Part of Loft Staff Selects, a monthly series showcasing film favorites chosen by our amazing Loft Cinema staff! This month’s film was chosen by Max Dozier!
Can you handle the original Jackass on the big screen? See Johnny Knoxville & his band of maniacs perform a crazed variety of stunts and gross-out gags in this wild 2002 feature film spun off from the popular Jackass TV series that lasted two years, weathering condemnation from Senators, tabloid-level lawsuits and concerns from an increasing-panicked MTV legal department. Simply intended to finally conclude the TV show, Jackass: The Movie went on to become a huge hit - one of the strangest, grossest, most out-there comedies ever released by a major studio - spawning a big screen franchise that’s still living dangerously today, over 20 years later! Starring all your favorite jackasses, including Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Dave England, Ryan Dunn, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Preston Lacey and Ehren McGhehey. (Dir. by Jeff Tremaine, 2002, USA, 85 mins., Rated R)