Sausage Party (2016)

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Sausage Party is a 2016 American adult computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Greg Tiernan (in his feature debut) and Conrad Vernon and written by Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. It stars an ensemble voice cast that includes Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton and Salma Hayek. It is the first CGI-animated film to be rated R by the MPAA.

 

The film, a spoof of Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks animated films, follows a hot dog sausage who tries to discover the truth about his existence and goes on a journey with his friends to escape their fate. The film's rough cut premiered on March 14, 2016 at South by Southwest and the film was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2016, by Columbia Pictures. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $71 million on a $19 million budget.

 

Plot

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In a supermarket called Shopwell's, the foods and other grocery items see the humans who buy them as gods who take them to "the great beyond" when they are purchased. A hot dog named Frank (Seth Rogen) has dreams of living in the great beyond with his hot dog bun girlfriend, Brenda (Kristin Wiig). Frank and Brenda's packages are chosen by a human to leave Shopwell's, but en route they are warned by a returned jar of honey mustard (Danny McBride) that the great beyond is not what they have been led to believe. An accident during their trip to the registers causes a collision that leads to Frank, Brenda, a lavash named Kareem (David Krumholtz), a bagel named Sammy (Edward Norton), and an aggressive douche (Nick Kroll) falling out of the shopping cart. Douche's nozzle is damaged, for which he blames Frank. After being discarded by Darren (Paul Rudd), the store manager, he swears revenge.

 

With the rest of the groceries purchased and taken to the great beyond, Frank, Brenda, and the others decide to journey back to their aisles, but in an attempt to verify the honey mustard's warning, Frank leads them to the liquor aisle to meet Firewater (Bill Hader), who is purportedly knowledgeable about the great beyond. They meet a lesbian taco named Teresa (Salma Hayek), who takes a lustful passion for Brenda, and manage to reach the liquor aisle before Douche escapes from the store's backroom dumpster. Frank learns from Firewater that in the great beyond, the "gods" actually eat the foods that are chosen. Firewater reveals that he invented the story of the great beyond to assuage the fears of the foods who once knew their fate when being purchased. Frank is doubtful, but a Twinkie encourages him to visit the store's freezer section to find proof.

 

Meanwhile, the rest of the groceries who were chosen discover the truth about the great beyond when many of them are killed, cooked, and eaten. A hot dog named Barry (Michael Cera) manages to escape and wanders into the outside world alone. He stumbles across a human junkie (James Franco) with a Shopwell's shopping bag. With visions of returning to Shopwell's, Barry stows away with the junkie and is taken to his house. After injecting himself with bath salts, the junkie becomes intoxicated and finds himself able to see Barry and the other foods in his home "alive" and descends into a panic. The foods realize they can communicate with the gods while the gods are under the influence of bath salts. After sobering up, the junkie believes this experience to have been a dream, and tosses Barry into a pot of boiling water. Barry survives, and an accident results in the junkie being decapitated.

 

Frank reunites with his friends and reveals that he deliberately led them to Firewater, as well as of his intentions to travel to the freezer to learn more about the gods and the great beyond. Brenda questions his motives and heads back to her aisle, while rejecting Teresa's advances due to the gods' rules that require her to only be with a hot dog. After reading a cookbook behind the freezer, Frank discovers the truth. He reveals the cookbook to the rest of Shopwell's, but everyone ignores him, fearing they will lose their sense of purpose. In rescuing Brenda from being purchased again, Frank is reunited with Barry, who has returned to Shopwell's with his new friends. Barry reveals that the gods can be killed and that they can be communicated with when they are high on bath salts. Frank gives an inspiring speech to the store and apologizes for not respecting the others' beliefs, giving them a sense of hope.

 

The foods then devise a plan to shoot the human shoppers with toothpicks laced with the bath salts so the humans will be able to see the foods for what they are. When the humans become high, a store-wide battle ensues. A vengeful Douche arrives and attacks Darren, taking control of him by inserting his nozzle into Darren's anus. The foods overpower him and kill all the humans. Finally free, all the foods in the store partake in a massive orgy in celebration. Later, they are informed by Gum, a Stephen Hawking–esque wad of chewing gum, that he and Firewater have discovered that they do not exist and are merely cartoon characters, manipulated by human animators and voiced by celebrities in another dimension. Gum reveals a portal that he made that will allow them to travel to this dimension, and the foods decide to go there to meet their creators.

 

 

Cast

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• Seth Rogen as Frank, a sausage and Brenda's boyfriend, and Sergeant Pepper. Rogen also plays himself in a live-action cameo.
• Kristen Wiig as Brenda Bunson, a hot dog bun and Frank's girlfriend.
• Jonah Hill as Carl, a sausage who was packed with Frank and Barry.
• Bill Hader as Firewater, an old Native American bottle of liquor and the leader of the non-perishables, Tequila, and El Guaco, a guacamole gangster.
• Michael Cera as Barry, a deformed sausage who is one of Frank's friends.
• James Franco as the Druggie, a junkie drug addict who is the first known human to see the foods as sentient beings.
• Danny McBride as Honey Mustard, a grocery who was returned to Shopwell's and tries to warn Frank of their fate.
• Craig Robinson as Mr. Grits, one of the non-perishables.
• Paul Rudd as Darren, the manager of Shopwell's,
• Nick Kroll as Douche, a feminine hygiene product seeking revenge on Frank for breaking his nozzle and preventing him from reaching The Great Beyond.
• David Krumholtz as Kareem Abdul Lavash, a Middle Eastern lavash who has an on and off rivalry with Sammy Bagel.
• Edward Norton as Sammy Bagel Jr., a Jewish bagel who has an on and off rivalry with Kareem Abdul Lavash. Norton also plays himself in a live-action cameo.
• Salma Hayek as Teresa del Taco, a lesbian taco shell who develops a lustful friendship with Brenda.
• Anders Holm as Troy, one of the sausages packed with Frank who picks on Barry for being deformed.
• Sugar Lyn Beard as the Baby Carrots and the half eaten Cookies.
• Lauren Miller as Camille Toh, a woman who purchases the food and a tampon.
• Harland Williams as a bottle of Ketchup, a Drug Dealer and a Baba Ganoush.
• Conrad Vernon as a roll of toilet paper.
• Greg Tiernan as an Irish Potato and Noodle Soup.
• Scott Underwood as Twink, a twinkie who is one of the non-perishables, a half eaten Pizza, a bag of Krinkler's Chips, and Gum, a Stephen Hawking-esque bubble gum wad.
• Ian James Corlett as an Apple, a French Tickilish licorice, a jar of Relish, and a Bag of Dog food.
• Vincent Tong as Pislitz Chips, a Juice Box, and a bottle of Jamaican Rum.
• Sam Vincent as a half eaten Sandwich, a Pop Tart and a Licorice Rope.

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HAHA

 

This is going to give me nightmares

 

The buns- We get it, they're vaginas

 

The freezer burn scene is a spoof of Saving Private Ryan

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I'm sure this will find an audience regardless, but they'll be hard pressed to sustain the joke for a full feature.

 

Perhaps expect a lot of kids to end up 'accidentally' seeing it due to substandard parenting.

[Shepherd]

Vanity Fair photo shoot

 

 

 

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That Vanity Fair shot

 

I saw the movie today. Pretty much what i expected lame but entertaining