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Late Beastie Boy's film company, Oscilloscope Laboratories, carries on his legacy.

By Fallon Prinzivalli

Adam Yauch in 1999

Photo: Mick Hutson/ Getty Images

With the news Friday that Beastie Boy Adam Yauch lost his battle with cancer, distraught fans turned up "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)" and remembered the rapper's incredible musical accomplishments. But those of us with an eye on movies remember McA's contributions to the film industry as well.

With countless Beastie songs featured on movie soundtracks, including J.J. Abram's "Star Trek" and Marvel's "Iron Man 2," there's no doubt the group as a whole had success in film. But Yauch took it a step further when he dove into directing documentaries and shorts, including "Fight for Your Right Revisited," his 2011 Sundance Film Festival debut that acted as a sequel to the hip-hop trio's 1987 music video.

Most notably, however, Yauch launched the indie production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories.

Late Beastie Boy's film company, Oscilloscope Laboratories, carries on his legacy.

By Fallon Prinzivalli

Adam Yauch in 1999

Photo: Mick Hutson/ Getty Images

With the news Friday that Beastie Boy Adam Yauch lost his battle with cancer, distraught fans turned up "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)" and remembered the rapper's incredible musical accomplishments. But those of us with an eye on movies remember McA's contributions to the film industry as well.

With countless Beastie songs featured on movie soundtracks, including J.J. Abram's "Star Trek" and Marvel's "Iron Man 2," there's no doubt the group as a whole had success in film. But Yauch took it a step further when he dove into directing documentaries and shorts, including "Fight for Your Right Revisited," his 2011 Sundance Film Festival debut that acted as a sequel to the hip-hop trio's 1987 music video.

Most notably, however, Yauch launched the indie production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories.

'This is a very tricky cancer,' says head and neck cancer specialist Dr. Spiro Manolidis.

By Gil Kaufman

Adam Yauch

Photo: Getty Images

Ever since Beastie Boys member Adam "McA" Yauch was diagnosed with cancer of the parotid gland, a salivary gland in the throat in 2009, the rapper kept an upbeat attitude in public about his chances of beating the disease.

Unfortunately, Yauch, 47, wasn't able to win his three-year battle and died on Friday after several years spent out of the spotlight as he struggled to regain his health. Spokespeople for Yauch have not revealed what the cause of death was, but according to Dr. Spiro Manolidis, a head and neck cancer specialist in the Department of Otolaryngology at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, it is not unusual for this type of cancer to turn deadly.

"This is a very tricky cancer," said Manolidis, who did not treat Yauch,...

It was with great sadness today that we read of the tragic passing of Adam Yauch at the age of just 47. As a member of the Beastie Boys, Yauch was an icon of American music, and for the last decade his involvement with Oscilloscope Laboratories, the film company he co-founded, made him a beloved figure within U.S. independent cinema.

Until earlier this year, Yauch was an Ifp board member, and on the Ifp website Executive Director Joana Vicente offers the following tribute:

On behalf of the Ifp staff and board of directors, we are deeply saddened by the passing of former board member Adam Yauch. Adam was an incredibly talented and passionate individual who brought a special uniqueness to the Ifp. Adam supported the work of different filmmakers with different perspectives, many of whose voices would not otherwise be heard. He wholly embraced Ifp’s mission and was an...

Beastie Boys co-founder and all around musical mastermind Adam Yauch has passed away from cancer today. Yauch was involved with many creative endevours and causes over the years, and his interest in film saw him co-founding Oscilloscope Laboratories. In 2011 he directed the B-Boys homage Fight for Your Right Revisited, which we're now showing on Mubi for free. Watch it here.

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In the last few years of his too-short life, you were as likely to find Adam Yauch, a.k.a. McA of the Beastie Boys, on the red carpet of a film festival as in the studio or onstage. As happens with many artists who find success at an early age, Yauch found new outlets for his talents, and they amounted to much more than mere hobbies. Sure, we’re blasting Beastie tunes nonstop in the hours after we learned of his death at age 47 today, but we’re also looking back at his non-musical accomplishments too.

Nathaniel Hornblower, The Director

As his alter ego Hornblower, a Swiss goat herder, Yauch directed a number of Beastie Boys videos, and quite memorably stormed the stage in costume at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards to protest Spike Jones’ not getting the Moonman for “Sabotage.” He was also rather outspoken in other outlets,...

Here's a real bummer of a headline that I didn't expect to be reading today. Adam Yauch, perhaps better known as McA of the Beastie Boys and the Swiss filmmaker Nathaniel Hornblower, has lost his battle with cancer and passed away. He had been diagnosed with cancer in a salivary gland and a lymph node back in 2009; his treatment delayed the release of the Beastie Boys album Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 and kept them from touring in support of it. Everything we had heard in the preceding months, however, seemed to be positive with his band members remaining hopeful that he would recover. However, when the Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month, Yauch did not attend. I guess we should have known something was up. He was 47 years old The news definitely came as a shock to me, and having just watched the documentary Marley,...

After nearly three years of struggling with cancer, filmmaker and Beastie Boys rapper McA, otherwise known as Adam Yauch, has died at the age of 48.

According to Rolling Stone, Yauch, one of the three members of the long-lived punk-turned-hip-hop band, was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 after a tumor was discovered on his salivary gland.

In addition to co-founding the Beastie Boys in 1979 with Mike Diamond and Adam Horowitz, Yauch had a long-standing involvement in the movie scene. He has more than 30 soundtrack credits on films like "Baby Mama," "17 Again," "Horrible Bosses" and "Iron Man 2," and also wrote, directed, produced and appeared in films and documentaries.

His first Hollywood effort was directing a 1989 short film called "Shadrach," which promoted the band's song of the same name. He went on to direct and produce the "Beastie Boys: Video Anthology," a 2008 high school sports documentary called "Gunnin' for That #1 Spot," and last...

MTV News looks at the best Beastie clips of all time, including ones directed by McA (or Nathanial Hornblower) himself.

By Gil Kaufman

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

Photo: Ron Galella/ Getty Images

There are bands that make great music and others that make great videos. But there is a rare breed of act that makes both. Since their very earliest days, the Beastie Boys were in that latter category.

From the frat-boy fun of 1986's "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)" video to what will likely be their final clip, a 2011 all-star clip to promote the Hot Sauce Committee Part Two single "Make Some Noise" and the "Fight for Your Right Revisited" film, the B-Boys not only had fun, they made sure we did too.

With the passing of Adam Yauch (a.k.a. McA) on Friday (May 4) at age 47 following a three-year battle with cancer, MTV News...

Nas, Cee Lo, Jack Black, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and more remember the Beastie Boys' McA.

By Jocelyn Vena

Adam Yauch in 1999

Photo: Mick Hutson/ Getty Images

Soon after news broke of Beastie Boys rapperAdam Yauch's death following a three-year long battle with cancer, A-listers from the world of hip-hop and elsewhere in the music industry began flooding Twitter with their memories of the influential Mc.

Eminem noted the impact McA and the Beasties had on his career. "Adam Yauch brought a lot of positivity into the world and I think it's obvious to anyone how big of an influence the Beastie Boys were on me and so many others," Em said in a statement to MTV News. "They are trailblazers and pioneers and Adam will be sorely missed. My thoughts and prayers are with his family, Mike D., and Ad-Rock.

Nas — who worked with the group...

Beastie Boys rapper kept his fans in the loop over the past three years since he was diagnosed.

By John Mitchell

The Beastie Boys' Adam "McA" Yauch

Photo: Getty Images

Adam Yauch, one of the founding members of the pioneering hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys, died Friday (May 4) at the age of 47 following a long battle with throat cancer. Yauch's death has rattled the music world to its core, with tributes already pouring in from the likes of Justin Timberlake and Russell Simmons to fellow hip-hop pioneers Run-dmc.

Since his 2009 cancer diagnosis, Yauch has stayed away from the public eye, often communicating with concerned fans through email, but during a period of remission, the Grammy-winning rapper stepped forward with his bandmates to release what would be his final album with the Beastie Boys, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, and even won an MTV Video Music Award for his direction...

Beastie Boys rapper's film contributions include star-studded short "Fight For Your Right Revisited."

By Fallon Prinzivalli

The Beastie Boys at the premiere of "Awesome, I F---in Shot That!"

Photo: Getty Images

After a long bout with cancer, the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch died on Friday (May 4). The rapper's death comes as a huge blow to fans of his work with the iconic trio, but he'll also be remembered for the imprint he left on the film world.

While he's widely known as a co-founder of the Brooklyn hip-hop group, McA was an accomplished director and producer, and his music is featured on an array of popular music soundtracks. The Hollywood community took to Twitter this afternoon to share their thoughts, with Ben Stiller tweeting, "So sad that Adam Yauch is gone. A truly great musician & filmmaker. He stood for integrity as an artist. What a loss. He was a very good man.

Beastie Boys rapper's film contributions include star-studded short "Fight For Your Right Revisited."

By Fallon Prinzivalli

The Beastie Boys at the premiere of "Awesome, I F---in Shot That!"

Photo: Getty Images

After a long bout with cancer, the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch died on Friday (May 4). The rapper's death comes as a huge blow to fans of his work with the iconic trio, but he'll also be remembered for the imprint he left on the film world.

While he's widely known as a co-founder of the Brooklyn hip-hop group, McA was an accomplished director and producer, and his music is featured on an array of popular music soundtracks. The Hollywood community took to Twitter this afternoon to share their thoughts, with Ben Stiller tweeting, "So sad that Adam Yauch is gone. A truly great musician & filmmaker. He stood for integrity as an artist. What a loss. He was a very good man.

Since Lord of the Rings, the actor has avoided big-budget epics. But now he's reprising his hobbit role and starring in a lavish Treasure Island adaptation

Is that the Ring? Around the ring finger of Elijah Wood's right hand is a band of silver with strange lettering on it – probably Elvish. As a reward for his lead hobbiting services in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, director Peter Jackson reportedly gave Wood the original Ring. And he still wears it. Doesn't he?

"No. This is Hebrew, " he says, twirling the ring around his finger. "I know, it has a kind of a similar look to it."

Oh.

"I do have the Ring, but it's not inscribed, and it's gold. But I don't think it's real gold – gold-plated. But, no, I don't wear it. I keep it in a little box." Not on a chain around his neck? "I carried it for a long time,...

Jay-z and Kanye West's debut Throne performance and Katy Perry's Moonman haul also make a huge impact.

By Ryan J. Downey

Beyoncé on stage at the 2011 VMAs

Photo: FilmMagic

Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and Beyoncé onstage together; Gaga kicking off the show in drag backed by a legendary rock guitarist; Adele pitting a stripped-down stage show against the likes of surprise performers Jay-z and Kanye West's pyrotechnics; and legendary grunge trio Nirvana name-checked by Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and Chris Brown like it was 1991.

It was, of course, the 2011 VMAs. And women ruled the night.

Five of the eight televised awards (including, of course, Best Female Video) went to strong females: Video of the Year (Katy Perry), Best Pop Video (Britney), Best Hip-Hop Video (Nicki Minaj), Best Collaboration (Perry, with Kanye) and Best Female Video (Gaga).

Speaking of Gaga, her Jo Calderone alter ego introduced on...

Video of the Year nominee is packed with characters from the Beasties' past.

By James Montgomery

Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride in the Beastie Boy's "Make Some Noise" video

Photo: Capitol

If they've been anything over the course of their near-30-year career, the Beastie Boys have always been thorough, the kind of band that derives some sort of perverse pleasure from peppering their music with a sundry of pop-culture references, inside jokes and exhaustively sought, expertly placed samples.

And because of that, they've managed to create their own rather insular world, the kind of place where Mantan Moreland hangs out with Ted Danson, where Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" rubs elbows with Les Baxter's "Prelude in C# Minor." And luckily for all of us, each time they release an album, they pull the curtain back slightly, and invite us in for a drink. So it's...

Spike Jonze-directed clip features action-figure alter egos, a Yeti and Santigold.

By Gil Kaufman

The Beastie Boys' Ad Rock as an action figure in "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win"

Photo: Beastieboys.com

The Beastie Boys have donned plenty of disguises in their videos over the years, playing everything from cheesy cops to futuristic sanitation workers and famous Hollywood actors in their famed "Fight for Your Right Revisited" mini-movie.

But they break new territory in the "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" clip, which premiered on Monday night. The Spike Jonze joint draws inspiration from such diverse sources as "Robot Chicken," the 1960s "In Like Flint" spy spoof movies, "Toy Story," "Shaun of the Dead" and low-rent homemade YouTube videos.

Longtime pal and collaborator Jonze ("Where the Wild Things Are") sends up tough-guy action-hero legend G.I. Joe in the clip, which finds the...

Subject: Jack Black, 41-year old actor and musician

Date of Assessment: May 25, 2011

Positive Buzzwords: Frat pack, voice work

Negative Buzzwords: Limited range, annoying

The Case: Not too terribly long ago, Dustin predicted that, between Year One and Gulliver's Travels, Jack Black's career would almost certainly soon be over. One can only hope this is the case, for any actor who has appeared in such classics as Bongwater, Johnny Skidmarks, and some straight-to-video movie called Laser Fart shouldn't have achieved the mainstream Hollywood success that Jack Black has somehow enjoyed until recently.

And yet...

About ten years ago, Jack Black had already been puttering around Hollywood for a good decade or so, but it was High Fidelity that really brought him mainstream attention. And although High Fidelity is a film beloved by many (and has spawned many mixtapes), it inadvertently kick started Black's ascent into quasi-superstardom. Soon after, he was...

Subject: Will Farrell, 42-year old American actor and (alleged) comedian

Date of Assessment: May 11, 2011

Positive Buzzwords: "SNL"

Negative Buzzwords: Played out, overexposed

The Case: As an upfront disclosure, I must admit that Will Ferrell is not really my kind of comedian although, in his "SNL" capacity, he was actually pretty funny at times during the Janet Reno, George W. Bush, Alex Trebek, ridiculous male cheerleader, and even the Roxbury brother skits. As far as post-"SNL" careers go, Ferrell has enjoyed a pretty extended run. While he's no Bill Murray or Steve Martin, well, who is? The thing is, comedians rarely last too terribly long, no matter their shtick. To survive, they simply have to be able to revamp their images periodically, and Ferrell has already tried his hand a drama a few times in movies such as Stranger Than Fiction and Winter Passing. This weekend, he'll attempt to take...

With Hot Sauce Committee, Part Two just out, we look back to when the first batch was overdone.

By Gil Kaufman

Beastie Boys in 2009

Photo: MTV News

The last time the Beastie Boys were contemplating the release of a new batch of their lyrical and funktastic goodness, they were anticipating the inauguration of President Obama and searching for inspiration in those four crucial letters: H-o-p-e.

"I'd say indirectly he has inspired us," a bundled-up Ad-Rock told MTV News back on January 9, 2009, 11 days before Obama took the oath of office. "You know, with hope brings a sort of sense of fun and some type of pleasure and I feel like we have had a pleasurable amount of fun recording our new record."

And while they didn't quite have their political moves down — Ad-Rock's answer to former President Clinton's signature emphatic thumbs-up was a kind of Howie Mandel-esque "come give daddy...

Even though they were still openers on Run-dmc's tour, the Beastie Boys had big plans, as you can see in this classic MTV News clip.

By James Montgomery

Beastie Boys in 1986

Photo: MTV News

In the summer of '86, the Beastie Boys toured the U.S. (aboard Elvis' old tour bus) as opening acts on Run-dmc's now-legendary Raising Hell Tour. At the time, they had just a handful of singles to their credit ("Hold It, Now Hit It," "She's On It," etc.) and were still months away from the release of their breakout album, License to Ill, but you wouldn't have known it from the way they handled themselves during interviews. They had — to use a phrase that carried absolutely no cultural significance during the meaty years of the Reagan administration — a fair amount of swag.

How do we know? Because MTV News covered the Raising Hell trek to no end,...

Update A couple days ago The Beastie Boys put up the International Version on YouTube. You can find it embedded below. Play the spot the celebrity game with us. Adam Yauch's short film Fight For Your Right Revisited - featuring an all star cast including Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood, Ted Danson, Robert Downey Jr, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, John C Reilly and more - is now available in its entirety for your viewing pleasure. Which is awesome. Except that it's being hosted by MTV who seem to think this is of interest only to people in the Us, which is significantly less awesome. Because I'm not. I can get the embed code and put it in this post - which I have - but...

The internet was served a teaser yesterday when the new Beastie Boys video for their song "Make Some Noise" hit. The reason why it was so tantalizing is because the video is actually a segment of Fight For Your Right Revisited, a short film that may be the most star-studded half-hour of all time. Now, through legal channels, the full movie has arrived. Hosted on Hulu (big apology goes out to our international readers), the short was written and directed by Adam Yauch (better known as McA) and features Danny McBride, Elijah Wood and Seth Rogen as the 80s version of the B-Boys as they run into their feature selves, played by Jack Black, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. The film first played at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, but with the release of the new B-boys album Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 coming up on May...

Oscilloscope Laboratories Image from “Fight for Your Right Revisited”

The new Beastie Boys video, “Fight For Your Right Revisited,” features smashed glass, erupting beer cans and more celebrity cameos than a season of “Entourage” and “Sesame Street” combined.

Last night in New York, a big-screen showing of the full 30-minute version of the video (or is it a short film?) was a much quieter affair by comparison. At the IFC Center in Greenwich Village–where Beastie Boys was misspelled on...

AudioPlayer.setup("http://www.nerve.com/files/players/audio/player.swf", { width: 350 }); If you enjoyed yesterday's half-hour Beastie Boys short, "Fight For Your Right Revisited," be sure to check out these two exclusive snippets of the new Beastie Boys album, Hot Sauce Committee Part 2: 1) "Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament" MP3 AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_1", {soundFile: "/files/media/beastieboys/Multilateral Nuclear Disarmen.15 Sec.mov.mp3"}); 2) "Tadlock's Glasses" MP3 AudioPlayer.embed("audioplayer_2", {soundFile: "/files/media/beastieboys/Tadlock's Glasses.15 Sec.mov.mp3"}); While these clips are short, they show off a nice diversity next to the (awesome) first single, "Make Some Noise." If you've forgotten what that one sounds like, listen again below. What do you think? Will Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 be an admirable work of elder statesmanship (a la Hello Nasty) [...]...

Following the premiere of their "Make Some Noise" music video which was meant as a second teaser of their mini movie "Fight for Your Right Revisited", Beastie Boys debuted the film in full on Thursday, April 21. The star-studded movie is to celebrate their 25 year-anniversary, featuring the likes of Elijah Wood, Seth Rogen, Jack Black and Will Ferrell.

Elijah and Seth, along with Danny McBride, play the younger versions of Mike D, Adam "McA" Yauch, and Ad-Rock. In one of the scenes, they are seen engaged in an epic dance battle with Jack and Will who play their future selves along with John C. Reilly.

The mini movie, directed by Yauch, additionally features the likes of Susan Sarandon, Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst and Amy Poehler. It will be followed by the release of Beastie Boys' new album "Hot Sauce Committee Part.2" which is due in the United States on May...

Here is the Beastie Boys full-lenght short film/music video called Fight For Your Right Revisited. The film was written and directed by Adam Yauch. The movie stars Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, Elijah Wood, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, and Jack Black. This awesome cast will tell the story of what happens after the epic party in their classic 1987 music video for (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party).

Here’s the official description of the film:

Fight For Your Right Revisited (Director and Screenwriter: Adam Yauch) – After the boys leave the party… Cast: Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Jack Black.

Check out the trailer here and watch the full film below:

I think the film is pretty funny, but at times drags on a bit. I do love the Beastie Boys and the actors involved so it's cool to see them in this film.

Edit down Adam "McA" Yauch's 30-minute "Fight For Your Right Revisited to just over five minutes, and the result is a music video for the Beastie Boys' new "Make Some Noise." The track -- culled from "Hot Sauce Committeee Part 2" -- debuted earlier this month, and was prominently featured in the Sundance-picked short film. Now it's time to get down to marbles, and those marbles are famous friends. About a dozen prominent actors from Will Arnett, Steve Buscemi, Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, Jack Black, Will Farrell and Orlando Bloom show up in the clip, with Elijah Wood, Jonah HIll and...

We were pretty curious and more than slightly excited when it was announced that Elijah Wood, Seth Rogen and Danny McBride would play the Beastie Boys in a short film called Fight For Your Right Revisited. The film picks up as the Beasties sneak out of the party they crashed in the 1986 '(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)' video, and then carries on along a ridiculous path of destruction and minor mayhem that, somehow, ends with two incarnations of the Beasties in a dance-off that turns into a very literal pissing match. (So, yeah, perhaps consider this one Nsfw.) The short premiered at SXSW and aired last night on MTV and Comedy Central, and now the whole thing is online. Check it out after the break. The movie represents a stab by the modern Beastie Boys at coming to terms with the mid-'80s Beasties (the...

Star-studded film is packed with nods to the Beasties' past and present.

By James Montgomery

John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell and Jack Black in the "Fight For Your Right Revisited" video

Photo: Capitol Records

By now, you've probably watched — and subsequently re-watched — the Beastie Boys' new "Fight For Your Right Revisited" film, which premiered at midnight Thursday morning (April 21) on MTV2, mtvU, VH1 Classic and Palladia.

In theory, it's a tongue-in-cheek retrospective on the Beasties' early License To Ill days, picking up where their sublimely stoopid "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)" video left off, following Mike D, Ad-Rock and McA — as played by Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride, respectively — on a drunken spree that culminates in an epic dance battle against their future selves (John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell and Jack Black, just in case you're keeping score at home). But really, it works...

At the somewhat curious time of 3 a.m last night, the Beastie Boys's new short film, Fight For Your Right Revisited, was released on Comedy Central. The cast includes pretty much everyone on earth (Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, John C. Reilly, and many others). The film, released in three pieces online, is one part music video, one part promo, and one part sheer boasting about all the Boys' very awesome friends. It will play in all its glory on MTV, MTV Tr3s, and Spike TV April 30th, and will also be available online on all major music websites (in one piece) on April 29th. Check it out below.  [Update: Videos appear to be down. [...]...

Beastie Boys have just debuted a music video for their latest single "Make Some Noise". It features A-list cameos like Seth Rogen and Elijah Wood. The former channels his inner rap star, rocking a black fedora and shades, and finishing off his look with some huge bling-blings. The latter, meanwhile, goes more casual with red T-shirt and matching cap.

The music video is clipped from Beastie Boys' mini movie "Fight for Your Right Revisited" which is released to celebrate their 25 year-anniversary of their career. The full film will have more celebs ranging from Susan Sarandon, Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst and Amy Poehler.

"Make Some Noise" is the first single from "Hot Sauce Committee Part.2" which is slated for United States release on May 3. Featuring Nas and Santigold, the CD reportedly was supposed to be released in 2010 under the title "Hot Sauce Committee Part.1", but it got delayed due to...

New clip is cut from the group's 'Fight for Your Right Revisited' short film.

By James Montgomery

Seth Rogen and Elijah Wood in the Beastie Boys' "Fight For Your Right Revisted" video

Photo: Capitol

It's practically unfathomable to think that the Beastie Boys' License to Ill (a.k.a. "the first album I ever bought on cassette tape") turns 25 this year.

After all, it seems like the kind of thing that should never age, mostly because it gave us the quintessential "sublimely stoopid" video of the 1980s: "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)." The clip was a classic ode to festivity that, whether it intended to or not (probably not) also managed to sum up so much of the decade so well — the vapidity, the inebriation, the wearing of hood ornaments on gold chains. It doesn't deserve to get old; rather, it should be...

With 'Fight' short film set to premiere Wednesday (April 20), here's a look back at the beer-soaked history of the 1986 video.

By James Montgomery

Adam Yauch, Ricky Powell and Mike D in 1986

Photo: MTV News

You get the feeling that, back in their hell-raising License To Ill heyday, the Beastie Boys derived some sort of perverse pleasure from blindsiding unsuspecting interviewers with profanities or non sequiturs. Or at least by dumping beer on them.

Sufficed to say, they've mellowed some in recent years (their vocabulary has improved, too), but back in the day, the Beasties lived to torment the media, and they did so by any means necessary.

Take, for example, this rather revelatory bit of tape shot on December 31, 1986, at MTV's 6th annual "Rock 'N Roll New Year's Eve Ball" (a party so huge that both Brian Setzer and the Georgia Satellites were in attendance). In it, a poor MTV...

The Beastie Boys have announced that their short film Fight For Your Right Revisited will premiere Wednesday night on VH1. The 22-minute film project features appearances from Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, Jack Black, Danny McBride, John C. Reilly, Susan Sarandon, Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Stars including David Cross, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Elijah Wood, Jason Schwartzman, Adam Scott, and Rainn Wilson also appear. Beastie Boys member Adam Yaught directed (more)...

While this writer appears to be in the minority who didn't think the trailer for the Beastie Boys short "Fight For Your Right Revisited" was all that and a bag of chips, the rest of you will happy to know that it's now coming to a small screen near you. Set your DVRs because tonight, at midnight, on VH1 the rest of us who couldn't make it to Sundance where it premiered will get our first look at "Fight For Your Right Revisited." Boasting a stupidly huge cast including Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly,…...

Are you ready to fight for you rights? The Beastie Boys have announced that the short film "Fight For Your Right Revisited" will debut on VH1 tomorrow night.

The 22-minute film, which features an impressively star-studded cast including David Cross, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Elijah Wood, Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, Jack Black, Danny McBride, John C. Reilly, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Adam Scott, and Rainn Wilson will air on April 20th at 12:00 a.m. Et. So stay up late or set your DVR now. Based on the trailer they released fans can expect a lot of goofy fun from the rap trio and their friends.

The best part of this news is that it gives us a great excuse to re-post the trailer for "Fight For Your Right Revisited" and watch it over and over:...

The Beastie Boys have gone from being rap rebels to having the biggest rolodex in Hollywood.

The legendary hip hop group, who shot to fame with their 1986 record "License to Ill," put together a 30-minute short film, "Fight For Your Right Revisited," based on that album's smash hit single, "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)." And its cast list puts any big screen blockbuster to shame.

Danny McBride, Elijah Wood and Seth Rogen star as the Beasties, with Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly mirroring them as their older selves. Stanley Tucci and Susan Sarandon play annoyed adults who just had their house smashed in by a party. And then the rest of Hollywood puts in cameos, too.

A running tally of the big screen talents appearing in the film, which will be released on May 3rd in conjunction with the Beastie Boys' new album,...

We're but ten days away from the premiere of HBO's long-awaited new drama "Game of Thrones." For a show that already has a built-in audience, there's been plenty to tide fans and intrigued viewers over.

In addition to showing the first fourteen minutes of the debut episode of the saga, you can kill some time until next Sunday by checking out this 25-minute documentary which chronicles the behind-the-scenes magic of the series. The clip features everything from more detailed backgrounds about the characters to how they train the animals used in the show.

Check out the rest of Friday's biggest news in Hollywood, including the bad-ass trailer for "Fight For Your Right" Revisited, Will Ferrell spilling "Office" gossip, Dave Franco's "21 Jump Street" casting and a new, sexy thriller from Joe Eszterhas.

You Gotta (Watch) "Fight For Your Right Revisited"

For any Beastie Boys fan, this is a must. The...

Ch-check this out. The superstars of comedy have aligned for the 30-minute short film Fight For Your Right Revisited, an homage to the Beastie Boys' epic 1987 classic, in which a who's who of belly-laugh-inducing stars play various past and present versions of the Mike D, Ad-Rock and McA. The film is due out in full sometime in the next few weeks in advance of the group's highly anticipated album, Hot Sauce Committee Part II, though the official trailer was released just yesterday. So who pops up? Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, John C. Reilly, Jack Black, Danny McBride, Will Arnett, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, Jason Schwartzman, Elijah Wood (who knew he pulled such a mean Ad-Rock?), Ted Danson,...

The Beastie Boys have bowed a new two minute-long trailer for "Fight For Your Right Revisited," the film Adam "McA" Yauch premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. This, on the heels of the rap troupe debuting their new song "Make Some Noise" earlier this week. The 30-minute short features Elijah Wood, Danny McBride and Seth Rogen playing the trio from their legendary "Fight for Your Right (To Party)" music video, while Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilley play the older version of the Beasties, returning from the future to teach the younger versions of themselves. As...

On Thursday, much to the delight of Stanley Tucci enthusiasts and students of meta-comedy the world over, the Beastie Boys premiered a teaser clip for "Fight For Your Right Revisited," their short film that chronicles the events that transpired following their epochal 1987 video of the same name (or, as the B-Boys put it, "the long-ass video thing.")

Featuring appearances by pretty much everybody — Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Jack Black, Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, Susan Sarandon, the aforementioned Tucci and Seth Rogen, to name just a few — it's most certainly a celebrified thing, but it also manages to rise above the usual cameo crap-heap by being really clever, too, filled with wink-wink nods to the Beastie's past, Ferrell's legendary "More Cowbell!" "SNL" sketch, and even the late, lamented "Arrested Development" ("Come On!")

In short, it's everything you could possibly want from a celeb-heavy clip, but is that enough to...

Danny McBride, Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and John C. Reilly star as past and future Beastie Boys.

By Gil Kaufman

Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride in the "Fight for Your Right Revisited" trailer

Photo: Capitol Records

Adam Horovitz must throw some epic pool parties. That's one of the major takeaways from the two-minute trailer released on Thursday for the Beastie Boys' celebrity-packed short film "Fight for Your Right Revisited."

The trailer dropped just as fans got their second taste of Beastie goodness from the group's upcoming Hot Sauce Committee Part Two album (due out May 3), the funktastic throwback jam "Make Some Noise."

One of the short's stars, "Your Highness" star Danny McBride, broke down the action for MTV News a few months ago at Sundance, dishing on his portrayal of B-Boy McA alongside Elijah Woods' Ad-Rock and Seth Rogen's Mike D after the film's debut.

Danny McBride, Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and John C. Reilly star as past and future Beastie Boys.

By Gil Kaufman

Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride in the "Fight for Your Right Revisited" trailer

Photo: Capitol Records

Adam Horovitz must throw some epic pool parties. That's one of the major takeaways from the two-minute trailer released on Thursday for the Beastie Boys' celebrity-packed short film "Fight for Your Right Revisited."

The trailer dropped just as fans got their second taste of Beastie goodness from the group's upcoming Hot Sauce Committee Part Two album (due out May 3), the funktastic throwback jam "Make Some Noise."

One of the short's stars, "Your Highness" star Danny McBride, broke down the action for MTV News a few months ago at Sundance, dishing on his portrayal of B-Boy McA alongside Elijah Woods' Ad-Rock and Seth Rogen's Mike D after the film's debut.

Judging by the trailer to the Beastie Boys' "long ass video thing" -- otherwise known as "Fight For Your Right Revisited" -- McA's short film that recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival, the group clearly has one of the deepest contact lists in the game.

The quasi-sequel to "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)" sees John C. Reilly, Will Ferrell and Jack Black as Beasties from the future who travel back in time to square off against current-day Beasties Elijah Wood, Seth Rogen and Danny McBride.

Look for additional appearances by Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, Ted Danson and Will Arnett, among others, as the younger version of the guys, adept at drinking Budweisers, hooking up with girls and destroying all that is good and holy, scrap it up with their older, bloated selves. Yeah, we can't really wait for this.

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Directed by Adam Yauch

Written by Adam Yauch

2010, USA

Back in 1986, The Beastie Boys released Licensed to Ill to rave reviews. Rolling Stone magazine printed the now-famous headline, “Three Idiots Create a Masterpiece.” Licensed to Ill became the best selling rap album of the 1980s and the first rap album to go #1 on the Billboard album chart, where it stayed for five weeks. It was Def Jam’s fastest selling debut record to date and sold over five million copies. The first single from the album, “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)”, reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the video (directed by Ric Menello) became an MTV staple.

Fast forward twenty five years. Adam Yauch (better known as McA from the seminal hip-hop trio) arrives at Sundance with his short film Fight for Your Right Revisited, a twenty minute showcase for a handful...

The first trailer has been released for the upcoming thirty-minute short Fight for Your Right (Revisited). Click on the video below for your first glimpse at Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, and Elijah Wood portraying the influential rap group The Beastie Boys. This video is restricted to viewers over the age of 18.

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Fight for Your Right (Revisited) takes a look at the making of the Beastie Boys music video Fight For Your Right (To Party). Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, and Jack Black also star in the short.

Fight for Your Right (Revisited) comes to theaters in 2011 and stars Danny McBride, Elijah Wood, Seth Rogen. The film is directed by Adam Yauch.

We here in the movie news section typically don't post too much about short films, but an exception can be made in this case. Fight for Your Right Revisited is a short film by writer/director Adam Yauch, but the fact that it's a short about the rap trio known as the Beastie Boys is only half of the reason why it's cool. The other half is because it stars the likes of Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Jack Black, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon, Will Arnett, Steve Buscemi, Rainn Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, and about a thousand other names you know and love. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival back in January, the short - which clocks in at 30 minutes - is set to be released in conjunction with the release of the Beastie Boys' new album, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, on...

The Beastie Boys have a new album coming out which means their star-studded short film, "Fight For Your Right Revisited," will now be readied for public consumption following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last month. Boasting a stupidly huge cast including Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Jack Black, Susan Sarandon, Jason Schwartzman, Will Arnett, Danny McBride, Stanley Tucci, Chloe Sevigny and a shit ton more, the film appears to be some kind of battle between future and present versions of the Beastie Boys. But you know what? For all the talent assembled…...

Long-awaited album will drop May 3, Adam Yauch and Mike D announce.

By Gil Kaufman

The Beastie Boys' <I>Hot Sauce Committee Part Two</I>

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After several delays caused by member Adam Yauch's cancer battle, the Beastie Boys are ready to unleash their long-awaited Hot Sauce Committee Part Two album.

Yauch made the announcement Sunday on the band's official website, writing, "Since the dawn of time, and perhaps even before, there was a silent order who were tasked with a mission. They held their secret tightly. On May 3rd the Hot Sauce Committee Part Two will be unleashed on the general public. Hold fast ye heathens."

Mike D followed up on Monday with a post that revealed the album's cover art, a series of colorful geometric shapes that looks like a pixilated collage.

As previously reported, the track listing for the group's seventh studio album is: "Tadlock's Glasses," "B-Boys In The Cut,...