History Film / BeKindRewind

* NoodleIncident: The rival video store owner apparently has to sleep in his own store for reasons that were never disclosed.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Jerry is oblivious to why the predominately Black neighborhood has an issue with him in {{Blackface}} and insists that he can play a good Fats Waller.

''Be Kind Rewind'' is a 2008 comedy directed by Creator/MichelGondry and starring Creator/JackBlack and Music/MosDef. Mos Def's character, Mike, helps run a video store that stubbornly offers VHS tape rentals regardless of the rise of [=DVDs=]. Mike's peculiar friend Jerry (Jack Black) tries to sabotage a power station and nearly electrocutes himself, becoming magnetized in the process. He then walks into the video store, erasing all of the VHS tapes. Angry customers begin to come in complaining, and Mike is at a loss as to how to replace the store's stock on a limited budget. The store has already received threats of foreclosure, which the owner has tried to prevent by getting the building registered as a historical landmark as the birthplace of jazz singer Music/FatsWaller.

** The event that leads to the main plot is Jerry and Mike sneaking into a power plant, which ends badly. The event right before their final show is Jerry and Mike sneaking into a rival movie rental business to borrow its projector, which ends badly.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Jerry is magnetized, one of the films glitched by him moving around is ''the film itself'', as the picture glitches every time he passes too close to the actual location of the camera.

* CastingGag: Jack Black starred in ''Film/KingKong2005''... and he's playing the titular character in the sweded [[Film/KingKong1933 1933 film]]. Creator/SigourneyWeaver plays the attorney who protests about copyright issues and she also starred in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', the first film seen to be sweded, and the one that gets the most screentime.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Jerry.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Jerry, again.

* HandWave: No real explanation as to why or how Jerry was magnetized instead of electrocuted after his stunt at the power plant or how it was cured by peeing it away, not that it actually matters.

** First, watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09-882wRSTs the trailer]]. Then watch the movie and realize that the trailer cut out an ENTIRE MAJOR SUBPLOT.

** The Sweded movies, duh. Sometimes the Sweded films cross into NarmCharm territory due to the hilarious and clever ways in which they're recreated.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Mike and Jerry start out as just a duo, but for their second film, recruit a girl named Alma (played by Melonie Diaz) to play the female role; she quickly becomes an equal partner in their schemes.

* BookEnds: The beginning of the film is a series of black-and-white clips from a documentary showing the life of Fats Waller. [[spoiler:They're actually clips from the final movie Mike makes.]]

* NeverTrustATrailer: First, watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09-882wRSTs the trailer.]] Then watch the movie and realize that the trailer cut out an ENTIRE MAJOR SUBPLOT.
** Also, the trailers used “homemade” VHS covers instead of the real ones.

* RealMenWearPink: When a group of hoodlums request a few "Sweded" films and ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' pops up, everyone immediately stares down the ScaryBlackMan.
** [[spoiler:It was Alma.]]
* ShoutOut: Tons upon tons.
** You've got the two leads Sweding up famous films, including ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''Film/DrivingMissDaisy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', ''Film/KingKong1933'', ''Film/MenInBlack'', ''Film/RoboCop1987'', and ''Film/BoyzNTheHood''.

* StylisticSuck: The Sweded movies, duh.
** They even Sweded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B0dJQ35rDs one of the trailers!]]
** And, as stated, one of the logos for the European prints.
*** Sometimes the Sweded films cross into NarmCharm territory due to the hilarious and clever ways in which they're recreated.

''Be Kind Rewind'' is a 2008 comedy directed by Creator/MichelGondry and starring Creator/JackBlack and Mos Def. Mos Def's character, Mike, helps run a video store that stubbornly offers VHS tape rentals regardless of the rise of [=DVDs=]. Mike's peculiar friend Jerry (Jack Black) tries to sabotage a power station and nearly electrocutes himself, becoming magnetized in the process. He then walks into the video store, erasing all of the VHS tapes. Angry customers begin to come in complaining, and Mike is at a loss as to how to replace the store's stock on a limited budget. The store has already received threats of foreclosure, which the owner has tried to prevent by getting the building registered as a historical landmark as the birthplace of jazz singer Music/FatsWaller.

The idea soon occurs that Mike and Jerry will reshoot the films themselves, using whatever they have available. They start with ambitious projects such as ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' and ''Film/RoboCop1987'', creating a crazy home video feel they call being "Sweded". The store gathers popularity around the neighborhood, so much so that the FBI anti-piracy warning at the start of the tapes becomes a reality.

* NeverTrustATrailer: First, watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09-882wRSTs the trailer]]. Then watch the movie and realize that the trailer cut out an ENTIRE MAJOR SUBPLOT.

* RealityEnsues: Shockingly. The movie [[BittersweetEnding actually points out that piracy is illegal and the place gets shut down.]] Ouch.

* BrokenAesop: If what really happened doesn't suit you, [[RetConned write your own history]].

* RealMenWearPink: When a group of hoodlums request a few "Sweded" films and ''Disney/TheLionKing'' pops up, everyone immediately stares down the ScaryBlackMan.

** You've got the two leads Sweding up famous films, including ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'', ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''Film/DrivingMissDaisy'', ''Disney/TheLionKing'', ''Film/KingKong1933'', ''Film/MenInBlack'', ''Film/RoboCop1987'', and ''Film/BoyzNTheHood''.