Sausage Party [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon, Megan Ellison, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg

Overview

A happy-go-lucky sausage (voiced by Seth Rogen) and his supermarket buddies including a hot dog bun (Kristen Wiig), a bagel (Edward Norton), a sausage (Michael Cera) and a taco (Salma Hayek) learn about the horror that awaits them when humans bring them home to chow down. Despite the hostility they get from other supermarket items unwilling to have their faith in a post-checkout afterlife deflated, they embark on an existential adventure to escape from their edible fate. This raunchy animated comedy from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg is directed by Conrad Vernon (Monsters vs. Aliens) and holds the distinction of being the first R-rated computer animated feature.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/08/2016
UPC:	0043396470880
Original Release:	2016
Rating:	R
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	1,982

Special Features

Blu-ray Exclusives; Good Food Gag Reel; Shock and Awe: How Did This Get Made?; Line-O-Rama

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tobias Kluckert	Frank
Katrin Fr?hlich	Brenda Bunson
Leraldo Anzaldua	Feuerwasser
Kim Hasper	Druggie
Michael Iwannek	Honig-Senf
Tobias M?ller	Carl
Nicola Devico Mamone	Tequila
Torsten Michaelis	Mr. Grits
Cyril Hanouna	Actor
Seth Rogen	Frank
Kristen Wiig	Brenda
Jonah Hill	Carl
Bill Hader	Firewater / Tequila / El Guaco
Michael Cera	Barry
James Franco	Druggie
Danny McBride	Honey Mustard
Craig Robinson	Grits
Paul Rudd	Darren
Nick Kroll	Douche
David Krumholtz	Lavash
Edward Norton	Sammy Bagel Jr.
Salma Hayek	Teresa Taco
Michael Daingerfield	Chunk Munchers Cereal/Light Bulb/Indian Chutney
Ian James Corlett	Apple/Ticklish Licorice/Relish/Bag of Dog Food
Brian Dobson	Italian Tomato/Lettuce,Queso
Ian Hanlin	Beet
Maryke Hendrikse	Popped Cherry Mixer/Plum #1/Loretta Bun/Frozen Fruitz
Anders Holm	Troy
Lauren Miller	Rogen-Camille Toh/Tampon
Nicole Oliver	Sally Bun/Ice Cream/Watermelon/Female Shopper #1
Kelly Sheridan	Roberta Bun/Grape #2/Female Shopper #2
Jason Simpson	Plum #2/Beer Keg/Fat Guy/Fit Man
Vincent Tong	Pislit Chips/Juice Box/Jamaican Rum
Scott Diggs	Gum/Twink/Krinkler's Chips/Pizza
Conrad Vernon	Toilet Paper/Sauerkraut/Catcall Sausage/Grape #1/Beer Can
Sam Vincent	Sandwich/Pop Tart/Licorice Rope/
Harland Williams	Ketchup/Drug Dealer/Baba Ganoush
Alistair Abell	Voices
Iris Apatow	Voices
Sugar Lyn Beard	Voices
Scott Underwood	Voices
Lauren Miller-Rogen	Camille Toh/Tampon
Christopher Lennertz	Composer
Alan Menken	Composer

Technical Credits

Kyle Hunter

Ariel Shaffir

Evan Goldberg

Seth Rogen

Megan Ellison	Producer
James Weaver	Producer,Executive Producer
Kyle Hunter	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Ariel Shaffir	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Evan Goldberg	Screenwriter,Producer
David Distenfeld	Executive Producer
Deb Adair	Sound Effects
Gregg Barbanell	Sound Effects
Phillip Bladh	Sound Effects
Scott Cannizzaro	Sound Effects
Seth Rogen	Screenwriter,Producer
Conrad Vernon	Producer
Jonah Hill	Executive Producer
Geoffrey Rubay	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

It's been a bleak summer for the major studios. Chock-full of reboots, sequels, and brooding superheroes, most of this year's would-be blockbusters have been torn to shreds by critics (and the box-office returns haven't been much better). In particular, the multiplex has been lacking in truly gut-busting comedies as of late. So without much competition, Sausage Party stakes its claim as the funniest film of the season -- an absurd and riotously offensive animated flick for adults about talking food. The massive grocery store Shopwell's is in the midst of a Fourth of July sale, and every item is eager to be chosen by the "gods" (i.e. humans) so that they can reach "the great beyond." Packaged sausages Frank (voiced by Seth Rogen), Barry (Michael Cera), and Carl (Jonah Hill) are desperate to be deemed worthy of purchase so that they can escape their plastic prisons and enjoy the carnal pleasures that (they think) await them. Next to the sausages are a pack of buns, which include Frank's girlfriend Brenda (Kristen Wiig). They're thrilled when they are both chosen by the same human, until a shopping-cart crash ejects Frank and Brenda onto the store's floor. The rest of the sausages and buns meet their fate -- being cooked and devoured by human beings -- except for Barry, who escapes from being eaten and tries to get back to the store to warn the others. Meanwhile, Frank and Brenda embark on a journey through Shopwell's in an attempt to return to their aisle, where they hope to repackage themselves so they can be purchased by new customers. They're joined on this trek by Jewish bagel Sammy (Edward Norton), Arabic flatbread Lavash (David Krumholtz), and lesbian taco Teresa (Salma Hayek). The group eventually come across the "nonperishables" -- a bottle of alcohol (Bill Hader), a box of grits (Craig Robinson), and a deranged Twinkie (Scott Underwood) -- who reveal that they invented the myth of the "great beyond" in order to keep the peace inside the store. Frank tries to tell his fellow food items the truth as Barry heads to Shopwell's, both of their arcs setting up a finale that defies all expectations. Let's be clear here: Sausage Party is unquestionably dumb and distasteful, but the jokes land frequently enough to justify the nastiness. Directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, and written by Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir, it's a comedy that will be derided and reviled by many. But adult animation is subversive by its very nature (since it's appropriating a genre usually meant for kids), and Sausage Party is a blunt-force send-up of this very mentality, reminding viewers that so-called children's movies are often absurd and macabre in their own right. Remember Toy Story's Sid, who mutilated "living" playthings? Or the self-immolating air conditioner from The Brave Little Toaster? Sausage Party takes that idea to the next level by using bro-tinged, gross-out humor to ramp up the ridiculousness of the film, complete with weed smoking, bath-salt injections, and a Saving Private Ryan parody. The nonstop double entendres and slapstick gags include a bevy of curses, as well as a bunch of racial stereotypes and existential ruminations on the meaninglessness of life. It's simultaneously a juvenile comedy and a satire of our own struggles with confronting our mortality, one that takes aim at hypocritical social mores: Frank and Brenda desperately wish to consummate their relationship, but fear the vengeance of a higher power; Teresa fights her desires for Brenda; and Lavash and Sammy were "born" to hate one another due to their accents and aisle placements. Although its themes and references to life in a multicultural society are a bit on-the-nose, Sausage Party is still packed with way more social commentary than you would expect from a movie full of exaggerated stereotypes, sex jokes, and food murder. At the same time, it totally works as just a four-letter-word-heavy, hard-R animated comedy about talking supermarket products. Oh, and if you thought "food porn" was a term reserved solely for filtered Instagram pics, you're in for quite a surprise.