HBO's "7 Days in Hell" airs this Saturday, July 11, at 10 Pm Et/Pt and whew, it's not good. Starring Andy Samberg and "Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington as rival tennis players, the 45-minute special is a send up of the 2010 Wimbledon match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, which ran for three days. Bad boy American, Aaron Williams (Samberg) and British home favorite Charles Poole (Harington) battle it out over the course of seven days with interviews and vignettes spliced in-between each day's play and with every passing minute it weighs heavier and heavier on your soul. Williams is something of an Andre Agassi, tennis bad boy that falls on hard times after killing a linesman with an errant serve, while Poole is a dimwitted Brit who can hardly tie his own shoes. Everything from weather to sex with streakers, phone calls from the Queen of England, sex with streakers,...
- 7/9/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Andy Samberg in 7 Days in HellPhoto: HBO HBO will premiere the movie 7 Days in Hell on Saturday, July 11 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Et/Pt) as Andy Samberg and Kit Harington star as tennis stars Aaron Williams, a hyper-malcontent American bad boy, and Charles Poole, a dim-witted prodigy who carried England's hopes for a championship on his shoulders. Today the first full trailer for the movie has arrived. Clearly inspired by the 2010 Wimbledon match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, which went on for 11 hours and 5 minutes over the course of three days, the story here is set in 2001 wherein the two tennis rivals play a seven-day, five-set marathon. The movie also features appearances by Fred Armisen, David Copperfield, Lena Dunham, Chris Evert, Will Forte, Karen Gillan, Filip Hammar, Jim Lampley, Howie Mandel, John McEnroe, Soledad O'Brien, Michael Sheen, Mary Steenburgen, June Squibb and Serena Williams. Watch the 7 Days in...
- 6/22/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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