How Superman Got His Groove Back

Runtime: 05:08
Genre: Superhero / Comedy

Directed by
Aaron Brown

Written by
Aaron Brown
Mike Wytrykus

Produced by
Mike Wytrykus
Aaron Brown

Associate Producer
Jason Shawver

Music Supervisor
Aaron Brown

Efffects Supervisor
Mike Wytrykus

Production Designer
Aaron Brown

Director of Photography
Aaron Brown

Animation
Mike Wytrykus

Edited by
Mike Wytrykus

Music
"Let's Get it On"
by Marvin Gaye

"I Like to Score"
by Moby

"Bye, Bye, Bye"
by N'Sync

Theme from
Superman: The Movie
by John Williams

Special Thanks

Stephen Cantrell
for letting us borrow "stunt" Superman

Pat McCallum
for quoting the porn scene at Wizard World 2001 and encouraging us to do more  

Nelson and Jimmy Palmiotti
for putting us in the clip reel at the Wizard World Fan Awards

Zeb Wells
for inspiring us to knock it up a notch

Jack Wisniewski
for helping us "save big money at Menards" on our lighting rig

"Have you tried some porn?"

Synopsis

Get ready to groove in this hilarious comedy full of sex and superheroes, starring Mike Wytrykus and Aaron Brown. Through bad times and worse, Clark (Wytrykus) and Lois (Malisa Edwards) have always been there for each other. Now, Clark's so busy saving the world as Superman that he no longer has the energy to perform in the bedroom. Lois needs some pleasing and the Man of Steel just isn't up to the task. It's up to Clark's old pal, Tony Stark, aka the Invincible Iron Man, to save the day. What starts as a quick intro to the world of porn, ends in a fight to the death as Superman must battle to win back the affection of his spurned lover - even if she has been with 20 other crimefighters. A lascivious comedy that's sure to offend, How Superman Got His Groove Back overflows with lust, humor and violence.

Production Notes

• Originally conceived as a feature length follow-up to Hulk Smash Everybody entitled This Looks Like a Job for Superman, which featured Kal-El doing odd jobs to pass the time in a crime-free Metropolis.
• Reinvisioned as a short film for submission to Wizard Magazine's second annual Direct-to-Video contest.
• Initial treatment featured an abandoned sub-plot of Superman's many failed suicide attempts, as well as an early version of the pizza delivery gag from Poker Night.
• Produced for a budget of about one hundred dollars, split three ways among the producers.
• Pre-production consisted mainly of a trip to Kay-Bee Toys and Menards. All other materials used were on-hand items found around the producers' homes.
• Dialogue of all male characters was completed before any filming took place. This consisted of hours of recording multiple takes to have plenty of options in the editing process.
• Principle photography was completed in a single day, six hours spent filming a little over an hour of footage. Filmed on a standard Hi-8 video camcorder.
• Dialogue for Lois Lane (provided by Malisa Edwards) was recorded in a half-hour on a Saturday afternoon during post-production.
• Editing was done with Vegas Video on a Dell Dimension XPS T500 over the course of three weeks. Analogue video capture was done with Pinnacle Studios DC10 Plus.
• Total production time (script stage to post-production) was about a month, from early March to mid April of 2001.
• Would have won the Direct-to-Video contest if not for excessive adult content. Lost to Zeb Well's Real World: Metropolis.
• The "Have you tried some porn?" scene was featured in a clip-reel of the contest's best runners-up at the Wizard World Chicago 2001 Fan Awards.
• The original version submitted to the Wizard contest was academy standard full frame (4:3). A matted letterbox (16:9) version was included on a CD-ROM available for free from the Rabid Mongoose table in Artists' Alley at Wizard World Chicago 2002. The matting was done to cover up certain filmming mistakes. This version can also be found on YouTube and other viral video sites. The version on this website is a newly remastered edition that restores its original 4:3 aspect ratio while digitally removing the filmming errors.