Team America: World Police (2004)

Director:

Trey Parker

Writers (WGA):

Trey Parker (written by) &
Matt Stone (written by) ...

Release Date:

15 October 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Putting the "F" back in Freedom.

Plot:

Popular Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by the elite counter-terrorism organization Team America: World Police. As the world begins to crumble around him, he must battle with terrorists, celebrities and falling in love.

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Police | Destruction | Death | North Korea

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Trey Parker	...	Gary Johnston / Joe / Kim Jong Il / Hans Blix / Carson / Matt Damon / Drunk in Bar / Tim Robbins / Sean Penn / Michael Moore / Helen Hunt / Susan Sarandon / Others (voice)
Matt Stone	...	Chris / George Clooney / Danny Glover / Ethan Hawke / Matt Damon / Additional Voices (voice)
Kristen Miller	...	Lisa (voice)
Masasa Moyo	...	Sarah (voice) (as Masasa)
Daran Norris	...	Spottswoode (voice)
Phil Hendrie	...	I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E. / Chechnyan Terrorist (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Alec Baldwin (voice)
Chelsea Marguerite	...	French Mother (voice)
Jeremy Shada	...	Jean Francois (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Samuel L. Jackson (voice)

Also Known As:

American Heroes (USA) (working title)
Team America (Germany)
Untitled Trey Parker/Matt Stone Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language - all involving puppets.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | French | Klingon | Korean | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Chile:14 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Sweden:11 | Australia:MA | Brazil:18 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:16+ (Québec) (unrated version) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (unrated version) | Canada:R (unrated version) | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Ireland:16 (original rating) | Ireland:18 (video rating) | Italy:T | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | Argentina:18 | Japan:R-18 | USA:Unrated (uncut DVD version) | Canada:18A (Ontario) (rated version) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (rated version)

Filming Locations:

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The MPAA gave this film an R rating, accompanied with the specific explanation "For graphic crude and sexual behavior, violent images and strong language - all involving puppets."

Goofs:

Continuity: During Gary's regurgitation sequence, he is shown with vomit all over his shirt. A few seconds later, the vomit is gone, only to reappear seconds later.

Quotes:

[first lines]
French puppeteer: Sacre bleu!
[gibberish]
French puppeteer: Oh, hello!
French Mother: Jean-Francois? Jean-Francois?

Movie Connections:

Featured in 'Team America': Up Close with Kim Jong-Il (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Freedom Isn't Free

Kim Jong Il on a string

It's not Gone With the Wind, but it is a great movie! Parker & Stone push the envelope again and again in this off the wall comedy that would make Jim Henson stand up and cheer. Any comedy that portrays Kim Jong Il as a lonely, confused and mad dictator deserves an audience. The creators of South Park pock fun at politics, celebrities, terrorism, James Bond, and puppets, while also creating a funny and well done musical soundtrack that is better than the South Park Musical / Comedy. Off the wall for most of the movie, the puppets having sex only is worth accepting this movie into the cinematic hall of fame. The vomit scene, the death of Kim Jong Il, the musical score, the montage parody and the production value are all worth it. A movie for all South Park fans, this blows (literally) Base-ket Ball out of the theater.