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Get Smart (2008)

Get Smart poster
Directed by
Peter Segal
Genre
action film, spy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 3,917 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A smart analyst gets his chance to become a field agent. He stumbles through missions while trying to stop a rival spy agency from launching a nuclear attack.

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What happens

Get Smart is a 2008 American spy action comedy film directed by Peter Segal, written by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember and produced by Leonard B. Stern, who was also the producer of the original series. The film is based on Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's television series of the same name. The film stars Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, and Alan Arkin, with Terence Stamp and James Caan in supporting roles. Bernie Kopell, who played Siegfried in the original series, also appeared in the film. The film centers on highly intelligent analyst Maxwell Smart of the CONTROL agency, who dreams of becoming a real field agent, finally becomes a bumbling one who is tasked with preventing rival spy agency KAOS from carrying out a nuclear terrorist attack. The film was released in North America on June 20, 2008, by Warner Bros. Pictures. Get Smart received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, earning $230 million on an $80 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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