This Is 40

This Is 40 (2012)

Timing: 2:14 (134 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

2012-12-20

Country

United States

Production

Apatow Productions, Forty Productions

Genre

Comedy

Budget

$35 000 000

Revenue

$88 058 786

Website

http://www.thisis40movie.com/

Director

Judd Apatow

Actors

Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow, Megan Fox, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Chris O'Dowd, Jason Segel, Melissa McCarthy, Graham Parker
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Scenario

Producer

Clayton Townsend, Barry Mendel, Judd Apatow, Paula Pell

Operator

Phedon Papamichael

Composer

Jon Brion

Artist

Audition

Allison Jones

Editing

Brent White, Jay Deuby, David L. Bertman
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• Ben and Allison, the main characters of "Knocked Up" (2007), do not appear in this quasi-sequel, but there are references to them. Allison's painting can be seen on the wall, and Pete mentions getting marijuana cupcakes from Ben. Three other characters from "Knocked Up" (2007) also appear in this film: Jodi (Charlyne Yi) – previously a kind drug addict, and in this film a worker at Debbie’s store; Jason (Jason Segel) – previously Ben’s best friend, now Debbie’s personal trainer; Tim Bagley simply reprises his role as the obstetrician-gynecologist Pellagrino.
• Pete (Paul Rudd) jokes in the film, comparing his sexual prowess to that of David Schwimmer (and Ross, Schwimmer’s character from the series “Friends,” 1994–2004). This makes it clear that he thinks both Pete and Schwimmer aren’t very good in bed. Schwimmer's press secretary told the Chicago Sun-Times that Schwimmer had not been informed in advance whether he agreed to be the object of this joke. Judd Apatow explained that he didn’t mean anything offensive. Paul Rudd, meanwhile, was a frequent guest on the set of the series “Friends” (1994–2004) during the show's last two seasons.
• Sadie (Maude Apatow) is a big fan of the series “Lost” (2004–2010), and Jack (Matthew Fox) is repeatedly shown on screen. In "Knocked Up" (2007), Ben is very dismissive of Matthew Fox, saying there’s nothing special about him.
• The role of Debbie was played by the director Judd Apatow’s wife, Leslie Mann. Their two daughters, Iris Apatow and Maude Apatow, also played the roles of the children. Judd Apatow decided to give the role of Pete to Paul Rudd, a family friend.
• When the whole family is watching television, the cartoon “SpongeBob SquarePants” (1999) is shown (specifically the episode “That’s No Lady” from season 4), but as soon as a quarrel begins, another episode is shown (“No Weenies Allowed” from season 3).
• Pete (Paul Rudd) jokes in the film, comparing his sexual prowess to that of David Schwimmer (and Ross, Schwimmer's character from the series "Friends", 1994–2004). Thus, he makes it clear that he thinks both Pete and Schwimmer are not very good in bed. Schwimmer's publicist told the Chicago Sun-Times that Schwimmer had not been informed in advance whether he agreed to be the object of this joke. Judd Apatow explained that he did not intend any offense. Paul Rudd, meanwhile, was a frequent guest on the set of "Friends" (1994–2004) during the last two seasons of the show.
• When the whole family is watching television, they're showing the cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants" (1999) (specifically the episode "That's no lady" from season 4), but as soon as a quarrel starts, they switch to a different episode ("No weenies alowed" from season 3).