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Dicks: The Musical Trivia | 30 facts about the musical comedy film

Dicks: The Musical is the first musical film by A24 and it is a comedy directed by Larry Charles.

Let’s found out some trivia and facts about the film.

Dicks: The Musical is a 2023 American musical comedy film
It is based on the off-Broadway musical Fucking Identical Twins
The musical was made by Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson
It had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2023
On October 6, 2023, it was released in the United States by A24
The film marks the studio’s first musical film
Two business adversaries who realize they’re identical twin brothers decide to switch places to reunite their divorced parents so they all can become an actual family again
In June 2016, 20th Century Fox was set to produce a film adaptation of Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson’s two-man musical F***ing Identical Twins
With Sharp and Jackson writing the script
And Peter Chernin’s production company for Fox
In February 2022, A24 acquired the film after Fox merged with Disney
With Chernin Entertainment still attached to produce and co-finance the film
And Larry Charles was set to direct
Larry Charles is the director of films such as Borat, Bruno and The Dictator
On February 17, 2022, Sharp and Jackson were set to reprise their roles and Megan Thee Stallion, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, and Bowen Yang joined the cast
In February 2022, Sharp, Jackson and Karl Saint Lucy wrote new songs for the film
Marius de Vries was the film’s music producer
Fiora Cutler was the music supervisor
Most of the vocal performances for the musical numbers were recorded live on set instead of the traditional method of lip-syncing to pre-recorded tracks
It had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2023, where it won the People’s Choice Award for Midnight Madness
It was released in the United States by A24 on October 6, 2023
It was previously scheduled to be released on September 29, 2023
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 75% rating
Based on 48 critics’ reviews
With an average rating of 6/10
The website’s consensus reads: “From its eyebrow-raising title to its gleefully provocative humor, talented cast, and catchy songs, Dicks: The Musical is a cult movie in the making”
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 58 out of 100
Based on 20 critics
Indicating “mixed or average” reviews
The film has earned thus far over 220.000 $