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Mystery Men is a 1999 American action comedy superhero parody film directed by Kinka Usher. The screenplay was written by Bob Burden, with production by Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, and Mike Richardson. The film features a cast including Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, and Q254022. Stephen H. Burum served as director of photography, and Stephen Warbeck composed the score.
Produced by Universal Pictures, Golar Productions, and Dark Horse Entertainment, the movie was filmed in Los Angeles. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix in video on demand format. The film has a runtime of 121 minutes and carries the tagline "Not your classic superheroes...they're the other guys." Keywords associated with the work include bowling, hostage, superhero, sphinx, and training.
Critical reception included a review score of 61%, 5.7/10, and 66/100. Audience ratings were recorded at 6.1 on IMDb and 5.8 on TMDb. The film had a budget of 68,000,000 and generated revenue of 29,762,011. It is assessed under the Bechdel test.
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5.8When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
Cast
- Ben Stiller as Mr. Furious / Roy
- Hank Azaria as Blue Raja / Jeffrey
- William H. Macy as Shoveler / Eddie
- Greg Kinnear as Captain Amazing / Lance
- Kel Mitchell as Invisible Boy
- Paul Reubens as Spleen
Themes
- bowling
- hostage
- superhero
- sphinx
- training
- insane asylum
- based on comic
- casanova
- tools
- spoof
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- parody film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Screenwriter
- Bob Burden
- Cast member
- CeeLo Green
- Composer
- Stephen Warbeck
- Producer
- Mike Richardson
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Stephen H. Burum
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 149125
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Los Angeles with Mount Baldy.jpg
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- publication date
- 1999-07-22
- title
- Mystery Men
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Conrad Buff IV
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 66/100
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