Eastbound & Down
Relief Pitcher Kenny Powers was poised to rule the Big Leagues, but two things got in his way: his fading fastball and his insufferable personality. After a spectacular career flame-out, Kenny came home to Shelby County, NC and picked up a job as a substitute gym teacher (mostly so his brother Dustin would stop threatening to kick him out). He's spent every moment since then cashing in the last of his dying fame while plotting his inevitable comeback...one beer at a time.
Kenny Powers heads to Mexico to lick his wounds and start a new, more anonymous life. Befriended by a neighboring Mexican family and a sultry bar singer named Vida, Kenny emerges from "the darkest hole I've ever been in" by planning a comeback.
Charros owner Sebastian Cisneros agrees to pull out all the stops in promoting Kenny Powers' return to organized baseball, but Kenny loses motivation after learning a secret about April from an old friend.
Puzzled by the Mexican fans' lukewarm reception, Kenny starts a grassroots PR campaign to burnish his image, but it takes a vintage Powers flare-up to bring the crowd to its feet. Kenny makes inroads with Vida by inviting her to Sebastian's yacht party.
Though Charros fans respond to Kenny, he is warned by Roger about the perils of showboating. Kenny learns he has serious competition in his courtship of Vida.
Kenny considers a new full-time life working in Mexico.
Kenny settles some old scores and shows Mexico what he's really made of.
Kenny confronts his future.
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Katy Mixon | April Buchanon |
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Steve Little | Stevie Janowski |
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Danny McBride | Kenny Powers |
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Marco Rodríguez | Roger Hernandez |
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Efren Ramirez | Catuey |
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Ana de la Reguera | Vida |
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Elizabeth De Razzo | Maria |
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Diego Rivera | |
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Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo | Announcer |
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Jandres Burgos | Carlos the Catcher |
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Michael Pena | Mr. Cisneros |
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Eduardo Adriano | |
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Fátima Ortega | |
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Deep Roy | Aaron |
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Joaquín Cosio | Hector |
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Ethan Alexander McGee | Dustin Jr. |
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Eddie Vargas | |
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Eddie Diaz | |
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Claire Mangrum | Rose Powers |
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Alexis Pérez | |
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John Hawkes | Dustin Powers |
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Andrew Daly | Terrence Cutler |
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Jennifer Irwin | Cassie Powers |
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Ben Best | Clegg |
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Bo Mitchell | Wayne |
| Director | Jody Hill |
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| David Gordon Green |
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| Writer | Jody Hill, Danny McBride, Shawn Harwell, Ben Best, Danny McBride | |
| Producer | Will Ferrell, David Gordon Green, Chris Henchy, Jody Hill, Stephanie Laing, Adam McKay, Peter Phillips, Danny McBride, Scott Collins, Danny McBride | |
| Musician | Wayne Kramer | |
| Photography | Eric Steelberg | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] |
| Distributor | HBO |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Aug 02, 2011 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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| Quantity | 0 |
| Index | 1483 |
| Added Date | Mar 22, 2018 00:00:00 |
| Modified Date | Sep 06, 2024 18:18:43 |