STACK #150 Apr 2017

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Writer-director John Hamburg has been a fixture of the comedy scene since his debut feature, Safe Men , premiered in 1998. He has since written and directed the popular comedy Along Came Polly , the commercial and critical hit I LoveYou, Man , and has also co-written Meet the Parents , Zoolander and Meet the Fockers . His latest movie, Why Him? , was written by Hamburg and Ian Helfer, based on a story by Hamburg, Helfer and Jonah Hill. The film follows Ned Fleming (Bryan Cranston), a Midwest father who brings his family along for Christmas to the Silicon Valley home of his daughter’s new boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). Ned takes an immediate dislike to Laird, a wealthy tech mogul with more eccentricities than a traditional Midwest patriarch can stomach, and hilarity ensues as the pair get to know one another. Fresh from post-production on the film, Hamburg explains his interest in the story and the joys of improvising new material on set.

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