| Big Stan | |
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| Directed by | Rob Schneider |
| Written by | Josh Lieb |
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| Cinematography | Victor Hammer |
| Edited by | Richard Halsey |
| Music by | John Hunter John Debney (themes) |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7.5 million |
| Box office | $8.7 million[1] |
Big Stan is a 2007 American martial arts prison comedy film starring, produced, and directed by Rob Schneider in his directorial debut[2] with help from his company From Out of Nowhere Productions. The rest of the cast includes Jennifer Morrison, Scott Wilson, Henry Gibson, Richard Kind, Sally Kirkland, Jackson Rathbone, M. Emmet Walsh, Dan Haggerty, and David Carradine. It tells the story of a real estate con artist who gets sentenced to three years in prison and spends the six months beforehand getting trained by a martial arts guru to survive in prison. This film was Gibson's final role before his death in 2009.
Although released in some markets during the fall of 2008, it was released straight to DVD in the United States on March 24, 2009. It debuted at number 17 on the DVD rental charts of March 23–30, 2009.
- ^ "Big Stan". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ Dawtrey, Adam (18 May 2007). "MGM is big on Sky's 'Big Stan'". Variety.