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{{Infobox film
| name = The Devil Dared Me To
| image = The Devil - Movie Poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Chris Stapp]]
| writer = Chris Stapp<br>[[Matt Heath (actor)|Matt Heath]]
| producer = Matt Heath, Karl Zohrab
| starring = Chris Stapp<br />Matt Heath<br />[[Bonnie Soper]]<br />[[Dominic Bowden]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| music = [[Peter Hobbs (Composer)|Peter Hobbs]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2007|10|11}}
| runtime = 77 minutes
| country = New Zealand
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''The Devil Dared Me To''''' is a [[New Zealand film]] written by and starring [[Chris Stapp]] and [[Matt Heath (actor)|Matt Heath]]. The film revolves around a fictional stuntman, Randy Cambell, who aspires to be the greatest living [[New Zealand]]er in that profession. The character was first developed as the stuntman in Stapp and Heath's ''[[Back of the Y Masterpiece Television]]''.

Stapp told the ''[[New Zealand Listener]]'': "Our aim is to make the greatest New Zealand film since ''[[Goodbye Pork Pie]]''".<ref>{{cite web | title = Upfront: Chris Stapp and Matt Heath | work = The New Zealand Listener | url = http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3451/features/6429/chris_stapp_matt_heath.html;jsessionid=DE1197EEA7DFF6B9A615ABD95F74741E}}</ref>

The film was released in theatres across New Zealand on 11 October 2007. The film grossed $93,950 after four days on 35 screens to rank sixth on the week's box office top 20; after seven days, it had earned $127,320, and earned another $52,000 over Labour Weekend.<ref>[http://www.archivesearch.co.nz/?webid=ONF&articleid=28193 OnFilm]</ref>

==NZFC support==
In May 2006, Devil Limited Ltd received a total of $859,314 from the New Zealand Film Commission to produce the film. This included full blow-up from HD acquisition and sound-post to digital-dolby 35mm in support the film's NZ multi-plex release strategy.<ref>NZFC, [http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/getattachment/5bf51730-6e2b-4bae-a977-b77276cf47d7/NZFC_Feature_Film_Productions_1990_2009_budgets_an.aspx].</ref>

==Release==
''The Devil Dared Me To'' had its world premiere at [[SXSW]] and screened at over 20 International Film Festivals. It has sold to Wild Bunch for the United Kingdom, [[Vivendi]] for the United States and Boll AG for the rest of the world.

''The Devil Dared Me To'' is rated R16 in New Zealand for sex scenes, violence, drug use and offensive language.

==Cast==
*[[Chris Stapp]] as Randy Cambell
*[[Matt Heath (actor)|Matt Heath]] as Dick Johansonson
*[[Bonnie Soper]] as Tracy 'Tragedy' Jones
*[[Andrew Beattie (actor)|Andrew Beattie]] as Spanner's Dad
*[[Phil Brough]] as Spanners Watson
*[[Ria Vandervis]] as Cindy Cockburn
*[[Dominic Bowden]] as Sheldon Snake
*[[Zach Baker]] as Kid Randy
*[[Nicholas Houltham]] as Kid Spanners
*[[Floyd Alexander-Hunt]] as Kid Tracy
*[[Ross Harper]] as Uncle Norm
*[[Cameron Rhodes]] as Butler

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0970529|The Devil Dared Me To}}

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[[Category:New Zealand comedy films]]
[[Category:2007 comedy films]]
[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:Films about stunt performers]]
[[Category:2000s English-language films]]

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