Plot Summary: In order to save some of their best men for the future when they may be desperately needed, the pentagon develops a special hibernation program. Naturally, a test subject is necessary in the beginning to help discover any limitations or to inspect for possible kinks in the system. The officers select Private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson), one of their biggest under-achievers, as a guinea pig. For the female subject, they volunteer
Rita (Maya Rudolph), a prostitute looking to have the criminal charges against her dropped. Of course, the experiment, which was only meant to last a year, doesn’t proceed according to plan. The primary officer in charge of the research gets busted for running an illegal prostitution ring. Largely due to the fact that he was one of very few people that knew about the test, Joe and Rita are soon completely forgotten about. The two awaken 1,000 years in the future to a world that has deteriorated immeasurably. Human beings have gotten so lazy, so dumbed-down, so entranced by mindless sensationalist entertainment that Joe is actually a genius in comparison. In fact, an IQ test shows that he is the smartest person alive. Aided by a lawyer named Frito (Dax Shepard), who ironically may be the dumbest person alive, Joe looks for a way back home, far away from a society that has difficulty deciding whether he is a possible savior or a potential threat.
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RELEASE DATE
September 1st, 2006 (limited)
January 9th, 2007 (DVD)
STUDIO
20th Century Fox
DIRECTOR
Mike Judge
STARRING
Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, Michael McCafferty, Brendan Hill, Justin Long
USER RATING
 | 7.7/10 |
Total: 139 vote(s).
GENRE
Action & Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
OFFICIAL SITE
Unknown
MPAA RATING
Rated R for language and sex-related humor.
RUNTIME
Unknown
LANGUAGE
English
BUDGET
Unknown
OPENING WEEKEND
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TOTAL GROSS
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