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Idiocracy

  • 2006
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  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
179K
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Idiocracy (2006)
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AdventureComedySci-Fi

Corporal 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 allCorporal 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.Corporal 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.

  • Director
    • Mike Judge
  • Writers
    • Mike Judge
    • Etan Cohen
  • Stars
    • Luke Wilson
    • Maya Rudolph
    • Dax Shepard
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    179K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    759
    185
    • Director
      • Mike Judge
    • Writers
      • Mike Judge
      • Etan Cohen
    • Stars
      • Luke Wilson
      • Maya Rudolph
      • Dax Shepard
    • 708User reviews
    • 128Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Luke Wilson, David Herman, Brendan Hill, Sara Rue, Dax Shepard, and Anthony 'Citric' Campos in Idiocracy (2006)
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    Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, and Dax Shepard in Idiocracy (2006)
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    Top cast

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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
    • Director
      • Mike Judge
    • Writers
      • Mike Judge
      • Etan Cohen
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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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
      In the montage following his initiative to irrigate the crops with water rather than Gatorade, the crowd chant "Joe, Joe". But they all know him by the name "Not Sure".
    • 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
      After the credits there is a scene in which Upgrayedd arrives into the future to look for Rita.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Chibi Project: Sailor Soldiers vs Fresnel Lens (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Trio Sonata No. 1 in G
      Written by Domenico Gallo

      Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

      Courtesy of Extreme Production Music

    User reviews708

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    7/10
    With a 2018 perspective...
    ... it's impossible not to see that this "fantasy" movie was, sadly, prescient.

    Mike Judge placed the action some 500 years in the future. Looks like his clock ran free for a while -for it's been only 12 years, and we're almost there... Suffice to say, if a real life Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho ever runs for President, I'll have to give him a minimally serious consideration.

    But no electrolytes for me, thanks.
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    • Jan 25, 2019

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    • Why did Idiocracy receive such limited theatrical release?
    • How did critics receive the film?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 25, 2007 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Planet stupid
    • Filming locations
      • Austin Convention Center - 500 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas, USA(Escalator/Tattoo/IQ Test)
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Ternion Pictures
      • Major Studio Partners
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,400,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $444,093
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $124,367
      • Sep 3, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $495,652
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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