vista HomeEntertainment. It was distributed internationally through NFK Entertainment UK and Force Entertainment (Australia) on September 13, 2005. It was distributed by Alliance Films on April 26, 2011 in Canada. It was re-released on DVD and distributed by Paramount Movies on July 13, 2021. Netflix made it available for streaming November 27, 2013-June 2, 2016.
The film received an approval rating of 40% on review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, based on five reviews.[1]IGN rated the film a 7 out of 10.[2]