Jackass: The Movie (2002)

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Premise

The movie, simply, follows the original Jackass format of grown men performing dangerous stunts and pulling hidden-camera pranks on the unsuspecting public. This time, however, the jokes have the potential of being even more vulgar and dangerous due to the lack of censors. The film focuses on brand new bits, some unfit for television, as well as continuations on classic Jackass pranks.

Actor Johnny Knoxville is joined by a cast of skate punks, stuntmen, and other assorted ninnies. This includes professional skateboarder Bam Margera, his fellow CKY co-star Ryan Dunn, professional clown and stuntman Steve-O and dwarf skateboarder Jason "Wee Man" Acuna. Also in the group are close friends Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Dave England, and Ehren Mcghehey. The movie also includes other Jackass regulars Rabb Himself, Rake Yohn. Brandon DiCamillo, April and Phil Margera, and Manny Puig.   The movie also includes a selection of special guests including Tony Hawk, Matt Hoffman, Rip Taylor, and Henry Rollins, to name a few.

Together, they continue bring their crazy antics to West Chester, Los Angeles, New York City, Seattle, Miami, parts of England, and even Tokyo. 

Background

"The movie is pretty much just like the show, only now we get to show whatever we want."
-Bam Margera

Following the end of the television show, Jackass: The Movie was meant to be the show's grand "farewell". This time around, however, the boys were given the freedom to film whatever they wanted without being held back by network censors. This allowed for the movie to have more vulgar stunts than those shown on the original program; something that was advertised on the film's poster.

As was the case of the show there was plenty of incompetence during filming due to the lack of experience with the new equipment. The boys experimented with different film formats, something visible during the hidden camera segments, and even ran into problems like not being able to shoot fog and lights at once. Other problems included the adjustment to treating the project like an actual film. Some members, like Bam, would go ahead and perform a stunt or other impulsive action without the direction of Tremaine.

 Ryan Dunn and Johnny Knoxville crashing during "Golf Cart Antics". Knoxville was temporarily knocked out and was feared dead by the crew.

However, there were moments of danger. Johnny Knoxville was almost killed twice during filming: both occurrences making it into the final film. One scene, removed from the theatrical version, required Knoxville to get shot with riot-control beanbags which had the potential of killing him if he were struck in the right place. Additionally, cameramen were sometimes in danger when getting certain shots, like being struck with bowling balls or being flung out of golf carts.

Other than that, the filming was like that of the actual show with only a few moments of it being done on a larger scale. The opening and closing segments incorporated special effects and used high-quality film. Additionally, make-up became a big part of the project due to the idea of the old man pranks. Later movies would incorporate Knoxville's old man character more often, since it gave him the freedom to perform the sort of pranks that the show was able to get away with in its early days, before the cast members became recognizable. 
 

Segments

Note: This list is based on the segments seen on the unrated release of the DVD and may not have been featured in the original theatrical version. Additionally, this user is unaware of what order the segments were originally in during the movie's theatrical run.
 
(*) Denotes scenes that are not listed on the DVD and/or are small bits used in-between main sketches.

	Segment
	Opening Johnny Knoxville and the rest of the gang ride inside an oversized grocery cart, on a collision course with a fruit and vegetable stand. Along the way, they are pelted by bricks, mortar, and each other's fists: all to the tune of "O Fortuna."
	Rent-a-Car Smash-Up Derby Knoxville rents a car from a leaser which converts and uses it in a demolition derby. Afterwords, he tries to take the smashed up wreck back to the company.
	Bowling Alley * Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn ride skateboards down a bowling lane.
	Muscle Stimulators Knoxville, Dave England, Chris Pontius and Ehren Mcghehey test the uses, and limits, of electric muscle stimulators.
	Fatty Fall Down Preston Lasey breaks a park bench. Because fat jokes are funny.
	Golf Cart Antics Johnny, Ryan, Bam, and Brandon Dicamillo tear up a golf course with rented golf carts.
	Party Boy Japan Pontius brings his infamous "party boy" male-stripper prank to a Tokyo electronics store.
	Karate * Jason "Wee-Man" Acuna attempts to break wooden planks with his head.
	Baby Alligator * Knoxville has his nipple bitten by a baby alligator.
	Alligator Tightrope Steve-O attempts to walk a tightrope over an alligator pool.
	Fireworks Wake-Up Bam sets off fireworks in his parent's bedroom and then in his father's van.
	Old Men *  With co-producer Spike Jonze, Knoxville and Margera prank unsuspecting people while dressed up as elderly men.
	The Shoplifter Knoxville, in disguise, tries to steal from a convenience store on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
	Hardware Store Crap Dave England goes to hardware store to defecate into a toilet on the show-floor. Beforehand, he ends up crapping in the van on the way there.
	Clipper Cam Unsuspecting cast, crew, and special guest Matt Hoffman, have patches of their hair cut out by a cameraman and his trusty razor.
	Mousetraps Ehren, dressed as a mouse, crosses a room covered in mousetraps to get some cheese.
	The Bungee Wedgie Rabb Himself jumps from a tree in a pair of underwear tethered to a bungee cord.
	Riot Control Test George Hruska, a tactical weapons expert with A.L.S. Technologies, tests a Pen-Prevent stunbag on Knoxville. This stunt was cut from the theatrical version of the film due to the potential of legal action against the producers. Because of the danger of the stunt, and unseen footage of a shot missing a nervous Knoxville, there was the possibility of reckless homicide and/or battery charges.
	The Big Cone Wee-Man hides underneath an oversized traffic cone, and then pranks unsuspecting Tokyo commuters.
	Runaway Scooter * Spike Jonze, dressed as an old man, rides his uncontrolled cart down an steep urban hill.
	Ass Kicked By Girl Dunn goes into the ring with Naoka Kumagai, a professional women's kickboxing champion.
	Tropical Pole Vaulting Steve-O vaults over random stuff down in Miami.
	Street Surfing * Ehren tries to surf over a large puddle, and then gets hit by a grocery cart. That's the joke.
	Night Pandas Knoxville, Dunn, Steve-O, Lacey and Wee-Man roam around Tokyo’s night scene dressed as pandas.
	Promise * Bam promises, since the movie is censor-free for the most part, that he will get his mom to say "fuck" by movie's end.
	Rocket Skates Knoxville tests out his bottle rocket-propelled roller skates.
	Roller Disco Truck The boys boogie down inside a moving truck, converted into a roller disco.
	Wasabi Snooters Steve-O snorts a line of wasabi paste.  Stupidity and vomiting ensues.
	Sumo Chase * Preston chases Wee-Man down a busy Tokyo street while dressed as sumo wrestlers.
	The Gong Knoxville and cameraman Rick Kosak walk around Tokyo banging a gong for random pedestrians.
	Trampoline * Steve-O jumps off a trampoline into a ceiling fan. I have the picture over there, so you probably don't need to read this.
	Bam's Mom Says "Fuck" Having promised to do so earlier in the movie, Bam manages to get his mother, April, to say "fuck" in reaction to an alligator that has been placed in her kitchen.
	Clipper Cam 2 * The cameraman, with his razor, claims Wee-Man as a victim.
	The Handrail Professional skateboarders Eric Koston and Clyde Singleton teach Knoxville how to perform a 50-50 grind.
	Jacuzzi Preston relaxes in a Jacuzzi.
	Paper Cuts Knoxville and Steve-O get paper cuts along the webbings of their fingers, toes, and lips.
	The Fortune Teller Pontius performs "party boy" for an unsuspecting street fortuneteller.
	Sweaty Fat Fucks Bam, Mat Hoffman, and Tony Hawk perform tricks while wearing fat suits.
	Old Man Weightlifter * Old Man Knoxville goes to the gym.
	Department Store Boxing Knoxville boxes California boxing champion, Butterbean, in a department store. Later, he goes to the hospital after Butterbean gives him a concussion.
	Convenience Store Knight * Brandon, dressed a knight, rides his bike into a convenience store... and into Bam.
	Whale Shark Gummer Wearing trousers filled with live shrimp, Pontius and Steve-O go out gumming for Okinawa whale sharks.
	Tidal Wave Knoxville is hit by an enormous tidal wave. Need I explain this any more?
	Off-Road Tattoo Steve-O shows off his "dumb" tattoo, then goes off-roading with Henry Rollins while getting a new one in the back of a humvee.
	Clipper Cam 3 * The cameraman stalks Ehren with the razor.
	Ass Rockets Steve-O and Pontius launch bottle rockets from places never tried before.
	BMX Tug-Of-War Dunn rides a bike tied to Preston, then attempts to jump a cactus patch.
	Scooter In Intersection * Spike Jonze, as an old man, falls asleep in a busy intersection.
	Yellow Snowcone Ehren pees into a snow cone, then eats it and then his own vomit. Ewwwww.... why?
	Wee-Man Kicks Himself in the Head * See title.
	Kicking Phil's Ass * Bam barges into the bathroom to beat up his dad.
	Golf Course Airhorn Knoxville, Ehren, and England blow an airhorn while a group of golfers attempt to tee-off.
	Cougar * One of the boys dresses in a mouse costume and provokes a cougar.
	The Burglars Bam and Knoxville, dressed as diamond thieves, fall out of an office's ceiling.
	Butt X-Ray Dunn, after Steve-O dropped out of the idea, slides a toy car into a condom, then goes to a psychian for an x-ray of the toy inside his rectum. The scene where actually Dunn inserts the car into his rectum was removed from the film to prevent an NC-17 rating.
	The End * Knoxville is launched from a catapult into a river, as Rip Taylor celebrates his "survival" and the film's end.
	End Credits  Outtakes from the film, accompanied by the names of people who worked on the film in small white print.
	The Son of Jackass In 2063, the boys return, now old men, to perform lethal stunts that kill them all; except for Steve-O.

 Unless it's a farm.