Bam Margera Movies
Though his talent on the skateboard is undeniable, thrasher-turned-prankster foul king Bam Margera has gained more notoriety for tormenting his long-suffering family and friends on national television than for his curb grinding skills. As a member of the bodily-fluid-obsessed Jackass crew, Margera's unhinged antics nearly topped that of fellow headliner Johnny Knoxville with his similar themed CKY series (named after his brother Jess' band, Camp Kill Yourself). CKY made Knoxville's MTV-friendly creation look absolutely tame by comparison. Born Brandon Cole Margera in West Chester, PN, it didn't take long for the energetic youngster to take to skateboarding. Armed with a video camera, Margera and his friends began videotaping their extreme pranks and unpredictable antics for posterity in their early teens. Though no one would have guessed at the time that those videos would have such an influence on the entertainment industry. They were eventually culled together to form the ongoing CKY series -- a somewhat more crude precursor to MTV's phenomenally successful series Jackass. A high point came when the latter was turned into a number one box-office hit in the fall of 2002, though by the time the movie hit theaters, the show had run its course and hopes for a sequel remained high. Margera soon stepped into the spotlight for MTV's Viva La Bam, a series which proudly carried the Jackass torch, sans Knoxville. Utilizing funds gained from Jackass, Margera next stepped behind the camera to direct the movie Haggard, based on a true story concerning partner-in-crime Ryan Dunn's notoriously unfaithful former girlfriend. The unhinged comedy features performances by such familiar faces as Chris Raab, Brandon Dicamillo, and legendary pro-skater Tony Hawk. In 2006 the Jackass crew got back together to make the pointedly titled Jackass: Number Two, featuring more painful stunts and bizarre practical jokes. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 2008
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In this bizarre and painful reality adventure, Jackass alum Bam Margera gathers up his band of wild friends and heads off to the Arctic Circle, determined to find the home and factory of Santa Clause, engaging in many "don't try this at home" style stunts along the way. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
Gumball 3000: 3000 Miles documents Tony Hawk and a number of cast members from Jackass as they enter the eight-day cross-country road race that goes from London to Los Angeles. Highlights include a number of crashes involving very expensive vehicles. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tony Hawk, Bam Margera, (more)
Johnny Knoxville and company return in this Internet-distributed sequel featuring original footage and previously unused outtakes from Jackass 2. Produced by Paramount Studios for less than two million dollars and tied in with the launch of jackassworld.com -- an online community featuring blogs, archived episodes of the MTV series, and original content -- Jackass 2.5 premiered on December 19, 2007, as part of Blockbuster Video's Movielink service and marks the first time a major motion picture studio has premiered a feature film online. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, (more)
- 2006
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Tony Hawk's Secret Skatepark Tour, Vol. 2 features footage of the celebrated skateboarder and a number of his friends doing what they do best at a number of skateparks located throughout the world. Among the extreme athletes who appear on this release are Jason Ellis and Kevin Staab. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tony Hawk, Bam Margera, (more)
For fans who thought the stakes couldn't be raised any higher and the bar couldn't be lowered any further, the original cast and crew of the stunt comedy sensation that swept the globe return for another round of jaw-dropping feats that are guaranteed to have viewers wincing through their laughter. Jeff Tremaine directs, and Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, and Jason "Wee Man" Acuna return to the screen to endure more pain and humiliation than ever thought possible on the big screen. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, (more)
- 2005
Experience the Element philosophy firsthand in this release that turns the spotlight on the star skate team to showcase some of the biggest stars on four wheels. Tour footage from Team Element's US tour offers a chance to catch the team in action as they defy the laws of physics and take the sport of skateboarding to the extreme, and footage of Element stars Bam Margera and Colt Cannon, as well as newcomers Nyjah Houston and Brent Atchley, offers personal insight as to what this talented team is really all about. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 2005
Professional skateboarder and incorrigible jokester Bam Margera continues humiliating his real-life family, tossing such values as taste and decorum into the dumpster, and performing dangerous stunts (NO! NO! WE TOLD YOU NOT TO TRY THESE AT HOME!) as the MTV "prank show"Viva la Bam enters its fifth season. Things get off to a rousing star as Bam and the family recall their top five favorite moments from past episodes during a chaotic camping trip. Other episodes dwell upon the prickly relationship between Bam and his uncle Don Vito (aka Vincent Margeta), who in one instance spends several days in Brazil with no idea where he really is. Fellow skater Bob Burnquist appears in that particular episode, while Billy Idol makes a surprise appearance on the occasion of mom April Margera's birthday. Elsewhere, a drag race is postponed when Bam's beloved Lamborgini "mysteriously" disappears; and Bam's pal Raab Himself (aka Chris Raab) heads to Latvia to latch up with a Russian mail-order bride. And for the benefit of those who think that Bam has it all his own way on the series, Uncle Vito exacts sweet revenge on his nephew for past humiliations--and he does it two, count 'em, two times! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bam Margera, Phil Margera, (more)
- 2005
Having endured a variety of humiliations and outrages at the hands of their stunt-happy son Bam Margera, Bam's parents Phil and April are inexplicably back for more during the fourth season of Viva La Bam. This year's festivities begin as Bam and his pals magnanimously escort Phil and April on a trip to Paris for their wedding anniversary -- without telling the couple that their every move is going to be followed and tape recorded. Later on, Bam tries to pay for all the damages incurred by getting a job, but there may not be much of a future in pulling a rickshaw. Even a warm-hearted hugging contest takes on sinister dimensions with good ol' Bam involved. It just can't get any worse, it can't. Oh, yes it can...and it's a guaranteed laugh riot! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bam Margera
- 2004
Take a trip around the world with some of your favorite skateboarders as 411 Video Magazine profiles Bam Margera, spends a day in the life of Alien Workshop's Jason Dill, heads for Germany to spend some time with the Adio skate shoes team and much, much more. From the concrete jungle to the most popular skate parks around the world 411 Video Magazine covers everything, and you won't believe your eyes Margera heads to Philadelphia to hang with the FDR crew and Pat Smith, Chet Childress, Mike Peterson, and Steve Nesser hit the pavement for some serious street-style mayhem. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 2004
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Skateboarding hero Tony Hawk and friends take to the streets and make a round of surprise visits to skate parks throughout the West. Thrilled skaters get the opportunity of a lifetime as they ride with their idols, including Bam Margera, Rodney Mullen, and Shaun White. Also in tow is a special crew to record the reactions of the surprised fans and spectators as they enjoy a brief afternoon with their unannounced guests. ~ Sarah Block, All Movie Guide
- 2004
Season two of the outrageous "all in the family" stunt show Viva La Bam begins as Bam Margera responds to complaints from his constantly humiliated parents Phil and April by finding them a new house -- but not before ruining most of the furniture and the fixtures in the old house. Next up, the heavy metal group Slayer forces their way into the Margera household, prompting Bam and his buddies to scour the city in search of easy girls as eligible dates. Then, dad Phil is made an unwilling contestant in the first "Fat Boy Face-Off," which requires him to survive the "Slobstacle Course" and a moronic game show. The two-part Mardi Gras episode finds Bam making trouble in the company of several famous skateboarders, among them Tony Hawk and Donny Barley. Arbor Day is celebrated as Bam knocks down one of the trees in his folks' backyard and establishes a treetop casino, replete with a "Battle Royale" wrestling match to sucker in the customers. And in the season finale, Bam squanders the family savings to buy four broken-down used cars and stage his own demolition derby. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bam Margera
- 2004
What humiliations and outrages are awaiting the parents of zany stuntmeister Bam Margera during the third season of Viva La Bam? Well, for starters, Bam sets up yet another private skate park, this time in his parent's driveway, then decorates the park with worthless junk borrowed from the homes of celebrities like Tommy Lee and Jack Osbourne. Bam's hapless dad and mom Phil and April are in for more trouble when their son and his buddies buy a bunch of potato guns and stage a messy reenactment of the Civil War. Bam's Jackass mentor Johnny Knoxville shows up in a later episode to inaugurate a prank war in which no prisoners are taken and no feelings are spared (even Sean Penn joins in on the fun). Just when it seems that Bam is going to make up for all the damage inflicted on his parents' home and sensibilities, he reneges on his promise to put dad Phil and mom April on a cruise ship that is safely docked near dry land, but instead casts them adrift on the high seas! The season finale is an episode titled "Bamiature Golf." Draw your own conclusions. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bam Margera
Gaylord Films producer Casey La Scala makes his directorial debut with the teen comedy Grind. Just before entering college, young skateboarder Eric Rivers (Mike Vogel) decides to take a road trip from Chicago to California with his smart friend Dustin (Adam Brody) and his wacky friend Matt (Vince Vieluf). Despite their underdog status, they intend to make it big in the world of skateboarding in the wake of legendary touring skater Jimmy Wilson (Jason London). They end up recruiting a fourth team member named Sweet Lou (Joey Kern) as Eric romances the film's token attractive female Jamie (Jennifer Morrison). Grind also features appearances by real-life pro skaters like Bam Margera, along with an energetic pop/rock soundtrack. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Colin McKay, Mike Vogel, (more)
- 2003
Bam Margera, creator of the CKY series and star of MTV's popular TV show Jackass, has added even more antics and ridiculous stunts on CKY4: The Latest & Greatest. Featuring a host of outrageous stunts and skits from previous CKY video releases as well never-before-seen clips deemed too over-the-top for MTV, this video is a must-have for any fan of the Margera family and the Jackass crew. Also featured in CKY4 are Jackass alumni Ryan Dunn and Brandon DiCamillo. Highlights include more shopping-cart mischief and a wealth of extended footage. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- 2003
Steve-O, one of the stars of the MTV series Jackass, withstands more pain and explores the outer limits of the concept of "gross-out" in the name of entertainment on this video. Don't Try This at Home: The Steve-O Video Vol. 3 -- Out on Bail captures Steve-O and his pals on the road following one of his many brushes with the law, as they assault themselves on-stage with flame, staplers, bodily fluids, and anything else at their disposal. This video features alcohol and drug use, male and female nudity, and a whole lot of other stuff that would disappoint your parents if they knew you were watching. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steve-O
- 2003
A spin-off of the sleazily satirical stunt series Jackass, Viva La Bam was built around the talents of the earlier series' supporting player Bam Margera, as himself. Unlike its predecessor, Viva La Bam was less concerned with the dangerous and harmful stunts performed by the host than it was with the humiliations heaped upon Bam Margera's real life mother and father, Phil and April Margera. Forever coming up with "helpful" ideas around the house, Bam and his coconspirators made Phil and April's lives miserable. After all, how would you deal with a son who turned your house into a skating park, or who stole household items to stage a scavenger hunt, or who forced you to go without food for 24 hours, or who staged a "Fat Boy Face-Off" with you as one of the contestants? Kids...can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em. Also featured were the star's uncle Vincent Margera (aka "Don Vito") and his real-life cronies Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Chris Raab, and Rake Yohn. Viva La Bam may have looked spontaneous and ad libbed, but each episode was painstakingly scripted and rehearsed, with the long-suffering members of the Margera family (who didn't look as though they were really having that awful of a time) well compensated for their efforts. The series made its MTV bow on October 26, 2003. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Before teaming up with Johnny Knoxville on MTV's Jackass, daredevil goofballs Bam Margera and Raab Himself made names for themselves as part of Camp Kill Yourself, better known as simply CKY. Along with several skateboarding clips and comedy sketches, CKY Trilogy, Round 2 features an array of stunts, including Raab defecating from atop a four story building after consuming 18 laxatives and Bam roughing up his father, Phil Margera. This is the follow-up to CKY Trilogy, Round 1. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
Before teaming up with Johnny Knoxville on MTV's Jackass, daredevil goofballs Bam Margera and Raab Himself made names for themselves as part of Camp Kill Yourself, better known as simply CKY. Along with several skateboarding clips and comedy sketches, CKY Trilogy, Round 1 features an array of stunts involving shopping carts and the CKY crew's own version of bowling. This title is followed by CKY Trilogy, Round 2. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
The parents of former Jackass regular Bam Margera endure a heap of hilarious humiliation during season one of the savagely satirical stunt show Viva La Bam. To get things rolling, Bam deliberately provokes the anger of his dad Phil by installing a fireman's pole in the house...in the middle of the night. And, for good measure, he transforms Casa Margera into a skate park. Next up, Bam invites the singing group Turbonegro for an in-house rock concert, while poor Phil is forced to go without food for 24 hours. Had enough? Well, Bam sure hasn't, as witnessed by the drawbridge and moat he constructs outside the house to accommodate a family reunion. Even Bam's efforts to give his parents a special wedding anniversary result in considerable pain and discomfort for Bam's dad Phil and mom April, with a Russian mail-order bride and a tacky tuxedo adding to the festivities. At least April is able to exact revenge on her darling boy -- but not before she had been hoodwinked into thinking her house has been blown up! The season finale is the infamous scavenger hunt, wherein all the Margeras, plus Bam's reprobate friends, speed around town in crummy used cars to locate such items as a "hot chick in lingerie," a bee sting, a cow's autograph, a fresh pile of road kill, and an edible worm. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bam Margera
- 2003
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Hard-rocking skaters and pranksters CKY (aka Camp Kill Yourself) offer their fans an unfiltered document of the group in action, both musically and otherwise, in this home-video release. CKY: Infiltrate-Destroy-Rebuild: The Video Album features 12 music videos from the group (several directed by Bam Margera, star of MTV's Jackass and brother of drummer Jess Margera), including performances of "Escape From Hellview," "Sink Into the Underground," "Inhuman Creator Station," "Sporadic Movement," "Plastic Plan," and more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Johnny Knoxville and his crew of fun-loving masochists bring their routines to the big screen in this feature adaptation of the popular but controversial MTV series Jackass. A crew of young men perform a variety of strange, painful, and often humiliating stunts for the amusement of themselves and those around them, including crawling across dozens of mousetraps while wearing rodent make-up, being rolled down bowling lanes on skateboards, racing in golf carts across an ancient driving range, giving themselves self-inflicted paper cuts, making snow cones out of urine, tightrope walking over live alligators, using uninstalled sanitary plumbing in a hardware store, terrifying Japanese pedestrians while wearing panda costumes, and much, much more. Johnny Knoxville, the show's creator and star, returns to head up this movie version of Jackass, along with series regulars Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Dave England, Jason "Wee Man" Acuna, Preston Lacy, Ehren McGhehey, and Brandon DiCamillo; Henry Rollins, Tony Hawk, and Spike Jonze are among the movie's guest stars. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, (more)
Jackass stars Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, and Brandon DiCamillo star in this comedy directed and written by Margera. Dunn stars as a young man who begins to suspect that his girlfriend Glauren (Jennifer Rivell) has been having a secret affair with local burnout Hellboy (Rake Yohn). Rather than confront Glauren about the alleged dalliances, Dunn enlists pals Valo (Margera) and Falcone (DiCamillo) to spy on her and find out just what it is she's been up to. Superstar skateboarder Tony Hawk also appears. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ryan Dunn, Jennifer Rivell, (more)
- 2001
This program from Tapeworm is an issue of the long-running extreme sports video-magazine 411. Featuring some of the best skateboarders around, the series also highlights some of the hottest competitions and skateboarding abroad. Released in 2001, 411 Video Magazine: Skateboarding, Vol. 7 includes footage of Bam Margera, skater and one of the stars of MTV's Jackass. Other features include looks at the skateboarding scenes in Sweden, Australia, and South Africa and a trip to the Santa Rosa Skatepark. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
