We watch the Onion News, America’s Finest News Source, with Dana Dobbs, Senior Correspondent Kip Kendall, and award-winning anchor Norm Archer. In addition to watching the news, we see the program’s commercials, some commentary on the film as it proceeds, and we watch some terrorists in training. Behind the scenes, Onion News’s corporate owner, Global Tetrahedron, seeks synergy by promoting its other products within Norm’s news broadcast. Norm doesn’t like it, especially when a toy penguin (think Energizer Bunny) waddles across his desk promoting a Global Tetrahedron film starring Steven Seagal. But Norm may end up needing Steven’s help.

The Onion Movie (2008)
  • Rating: (9,856 votes)
  • Tagline:America's finest news source. »
  • Runtime:80 minutes
  • Directors: Tom Kuntz, Mike Maguire
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Young American / Cock Puncher
    Daniel Chacón
    Sensei
    Ken Takemoto
    Cock Puncher
    Steven Seagal
    Dennis McCormick
    Don McManus
    Dolores McCormick
    Kate Fuglei
    Roseanne McCormick
    Abigail Mavity
    Dennis McCormick, Jr.
    Reid Weaver
    Typical Neighbor Husband
    Brian Powell
    Typical Neighbor Wife
    Adele Robbins
    Sooty Firefighter
    Jason L. Miller
  • Genre:Comedy
  • Producers:
    Kevin Halloran
    co-producer  
    David Miner
    producer  
    Gil Netter
    producer  
    Michael Rotenberg
    producer  
    David Zucker
    producer  
  • Plot: We watch the Onion News, America's Finest News Source, with Dana Dobbs, Senior Correspondent Kip Kendall, and award-winning anchor Norm Archer. In addition to watching the news, we see the program's commercials, some commentary on the film as it proceeds, and we watch some terrorists in training. Behind the scenes, Onion News's corporate owner, Global Tetrahedron, seeks synergy by promoting its other products within Norm's news broadcast. Norm doesn't like it, especially when a toy penguin (think Energizer Bunny) waddles across his desk promoting a Global Tetrahedron film starring Steven Seagal. But Norm may end up needing Steven's help. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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  • User's comment:Laughing so hard I needed the pause button by shep0709

    One of--if not THE--funniest movie I've ever seen. Didn't even know they had a movie out until I saw this in the video store. The first half moves along quickly, so be sure to keep the pause button near. I replayed that first half afterward and laughed even harder the second time. I won't spoil, but if anyone is old enough to remember Goofus and Gallant from the children's' Highlights magazine (is that still in existence?), you will die over a certain part of this movie. A few portions reminded me of Monty Python. The spoofs on stereotypes, the media, and numerous movies are non-stop; right up to the ridiculously contrived, flag-waving, moralistic "happy ending", which, of course, spoofs nearly every movie made today. Priceless!


  • Quotes: Norm Archer: For The Onion News... this is Norm Archer. Fuck you, and goodnight. Cock Puncher: I don't think you have the balls. Norm Archer: The internet went down for three hours this morning, plunging the nation into productivity. The outage, which caused major work startages from New York to California, prevented an estimated 120 million American employees from messing around on the web at work.
  • Also known as: News Movie (France - TV title), News Movie (Germany - DVD title), News Movie (Greece - DVD title), News Movie (Italy), News Movie (UK - DVD title), Hantahíradó (Hungary - imdb display title), Onion Movie (USA - working title), TV Onion (Croatia), Teppan nyûsu densetsu (Japan), The Untitled Onion Movie (USA - working title), Una película diferente (Argentina - DVD title), Untitled Onion Sketch Comedy Project (USA - working title), Vtákomlátic (Slovakia - imdb display title), Wiadomosci bez cenzury (Poland), Zprávy TV Onion (Czech Republic - imdb display title),

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