Scary Movie 4 (2006)

Director:

David Zucker

Writers (WGA):

Craig Mazin (screenplay) &
Jim Abrahams (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

14 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

They're coming. We need your support.

Plot:

Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and she has to uncover the secret in order to stop them.

Plot Keywords:

Alien Invasion | Overdose | Gay Cowboy | Gay Magazine | Oral Sex

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Anna Faris	...	Cindy
Regina Hall	...	Brenda
Craig Bierko	...	Tom
Bill Pullman	...	Henry Hale
Anthony Anderson	...	Mahalik
Leslie Nielsen	...	President Baxter Harris
Molly Shannon	...	Marilyn
Michael Madsen	...	Oliver
Chris Elliott	...	Ezekiel
Carmen Electra	...	Holly
Shaquille O'Neal	...	Shaq
Phil McGraw	...	Dr. Phil (as Dr. Phil McGraw)
Cloris Leachman	...	Mrs. Norris
Conchita Campbell	...	Rachel
Beau Mirchoff	...	Robbie

Also Known As:

Scary Movie 4 (Australia) (cable TV title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor throughout, some comic violence and language.

Runtime:

83 min | USA:89 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Italy:T | Sweden:11 | Singapore:M18 | UK:15 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (edited for re-rating) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Malaysia:18PL | Malaysia:U (re-rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Hungary:16 | South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:10 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | France:U | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Lion's Gate Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

'Leslie Nielson''s line "Good luck, we're all counting on you" in the film is a direct reference to his role in Airplane! (1980), in which his character repeatedly says the line to Robert Hays' character.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Tom is walking around after the first alien attack, the camera shows him walking toward it with a guy in red behind him, next to a car. In the next shot, the man in red is gone.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Shaquille O'Neal: [screaming] Help! Help! Am I dead?
Dr. Phillip C. McGraw: You're not dead. You've been taken against your will.
Shaquille O'Neal: Kobe?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Grindhouse (2007)

Soundtrack:

Lights Out

Shut Down Your Brain (Again) and Start Laughing With this Funny Franchise

The unemployed Cindy Campbell (Anna Farris) is hired to work in a cursed house as caretaker of an old lady and meets the ghost of a boy. Meanwhile, the teenager son Robbie and the young daughter Rachel of his next door neighbor and crane operator Tom Ryan (Craig Bierko) are spending the weekend with their loser father. Cindy and Tom meet and fall in love for each other, but when Giant Tripods invade Earth, Tom escapes with Robbie and Rachel; Cindy travels to a village, trying to find the answer to a riddle to save the world; and the president of USA organizes the defense of the planet in UN under his intelligence and leadership.

As I have previously wrote, parody movies are always of the type 'love or hate' it. I am not intellectual, I love cinema as culture, but also as entertainment, so I like this genre. Further, when I see this type of movie, I know exactly what I am going to see: scatological jokes, funny and surrealistic references to other films and definitely a movie that will never be indicated for an Oscar.

I found this "Scary Movie 4" also very funny. The screenplay is a big joke with the remake of "War of the Worlds", entwined with "The Grudge" and "The Village". It also satirizes "Saw" and "Saw 2", "Brokeback Mountain" and "Million Dollar Baby". There are also references to the American pop culture that I unfortunately have not understood, like for example Dr. Phil, the Oprah talk show in the end (see Obs.) or Bruce the Bed King. Leslie Nielsen is hilarious in the role of the smart president.

This is the type of movie that you must shut down your brain and start laughing. What I do not understand and really irritates me are the reviews of persons that should never watch this type of movie. What do they expect to see when they go to the movie theaters or buy / rent a DVD called "Scary Movie 4" ("the last part of a trilogy"), directed by David Zucker and with Leslie Nielsen and Anna Farris in the cast? An art movie, with hidden messages, an epic, a classic or a film with politically correct jokes? Honestly, if I did not like this genre, I would never spend my time watching it. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): 'Todo Mundo em Pânico 4' ('Everybody in Panic 4')

Obs: My son has just forwarded "Tom Cruise Freakin Out On Oprah" in Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M08PfuP_NXs