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Big Fan

Before Robert Siegel wrote The Wrestler for Darren Aronofsky...  read more

Getting to Know... Big Fan's Robert Siegel

The writer of The Wrestler and former editor-in-chief of The Onion talks with Paste about his directorial debut, Big Fan...  read more

Anger Management: Growing Up With Patton Oswalt

With a four-month-old at home, a starring role in sports flick Big Fan, a new album in stores and a book on the way, Oswalt is busy shaking his head at the past and his fist at the future...  read more

Patton Oswalt Tours Following Album and Movie Releases

August and September are shaping up to be banner months for Comedian of Comedy Patton Oswalt. In between bouts of the usual wackity-schmackity doo, he'll star in Big Fan, one of Sundance 2009's surprise hits. The flick is currently slated for an Aug. 28 release, mere days after his fourth standup album, My Weakness Is Strong!, hits the streets....  read more

Trailer Released for Big Fan, Starring Patton Oswalt

Former Onion editor Robert D. Siegel, who made his narrative screenplay debut with last year's The Wrestler, has jumped into the director's chair for the upcoming Big Fan. The film stars Patton Oswalt as an obsessive New York Giants fan, and it's a weirdly dark turn for one of our favorite funnymen. ...  read more

Sundance 2009: Hideous Men and Big Fans

Robert D. Siegel wrote the critically acclaimed film The Wrestler (which just scored an Oscar nomination for Mickey Rourke's performance), and before that he was a senior editor for The Onion. And now he's making his directorial debut at Sundance with Big Fan. Patton Oswalt plays the title character, Paul, a Staten Island parking lot attendant who spends his nights and weekends obsessing over the New York Giants and their star linebacker. He lives with his mother, writes rant-filled commentary to read on late-night call-in radio shows, and sets up a lawn chair, a cooler, and a TV outside of...  read more

Patton Oswalt blogs Sundance 2009

Sundance 2009 might be a stripped-down affair, owing to hard times everywhere, but little gems are still popping up here and there. Doubtlessly, a deluge of commentary will follow the festival's conclusion, but for now, some of our favorite boots-on-the-ground observations are coming from Patton Oswalt. He's holed up at Sundance for the premiere of his (thus far well-received) flick Big Fan....  read more

Sundance announces 2009 selections

Sundance may not be the biggest film festival around, nor is it even the most independent anymore with the preponderance of festivals like Slamdance. But it probably has the most cultural cache, and even with the current independent film distribution problems it's still one of the places people search for new talent. With the festival only 42 days away, the folks behind it have announced its selection of 118 feature-length films. Below are the films in contention for documentary and "dramatic" (i.e. non-documentary) features....  read more