The Benchwarmers/Talladega Nights/Stranger Than Fiction

Trio of American comedy films. In 'The Benchwarmers' (2006), three guys (Rob Schneider, David Spade and Jon Heder) try to make up for their lack of athleticism when they were younger by forming a three-man baseball team to challenge a full squad of elementary school baseballers. They develop a large following of left-out kids as they head into a high-stakes, winner-takes-all game with the best team of kids in the state. In 'Talladega Nights' (2006), NASCAR stock car racing sensation Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) is a national hero because of his 'win at all costs' approach. He and his loyal racing partner, childhood friend Cal Naughton Jr. (John C. Reilly), are a fearless duo known as 'Shake' and 'Bake' by their fans for their ability to finish so many races in the #1 and #2 positions, with Cal always in second place. When flamboyant French Formula One driver Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen) challenges 'Shake' and 'Bake' for the supremacy of NASCAR, Ricky Bobby must face his own demons and fight Girard for the right to be known as racing's top driver. In 'Stranger Than Fiction' (2006), Harold Crick (Ferrell) is a dour Chicago auditor for the Internal Revenue Service who is awakened alone each morning by his Timex watch, eats alone, counts the number of steps he walks for fun, focuses on ways to save time tying his tie, and brushes his teeth exactly 76 times (38 vertical strokes, 38 horizontal). One day, Harold begins to hear a voice that describes his thoughts and actions as if he were a character in a book. Harold attempts to communicate with the speaker, but soon realizes the voice does not know that he can hear it. The voice of his daily narration is actually that of author Karen Effiel (Emma Thompson), an author writing his story though she believes it to be fictional. Crick's bewilderment soon turns to anxiety when the voice narrates that his watch has set in motion a series of events that will result in his imminent death.

Director: Dennis Dugan
Director: Adam McKay
Director: Marc Forster
Producer: Jack Giarraputo
Producer: Adam Sandler
Producer: Judd Apatow
Producer: Jimmy Miller
Producer: Lindsay Doran
Writer: Allen Covert
Writer: Nick Swardson
Writer: Will Ferrell
Writer: Zach Helm
Music: Waddy Wachtel
Music: Alex Wurman
Actor: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Actor: Dustin Hoffman
Actor: Rob Schneider
Actor: Queen Latifah
Actor: David Spade
Actor: Gary Cole
Actor: Emma Thompson
Actor: Jon Heder
Actor: Jane Lynch
Actor: Jon Lovitz
Actor: Jake Johnson
Actor: Molly Sims
Actor: Jason Davis
Actor: Erinn Bartlett
Actor: Lorrie Bess Crumley
Actor: Amaury Nolasco
Actor: Michael Clarke Duncan
Actor: Tim Meadows
Actor: John C. Reilly
Actor: David Koechner
Actor: Bill Romanowski