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Idiocracy (2006)
6.4
Ratings: 6.4/10 from 52,622 users
Metascore:
64/100
Reviews: 358 user | 106 critic | 8 from Metacritic.com
Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive. Director:Mike Judge |
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| Terry Crews | ... |
President Camacho
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Secretary of State
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Prosecutor
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Bailiff
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Sgt. Keller
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Officer Collins
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Christopher Ryan | ... |
Hospital Technician
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Doctor
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Heath Jones | ... |
Cop #1
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Eli Muñoz | ... |
Horny Guy
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Yuppie Husband
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The purpose of the program set up by the Pentagon, called the "Human Hibernation Project," is designed so that the military can save their best men for when they're needed most. According to the officers heading the project, too many times the talents and expensive training of the best pilots and soldiers go to waste during times of peace. So they enlist Bauers (Wilson), the most under-achieving average guy they've got, to be the test subject for the initial hibernation experiment. Also participating in the top-secret program is Rita (Rudolph), a prostitute who agreed to take part in exchange for dropping some criminal charges against her, among other things. Of course, the experiment, which was to last only a year, goes under due to the arrest of Officer Collins, who is busted for heading a prostitution ring. Seeing as though he was in charge of the experiment, one of the only ones who knew of its existence, and "due to a lot of top-secret red tape... Written by Slider
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In the future, intelligence is extinct. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
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Идиократия See more »Filming Locations:
Austin Convention Center - 500 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas, USA See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$177,559 (USA) (3 September 2006) (130 Screens)Gross:
$438,653 (USA) (1 October 2006)Company Credits
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Narrator: As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man...
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The presidential RV has the number 28000, which is the real FAA tail number for Air Force One. See more »Goofs
Continuity: During Monday Night Rehabilitation, the "assdozer" tries to drive through the tunnel, but is too big. When it plows into the wall, a man is at the entrance of the tunnel. When the wall collapses, a second man appears at the bottom next to the first man. The first man runs out of the way, but the second man is crushed underneath the debris. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: As the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest, reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man...
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Crazy Credits
A note at the end of the credits informs us that this movie was "cut entirely on a computer".See more »
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