Get Smart [WS]

Director: Peter Segal Peter Segal

Overview

40-Year-Old Virgin star Steve Carell steps into the telephonic shoes of television's most beloved bumbling detective in this big-screen adaptation of the hit 1960s-era comedy series created by Mel Brooks. The evil geniuses at KAOS have hatched a diabolical plot to dominate every living man, woman, and child on the planet, and their plot gets under way as they attack the headquarters of the U.S. spy agency Control. As a result of the attack, the identity of every agent working for Control has been compromised. Realizing that the only way to thwart KAOS' evil plan is to promote eager but inexperienced Control analyst Maxwell Smart (Carell) to the rank of special agent, the Chief (Alan Arkin) reluctantly teams Smart with Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) -- a veteran super-spy whose beauty is only surpassed by her lethality. With no real field experience to speak of and nothing but sheer enthusiasm and a handful of fancy spy gadgets to help him accomplish his deadly mission, Maxwell Smart his new partner, Agent 99, will be forced to faces malevolent KAOS head Siegfried (Terence Stamp) and his loyal army of minions in a decisive fight that will determine the fate of the free world. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, David Koechner, Terry Crews, and Ken Davitian co-star.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/04/2008
UPC:	0085391139775
Original Release:	2008
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00
Sales rank:	6,727

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Steve Carell	Maxwell Smart
Anne Hathaway	Agente 99
Dwayne Johnson	Agente 23
Alan Arkin	Chefe de Controle
Terence Stamp	Siegfried
Terry Crews	Agent 91
David Koechner	Larabee
James Caan	Presidente
Bill Murray	Agent 13
Patrick Warburton	Hymie
Masi Oka	Bruce
Nate Torrence	Lloyd
Ken Davitian	Shtarker
David S. Lee	Krstic
Dalip Singh	Dalip
Kelly Karbacz	Judy
Arthur Darbinyan	Russian Bad Guy
Bill Romanowski	Air Marshall
Mark Ivanir	Russian Guy in Bathroom
Linsday Hollister	Max's Dance Partner,Actor
Dimitri Diatchenko	Russian Underling
Richard V. Licata	Russian Leader
Greg Joung Paik	North Korean General
Joey Yu	North Korean Soldier
Mike Akrawi	Arab Man
John Abiskaron	Arab Man
Kerry Lai Fatt	Tour Guide
David A. Parker	Agent 50
Bonnie Hellman	Karen
John Farley	Agent 38
Jonathan Loughran	Orange Team Guy
Felisha Terrell	Control Assistant
Jeff Tanner	Control Assistant
Jasper Pendergrass	Control Assistant
Carl Crevier	Restaurant Agent
David Schaap	Restaurant Agent
Peter Wiereter	Airline Passenger
Thomas Garner	Airline Passenger
Danielle Bisutti	Airline Passenger
Jessica Barth	Flight Attendant
David Fabrizio	Pilot
John Eddins	Co-Pilot
Alex Kudrytsky	Russian Farmhand
Tatyana Kaboulova	Pretty Woman at Party
Moshana Halbert	Pretty Woman at Party
Sergey Priselkov	Russian Farmer
Jane Gilchrist	Bakery Counter Woman
Todd Sherry	KAOS Office Worker
David Aranovich	Russian Son
Ivy Bethune	Russian Mother
Larry Miller	CIA Agent
Kevin Nealon	CIA Agent
Blake Clark	General
Cedric Yarbrough	Tate
James Moses Black	Control Prison Guard
Bernie Kopell	Opel Driver
Michael Peter Catanzarite	Secret Service Agent
Tim DeKay	Secret Service Agent
Jerry Sherman	Conductor
Matthew Glave	Secret Service Agent Driver
Brad Grunberg	Golfer
Leonard Stern	Cesna Pilot
Sean Segal	Kid in Minivan
Karri Turner	Mom in Minivan
Stephen Dunham	Secret Service Commander
Ryan Seacrest	Himself,Voices
Geoffrey Pierson	Vice President
Mark Iivanir	Actor
Gunter Ziegler	Actor
Ho-jung Kim	Voices
Phoebe Price	Actor
Steven Carrell	Actor
The Rock	Actor
Trevor Rabin	Composer

Technical Credits

Nick Marine

Matt Ember

Tom J. Astle

Mel Brooks

Buck Henry

Peter Segal	Director,Executive Producer
Nick Marine	Screenwriter
Matt Ember	Screenwriter
Tom J. Astle	Screenwriter
Alex Gartner	Producer
Andrew Lazar	Producer
Chuck Roven	Producer,Producer
Michael Ewing	Producer,Executive Producer
Doug Coleman	Stunts
Eric Torres	Special Effects
Joe Bauer	Special Effects
Michael Lantieri	Special Effects
Roger Mussenden	Casting
Mel Brooks	Screenwriter
Buck Henry	Screenwriter
Bruce Berman	Executive Producer,Sound Effects,Producer
Dana Goldberg	Executive Producer,Producer
Jimmy Miller	Executive Producer,Producer
Brent O'Connor	Executive Producer,Producer,Stunts
Alan Glazer	Producer
Kevin Aguirre	Special Effects
Christopher S. Aud	Sound Effects
Eric Bautista	Sound Effects
Bob Beher	Sound Effects
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith	Sound Effects
John Karner	Special Effects
Abdul Ayoola	Stunts
John Hockridge	Producer
Tim Kings-Lynne	Special Effects
Emile Edwin Smith	Special Effects
Jerry Tung	Special Effects
Caleb Wagner	Special Effects
Bob White	Special Effects
Kyle Gray	Special Effects
John Downey	Special Effects
Jay King	Special Effects
André Laforest	Special Effects
Andre Alexsen	Stunts
Louis Paquette	Stunts
Pete Turner	Stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour	Stunts
Marcello Bezina	Stunts
Jason Cavalier	Stunts
Mark Chadwick	Stunts
Ruth Chiang	Stunts
Mickey Giacomazzi	Stunts
Kathryn Kostlivy	Stunts
Gilbert Larose Jr.	Stunts
Alexandre Prefontaine	Stunts
Tim Sitarz	Stunts
Gary Ray Stearns	Stunts
Nancy Thurston	Stunts
Thom Williams	Stunts
Jeff Wolfe	Stunts
Eric Gold	Producer
Steve Carell	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

This big-screen version of Get Smart succeeds because, unlike the main character, newly minted field spy Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell), every person who worked on the movie performed their job competently. This is not minor praise. Director Peter Segal makes both the comedy and the action pop with energy. He knows when to cut to a joke, and when to trust his actors to get the point home with their interactions. He's as comfortable staging a humorous ballroom dance competition as he is constructing a kinetic beat down administered by Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) to a couple of bad guys. The action scenes, particularly the hand-to-hand fight scenes, aren't treated as comedy, but as tense and exciting set pieces. Dean Semler's cinematography balances the brightness required for comedy and the darkness needed to add tension with unobtrusive professionalism. Quite simply this is the most enjoyable American action comedy since Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Every one of the actors understands that playing it "straight" will get a bigger laugh than if they emphasized the comedy, and that allows Alan Arkin, Steve Carell, Dwayne Johnson, and Anne Hathaway to play off each other like real people and not comedy constructs. Even the throwaway bits of silliness usually have a second and sometimes a third layer to them, evidence that the screenwriters actually thought through the material instead of just bashing together a bunch of outrageous moments. Get Smart isn't exactly memorable, and it isn't particularly deep -- although it has a fair amount of fun tweaking the processes of gathering and analyzing intelligence in the age of George W. Bush, spoofed to perfection in the movie by James Caan. Would you believe that an action comedy about an inept spy could be a serious Oscar contender? Would you believe a trend-setting summer blockbuster? Would you believe a thoroughly enjoyable piece of Hollywood product? Well actually, that last one is right.