Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Zak Knutson directs. Zak Knutson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 2Released 17 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Editor Zak Knutson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Brandon Routh and Kevin Smith and Seth Rogen carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt1258985 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 21 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing

Zak Knutson

Runtime

74 min · 1h 14m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

NC-17

IMDB

Popcorn Porn: Watching 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno' (2009) ↗

IMDB rating

6.9/10 · 145 votes

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Production companies

Who made it

• 

  View Askew Productions

  US

• 

  The Weinstein Company

  US

• CH

  Chop Shop Entertainment

Key crew

• Executive ProducerShannon McIntosh
• ProducerJoey Figueroa
• Executive ProducerScott Mosier
• ProducerZak Knutson
• EditorZak Knutson
• Executive ProducerKevin Smith

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• movie business

Release history · US

When it landed

• Physical2009-02-03NC-17