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Idiocracy

2006R1h 25m6.4 / 10

In the future, intelligence is extinct.

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

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Synopsis

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

More about Idiocracy

Cast

Luke WilsonJoe Bauers
Maya RudolphRita
Dax ShepardFrito
Terry CrewsPresident Camacho
Anthony 'Citric' CamposSecretary of Defense
David HermanSecretary of State
Sonny CastilloProsecutor
Kevin McAfeeBailiff

Credits

Directed by
Mike Judge
Written by
Mike Judge, Etan Cohen, Mike Judge

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Budget
$30M
Box office
$495.3K

Production

  • 20th Century FoxUnited States
  • Ternion PicturesUnited States

Themes

aftercreditsstingeranti-intellectualismarenaarmybrainwashingcapitalismcautionarycommercialism