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Idiocracy

  • 20062006
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  • 1h 24m
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Idiocracy (2006)
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AdventureComedySci-Fi
Private Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he's easily ... Read allPrivate Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he's easily the most intelligent person alive.Private Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
167K
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POPULARITY
687
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    • Mike Judge
    • Mike Judge(story)
    • Etan Cohen(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Luke Wilson
    • Maya Rudolph
    • Dax Shepard
    • Mike Judge
    • Mike Judge(story)
    • Etan Cohen(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Luke Wilson
    • Maya Rudolph
    • Dax Shepard
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    • 685User reviews
    • 127Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    Luke Wilson and Dax Shepard in Idiocracy (2006)
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    Luke Wilson
    Luke Wilson
    • Joe Bauers
    Maya Rudolph
    Maya Rudolph
    • Rita
    Dax Shepard
    Dax Shepard
    • Frito
    Terry Crews
    Terry Crews
    • President Camacho
    • (as Terry Alan Crews)
    Anthony 'Citric' Campos
    Anthony 'Citric' Campos
    • Secretary of Defense
    David Herman
    David Herman
    • Secretary of State
    Sonny Castillo
    • Prosecutor
    Kevin McAfee
    • Bailiff
    • (as Kevin S. McAfee)
    Robert Musgrave
    Robert Musgrave
    • Sgt. Keller
    Michael McCafferty
    Michael McCafferty
    • Officer Collins
    • (as Mike McCafferty)
    Christopher Ryan
    • Hospital Technician
    • (as Ryan Melton)
    Justin Long
    Justin Long
    • Doctor
    Heath Jones
    • Cop #1
    Eli Muñoz
    • Horny Guy
    Patrick Fischler
    Patrick Fischler
    • Yuppie Husband
    Darlene Hunt
    Darlene Hunt
    • Yuppie Wife
    Ryan Ransdell
    • Trashy Guy
    Melissa Sweet
    • Slutty Girl
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      • Mike Judge(story) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      In addition to concerns about how to market the film, Twentieth Century Fox also grew weary of the film's frequent, harsh critiques of recognizable corporations. Studio executives wished to shuffle the movie to DVD shelves as quickly and quietly as possible. The film's contract, however, stipulated that it had to receive a theatrical release. The studio met the terms of the contract, but provided no marketing for the film, released it in an unusually small number of cinemas in select cities, and pulled the film in all markets after only one week. So little effort was put into showing the film in theaters, that some of the few cinemas that screened the film were forced to promote it as "Untitled Mike Judge Project" in their lists of coming attractions.
    • Goofs
      Incorrectly regarded as goof: After Rita is captured and brought to Joe, she says "I thought you were in jail. How'd you get to be the Secretary of the Interior?" Even though no one had told her what Secretary he was, "Secretary of the Interior" was written on his shirtsleeve.
    • 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, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.

    • Crazy credits
      A note near the end of the credits says "This film was also cut entirely on a computer".
    • Connections
      Featured in The Chibi Project: Sailor Soldiers vs Fresnel Lens (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Trio Sonata No. 1 in G
      (1760?)

      Written by Domenico Gallo

      Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Courtesy of Extreme Production Music

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    Too soon? or, too late?
    IDIOCRACY (2006). When this film came out, it was looked at as a broad satire of how infantile our culture could become. Now? Events may already overtaken it and made it seem too mild!

    Mike Judge's tale is a riff on Woody Allen's SLEEPER where a man from the present ends up in a future he doesn't recognize. An "average Joe" (Luke Wilson) circa 2005 wakes up centuries in the future to find a world so dumbed down that he's the smartest man around! Joe meets up with Frito (Dax Shepard) and Rita (Maya Rudolph) and they end up in the orbit of the boisterous President Camacho (Terry Crews). Together they try to upgrade the intelligence of the American public - good luck with that!

    Judge and Etan Cohen's screenplay is a bit scattershot at times, but it is fitfully hilarious too. The most popular show on TV is "Ow! My Balls!" about the various way a man's marbles can be whacked. Costcos are the size of cities and junk food is not only king - but, often the full meal. Again - is this really "centuries from now?". The supporting cast include Thomas Haden Church as Brawndo's CEO and uncredited bits by Sara Rue and Stephen Root.

    Fox was so scared of the film it was barely released. Even when theaters requested the rights to show the movie, they were often denied. Of course, this only made the cult surrounding it only that much stronger.

    Now, sit back, take a big swig of Brawndo and enjoy the future! Er...the present....? Past?
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    • Release date
      • January 25, 2007 (Germany)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Austin Convention Center - 500 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas, USA
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      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Ternion Pictures
      • Major Studio Partners
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