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The Simpsons: Any Given Sundance

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Lisa makes a documentary of her own family for a school project, and the film is so impressive that Superintendent Chalmers and Principal Skinner push her to enter the documentary in the Sundance Film Festival. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Daniel Chun

Director:: Chuck Sheetz

Stars:: Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others); Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson); Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others); Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others); Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier); Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others)

Recurring Role:: Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others); Tress MacNeille (Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others); Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others); Karl Wiedergott (Additional Voices)

Guest Star:: Jim Jarmusch (Himself); John C. Reilly (Himself)

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Blackboard Joke: None.
Couch Gag: A pair of hands opens up a pop-up book titled The Simpsons, the family pops up seated on the couch and Maggie sucks her pacifier. edit »

Lisa: No toupees.
Homer: Whaaat, I�m going for the Shia LaBeouf thing. Not quite a nerd not quite a hunk. Shia LaBeouf! edit »
Homer: I never wanted to be famous for being mean. I wanted to be famous for catching Santa Claus. edit »
Marge: Call me old-fashioned, but I usually don't like movies that humiliate our family in front of the world. edit »
Jim Jarmusch: I can eat a raw onion without crying.
Homer: Oh yeah? Prove it, Hollywood!
(Jim Jarmusch eats an onion and tears up)
Homer: Hey, you're crying!
Jim Jarmusch: Yes, but I'm crying about something else. edit »
Superintendent Chalmers: (about the Springfield Creative Arts School)The whole school is made up of modeling clay! Every afternoon, they re-shape it just to get my goat! edit »

Comic Book Guy: Landerspeeder, do not Bantha, to your nearest cinema...
Comic Book Guy makes a reference to Star Wars. edit »
My First Sony
Aside from being a My Little Pony reference, Lisa's "My Little Sony" camcorder is also a reference to the "My First Sony" product line for kids, starting in the mid-1980s. edit »
Ain't It Cool News
Comic Book Guy posts his review on a website titled "Ain't I Fat News", which is a takeoff of the "Ain't It Cool News" entertainment news website. edit »
The 400 Blows
The ending of Nelson's film is an homage to the ending of the 1959 Francois Truffaut film The 400 Blows. edit »
Homer: Robert Redford? Guess what. A scissor runs through it.
Homer's comment as he starts to cut Lisa's letter is a reference to the 1992 Robert Redford film A River Runs Through It. edit »

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Iverson82094
member since: Aug 23, 2007
Any Given Sundance
The Bottom Line: "Fine example"
An episode that in my opinion could have been much better. I excepted a little more from the writers ...Continue »
08/14/08 05:15pm | report abuse
4.5
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vishus1990
member since: Jun 6, 2008
Any Given Sundance
The Bottom Line: "Not my favorite storyline"
Not my favourite storyline fits the classification closest to whats available. But I thought of the episode as below average and not what A Simpsons viewer would normally expect. ...Continue »
06/08/08 09:28pm | report abuse
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jowee01
member since: May 13, 2008
Any Given Sundance
The Bottom Line: "Revealing"
love it bcoz it is funny and the plot never bores me. ...Continue »
05/12/08 10:18pm | report abuse
3.3
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coolchris44
member since: Jan 31, 2007
Any Given Sundance
The Bottom Line: "Bottom of the barrel"
not very good. ...Continue »
05/05/08 06:26am | report abuse