Team America: World Police (2004)

Director:

Trey Parker

Writers (WGA):

Trey Parker (written by) &
Matt Stone (written by) ...

Release Date:

15 October 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Putting the "F" back in Freedom.

Plot:

Popular Broadway actor Gary Johnston is recruited by the elite counter-terrorism organization Team America: World Police. As the world begins to crumble around him, he must battle with terrorists, celebrities and falling in love.

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Police | Destruction | Death | North Korea

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Trey Parker	...	Gary Johnston / Joe / Kim Jong Il / Hans Blix / Carson / Matt Damon / Drunk in Bar / Tim Robbins / Sean Penn / Michael Moore / Helen Hunt / Susan Sarandon / Others (voice)
Matt Stone	...	Chris / George Clooney / Danny Glover / Ethan Hawke / Matt Damon / Additional Voices (voice)
Kristen Miller	...	Lisa (voice)
Masasa Moyo	...	Sarah (voice) (as Masasa)
Daran Norris	...	Spottswoode (voice)
Phil Hendrie	...	I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E. / Chechnyan Terrorist (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Alec Baldwin (voice)
Chelsea Marguerite	...	French Mother (voice)
Jeremy Shada	...	Jean Francois (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Samuel L. Jackson (voice)

Also Known As:

American Heroes (USA) (working title)
Team America (Germany)
Untitled Trey Parker/Matt Stone Project (USA) (working title)
Team america, police du monde (Belgium: French title) (dubbed version) (France) [fr]
Amerikan gücü: Dünya polisi (Turkey: Turkish title) (DVD title) [tr]
Chîmu Amerika/Wârudo Porisu (Japan) [ja]
Escouade américaine: Police du monde (Canada: French title) [fr]
Team America (Italy) [it]
Team America (Austria) [de]
Team America - Detonando o Mundo (Brazil) [pt]
Team America - Maailman poliisi (Finland) [fi]
Team America: World Police (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Team américa: La policía del mundo (Spain) [es]
Team america - världspolisen slår till igen (Sweden) [sv]
Team america: La policia del món (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Team america: Maailma korravalvurid (Estonia) [et]

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language - all involving puppets.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | French | Klingon | Korean | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Chile:14 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Sweden:11 | Australia:MA | Brazil:18 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:16+ (Québec) (unrated version) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (unrated version) | Canada:R (unrated version) | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:16 | Ireland:16 (original rating) | Ireland:18 (video rating) | Italy:T | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | Argentina:18 | Japan:R-18 | USA:Unrated (uncut DVD version) | Canada:18A (Ontario) (rated version) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (rated version)

Filming Locations:

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Most of the Korean spoken in the movie is not Korean, but rather Asian-sounding gibberish. Three exceptions are - 1) When the North Korean soldier is torturing one of the team members, he is saying, "Die, you bastard." - 2) When Kim Jong-il tells his soldiers to salvage Team America's planes after the ambush, the soldiers reply with, "Yeh," which is "Yes". - 3) When Gary enters the North Korean palace, the North Korean soldiers are shouting, "Who are you, you bastard?"

Goofs:

Continuity: During Gary's regurgitation sequence, he is shown with vomit all over his shirt. A few seconds later, the vomit is gone, only to reappear seconds later.

Quotes:

[first lines]
French puppeteer: Sacre bleu!
[gibberish]
French puppeteer: Oh, hello!
French Mother: Jean-Francois? Jean-Francois?

Movie Connections:

References The Meaning of Life (1983)

Soundtrack:

Bu Dunyada Askindan Olmek

Oh you guys are bad

I'm sure plenty of parochial critics will berate this film for anti-American values during the current "war on terror"....BUT...the great thing about this film is that no one is spared being mocked. This bears the standard of a great film by expressing the ironies innate in every argument in this quasi-political tale; from socialist Michael Moore, fashionably charitable celebrities to the terrorists and the, ahem "world police." This couldn't be more accurately summed up than in one of the funniest ever analogies that is employed in this film; the "Dic*s, P*ssies, and a*s*holes, argument." This film also wonderfully parodies the standard conventions and cliché's of the action film genre to create an entertaining, and gleefully controversial film.