Idiocracy

Theatrical Release Date: 2006 09 01 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 024543401797

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity]

Summary: Mike Judge wrote and directed this offbeat sci-fi comedy which gives a new meaning to the expression "people are getting dumber all the time." In 2005, Pvt. Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is a soldier chosen to take part in a secret military scientific experiment in which he will be put into induced hibernation for one year, along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). Bowers is chosen for the assignment because he is statistically the most average man in the Army, while Rita is a hooker ordered to do some community service; however, Bowers and Rita are forgotten when the military base where the experiment took place is closed down, and when they wake up in the year 2505, Bowers finds himself living in a society where intelligence has taken such a landslide he's now the smartest man in the world. Can Bowers save America from its own remarkable stupidity, and he can he get the dunderheads around him to believe what he says? Produced under the title 3001, Idiocracy also stars Dax Shepard as Bowers's numb-skull lawyer, Stephen Root as a judge, and Terry Crews as Camacho, a former porn star and professional wrestler who is now president of the United States. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Features: 5 unrated and deleted scenes!

Idiocracy

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/09/2007

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 87 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Idiocracy
1. Main Titles/New Evolution [3:23]
2. Extremely Average Joe Bauers [2:45]
3. The Human Hibernation Project [1:27]
4. Garbage [2:34]
5. A Whole New World [2:06]
6. Retarded Justice [1:26]
7. Identification and Intelligence [4:40]
8. Fugitives [:46]
9. "How Does Time Travel Work?" [5:03]
10. The Smartest Guy in the World [:52]
11. Secretary Not Sure [4:34]
12. Water [1:05]
13. Revolution [5:09]
14. Rehabilitation [1:25]
15. Joe's Plea [2:28]
16. Pardon [3:27]
17. Staying Home [2:48]
18. The Time Masheen [2:59]
19. A New Era [3:04]
20. End Titles [2:52]

Jason Buchanan

Mike Judge fans prepare to breathe a deep sigh of relief -- Idiocracy isn't anywhere near the Run Ronnie Run-level disaster that many likely suspected when 20th Century Fox unceremoniously dumped it into a handful of theaters in the cinematic winter wasteland of 2006. Those looking for a sharp jab of Judge-style satire are sure to stay amused as the keen social critic behind Office Space and King of the Hill targets everything from television and film to fast food, politics, medical care, consumerism, and perhaps most pointedly, the dialectical speech patterns of a future generation reared on such moronic hit television programs as "Ow! My Balls!" Of course, this isn't to say that Idiocracy is bulletproof when it comes to criticism -- the narration is somewhat clunky and the at-times awkward editing reeks of post-production tampering among other minor issues -- just that those who are tuned in to Judge's playfully profane sense of satire (the Starbucks of the future offers "full release" lattes) aren't likely to stop chuckling long enough to check their watches during the film's brisk 84 minutes. While certain setups don't necessarily pay off as well as one might expect given Judge's impressive track record, the steady stream of jokes and visual gags fly frequently enough to at the very least merit a second viewing on a rainy day. As for the performances, leads Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph respectably hold their own as the dimwitted military man and incredulous prostitute who make their way through a future that has collapsed due to its own stupidity, while supporting performances by Dax Shepard as Costco-educated lawyer Frito and Terry Alan Crews as President Camacho (a spandex-clad bird-flipper whose Chief Executive qualifications include being a professional wrestler/porno star) nearly steal the show. To suspect that 20th Century Fox's shameful treatment of the film is due more to fear of offending the numerous highly profitable franchises which Judge targets with merciless abandon than the failure of the film as a whole may not be too far off considering the glee with which the writer/director cuts down a virtual cornucopia of corporate monoliths, and while it's impossible to tell whether Idiocracy will worm its way into the public conscience as effectively as Office Space -- an unlikely prospect given that general audiences simply don't have the reference points to relate to sci-fi humor as closely as they can cubicle-farm humor -- chances are that they'll still find plenty to laugh about. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Andrew Wilson  Actor 
Randal Reeder  Actor 
Wes Davis  Actor 
Christopher M. Campos  Actor 
Daniel Smith  Actor 
Heather Kafka  Actor 
Danny Cochran  Actor 
Kevin S. McAfee  Actor 
John Dodson  Actor 
Brendan Hill  Actor 
Turk Pipkin  Actor 
Patrick Fischler  Actor 
Valerie Posas  Actor 
Heath Jones  Actor 
Joseph Cheatham  Actor 
Derek Southers  Actor 
Sara Rue  Actor 
Justin Long  Actor 
Greg Pitts  Actor 
Mitch Baker  Actor 
Ryan Ransdell  Actor 
Richard Reeder  Actor 
Jason Konopisos  Actor 
Melissa Espinales  Actor 
Melissa Dawn  Actor 
Jason Schaefer  Actor 
Greg Kelly  Actor 
Thomas Haden Church  Actor 
Earl Mann  Actor 
Lonnie Nelson  Actor 
Sonny Castillo  Actor 
Kevin Klee  Actor 
Robert Musgrave  Actor 
Chris Warner  Actor 
Lidia Porto  Actor 
Ryan Melton  Actor 
Lawrence Castillo  Actor 
Marcos Martinez Rios  Actor 
Stephen Root  Actor 
Michael McCafferty  Actor 
Brad "Scarface" Jordan  Actor 
Eli Muñoz  Actor 
Roman Ramos  Actor 
Darlene Hunt  Actor 
Mark Turner  Actor 
Melissa Sweet  Actor 
Mike Judge  Director 
Mike Judge  Producer 
Mike Judge  Screenwriter 
Theodore Shapiro  Composer (Music Score) 
Elysa Koplovitz  Producer 
Etan Cohen  Screenwriter 
Michael Nelson  Executive Producer 
Luke Wilson  Actor 
Maya Rudolph  Actor 
Dax Shepard  Actor 
Terry Crews  Actor 
Anthony 'Citric' Campos  Actor 
David Herman  Actor 

Country: USA