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Mystery Men

Anno di produzione: 1999

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Los Angeles, California, USA The Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA
Versioni alternative: - The DVD version contains 11 deleted scenes: - Dr. Heller (Tom Waits) hits on an old lady in a nursing home - the Shoveler (William H. Macy) comes home and scolds his kids about leaving toys in the driveway - the Blue Raja (Hank Azaria) is caught sneaking back silverware by his mom - Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller) tries to convince the Shoveler to help rescue Captain Amazing, and they recall an oath they took - the Shoveler and Mr. Furious go to where the Blue Raja/Jeffrey works and get him to help rescue Captain Amazing - the trio discusses how to summon the Sphinx (Wes Studi) - the trio goes to a taco stand and unsuccessfully try to contact the Sphinx - an extended version of a bar scene: Mr. Furious drunkenly makes a toast, and the Shoveler lectures him about leadership - the assembled Mystery Men use animal call signals - the Sphinx and Blue Raja throw sticky bombs at one of Casanova Frankenstein's (Geoffrey Rush) gangs during the last siege on the villain's mansion - a different version of the destruction of the psychofrakulator: instead of throwing her bowling ball, the Bowler uses a Tornado-in-a-Can to destroy the machine - UK video version is cut by 5 seconds to get a PG rating: gone are some shots in the opening fight (earclaps/headbutts)
Genere: Action Comedy
Lingue: English
Plot: In order to generate more endorsement revenue, Champion City's resident superhero Captain Amazing arranges for the release of supervillian Casanova Frankenstein, only to be captured by him. The city's fate rests in the hands of seven loser superhero wannabes: the fork-flinging Blue Rajah, the shovel-wielding Shoveler, the posessed bowling ball-hurling Bowler, the flatulent Spleen, the only-when-nobody's-looking Invisible Boy, the mysterious Sphinx, and the perpetually-angry Mr. Furious. In Champion City, would be superheroes like The Shoveler, The Blue Raja and Mr. Furious can't seem to make a difference and impress either the city or its greatest superhero, Captain Amazing. However, when Captain Amazing is captured by his greatest enemy, Cassanova Frankenstein, these stumblebum heroes must join with other superhero hopefuls to save the Captain and the city.
Visti censura internazionale: UK:PG Australia:PG Singapore:PG Ireland:PG USA:PG-13 Germany:12 France:U
Date di uscita internazionali:
Australia:13 January 2000
Denmark:21 January 2000
France:15 December 1999
Iceland:10 December 1999
Italy:23 June 2000
Kuwait:19 January 2000
Mexico:21 January 2000
Netherlands:3 August 2000
Singapore:16 December 1999
UK:26 December 1999
USA:6 August 1999
USA:22 July 1999 (premiere)
Argentina:7 August 2000 (video premiere)
Hungary:26 September 2000 (video premiere)
Japan:26 July 2000 (video premiere)
Venezuela:11 June 2000 (video premiere)
Dati tecnici:
OFM:35 mm
PCS:Spherical
PFM:35 mm
RAT:1.85 : 1
Suono:
Dolby Digital
DTS
SDDS
Durata:
UK:120
USA:121
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Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale: united international pictures (uip) 
produzione cinematografica: lawrence gordon productions  dark horse entertainment 
produttore cinematografico: levin lloyd  engelman robert  richardson mike  gordon lawrence (i)  gilder steven 
regista: usher kinka 
attore: azaria hank  garofalo janeane  macy william h.  mitchell kel  reubens paul  stiller ben  studi wes  kinnear greg  rush geoffrey  olin lena  izzard eddie  lange artie  pras  forlani claire  waits tom  lasser louise  jay ricky  lewis jenifer  banks ernie lee  becker gerry  bellamy ned  bleu corbin  bolden philip  cross jason 'jake'  laybourne emmy  lucero mason  mazur monet  mccrary joel  mugglebee christopher  todd olivia lauren  usher frederick  usher kinka  vance gayle (i)  armas adrian  gamba gichi  lake thomas  musselman robert  scott solo  tristan erik michael  duke james c.  bridges angelica  brockman ungela  james kimberly  radutoiu andreea  bay michael  blake noah  rachtman riki  barnett robert (ii)  burton thomas  gipp cameron  knighton jr. willie  chieffo michael  christner gil  strand carl  chow robert  cole john brantley  jang steven  kang sung  bray sasha  görg sunny  johnson shane (ii)  keyes jennifer lee  matiko marie  watley jody  wheeler margaret  beck billy  lieb robert p.  stone fevergeon florence  kane sarah  denette ed  gehr nori t.  kiko kiko  yamaguchi kiyoko  mothersbaugh mark  ferguson nancye  adams katie  bowden shirley  etting helen  gay lu  gitter valerie  greenstein mac  innes c. elane  kamsler irene  lawless miriam r.  maclean teresa  mcdermott joanne  gaer white crystal  richter joann  travis stacey  campbell larkin  clark oliver (i)  plotnick jack  cook dane  melocchi vince  jones doug (i)  bowman vincent  fagerholm vylette  gould dana  williams brandon (i)  priest aaron  martin jr. robert b.  conferti gabrielle  danziger jeff z.  sampson wilbert  watts kenneth w.  durant iii elliot  marinelli anthony  shaneyfelt drinda e.  castro félix  craig michael (iv)  lasky ronald  still david  khan jonathan  farmer jerry  guzmán luis  kurz cody  meyers lucas  warnock dawn marie 
direttore della fotografia: burum stephen h. 
scenografia: petruccelli kirk m. 
montaggio: buff iv conrad 
compositori: walker shirley  mothersbaugh mark 
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: cuthbert neil  burden bob 
costumi: vance marilyn 
effetti speciali ottici: buzz image group  digiscope  grant mccune design  illusion arts, inc.  visionart  netter digital entertainment  o'connor fx  pop film  rhythm & hues 
troupe varia: barnes rodney p.  platt jess  rachtman karyn  warbeck stephen  meyers lucas  springer matt (i)  buchignani lisa  decaux xanthia  mann anita  harris barbara (ii)  kerum tony  d'damery jr. james  dawson robert (i)  de souza amy  decrescent sandy  deluca william m.  doherty terry  duggan daniel  dumas john (i)  ehrhart susan  elder katrina  ferguson taylor  foley ann  french-myerson sierra  gaudio jason  glenn jack (i)  goike jeremiah  golden karen  gonzales jorge (ii)  green andrew  greufe kurt  guthrie kim  hager jay  hampton jason  hebron justine  hill jessica (i)  hittelman sara  hunter steele  jacobs rick (ii)  jarrell david  kelly kristen (ii)  kirk jonas  kohtala jack  korbel jack  scarano nick  cohen david (ii)  crowther david  abroms terra  alexander erin  alexander geoff (i)  avadon david  awad roger  barius claudette  blauvelt alan s.  blauvelt dustin  boccoli daniel  booher-ciarimboli linda  brodsky steve  brown leah  burritt gary  callahan brian (i)  canamar kevin a.  caputo jr. guy paul  cheung paul (i)  christensen amy  cody richard (i)  coogan leslie  crawford james b.  cronin demelza j.  curry brad  curry vern  mcandrews robert  mcclure matthew  mcfadden daniel c.  mcneill dennis  milazzo ray  murphy sue (ii)  o'brien valerie t.  o'heron maureen  peterson randy  petty kathy  pine angel  pontrelli john  ramirez charles  riewerts dennis  rose gail  russ patrick  sacchi trish  sands dennis s.  simmrin deborah  smithey alfred e.  smytka nancy  springer matthew  stanley mark  strachan j. marc  sugg thomas  terranova joseph t.  truhett melanie  usher fred  van gundy craig w.  van loon mark  velasco larry  walker o'shana  way kelly  weisberg deborah  winn eric  yeary sandra l.  gordon melinda sue  anthony pete  carter kristopher  kempel arthur  mccuistion michael 
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