The Darwin Awards

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The Darwin Awards is a 2006 American adventure comedy film based on the website of the same name written and directed by Finn Taylor, the film premiered January 25, 2006, at the Sundance Film Festival. The film features Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder, David Arquette, Juliette Lewis, Wilmer Valderrama, Chris Penn, Julianna Margulies, Robin Tunney, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Brad Hunt, Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman and Metallica. This was Penn's last film appearance before his death on January 24, 2006, the day before the film's premiere, and Ryder's first feature film since 2002. The film includes several full and partial re-enactments of "Darwin Awards", the earliest of which were fictitious, most notably the debunked JATO Rocket Car story.

Cast

Metallica actor Judah Friedlander actor Winona Ryder actor Robin Tunney actor Joseph Fiennes actor Julianna Margulies actor Juliette Lewis actor Estella Warren actor Ty Burrell actor David Arquette actor Adam Savage actor Chris Penn actor Tom Hollander actor Lawrence Ferlinghetti actor Max Perlich actor Wilmer Valderrama actor Alessandro Nivola actor Nora Dunn actor Tim Blake Nelson actor Lukas Haas actor