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Get Smart [2008] (1 disc)

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Director:Peter Segal
Writer:Matt Ember
Tom J. Astle
Composer:Trevor Rabin
Length:110 minutes
(1 hour 50 minutes)
MPAA Rating:PG-13
Sorting Category:Comedy
Sorting Tub:Charlie
IMDB Rating:6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating:50%
Amazon Rating:4.0/5 stars
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  • Comedy
  • Action
  • Family
  • Romance
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Synopsis: Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for CONTROL, battles the forces of KAOS with the more-competent Agent 99 at his side.


Reaction: A bit odd, and imperfect, but there are fun moments.


Personal Rating: 6/10

Peter Segal => Director
Matt Ember => Writer
Tom J. Astle => Writer
Trevor Rabin => Composer
Mel Brooks => Characters
Alan Arkin => The Chief
Anne Hathaway => Agent 99
Bill Murray => Agent 13
Blake Clark => General
Bonnie Hellman => Karen
Dalip Singh => Dalip
Danielle Bisutti => Airline Passenger
David Fabrizio => Pilot
David Koechner => Larabee
David S. Lee => Kristic
Dwayne Johnson => Agent 23
Geoff Pierson => Vice President
James Caan => The President
Ken Davitian => Shtarker
Kevin Nealon => CIA Agent
Larry Miller => CIA Agent Mike
Masi Oka => Bruce
Nate Torrence => Lloyd
Patrick Warburton => Hymie
Ryan Seacrest => Himself (voice)
Steve Carell => Maxwell Smart
Terence Stamp => Siegfried
Terry Crews => Agent 91

Random Trivia For This Title:

  • The gag about Agent 99 having plastic surgery to look much younger than she really is, may be an allusion to Barbara Feldon (the original 99), about whom the same has often been said.
  • Barbara Feldon, the original Agent 99, allegedly turned down an invitation to appear in the movie.
  • The Agent 23 character (played by Dwayne Johnson is a new character apparently not seen in the original [Get Smart] TV series.
  • Jessica Alba and [?] Kristin Kreuk screen tested for the part of Agent 99.
  • Steve Carell and B.J. Novak did uncredited work on the script.
  • One of the items in CONTROL's display cases is a two small domes connected by a tube, a Portable Cone of Silence from the original series.
  • Anne Hathaway split her shin open on a pole during filming, resulting in 15 stitches.
  • Don Adams, the original Maxwell Smart, was born Donald Yarmy. The airline that took Max and 99 to Russia was called Yarmy International as a tribute to him.
  • [?] Jennifer Love Hewitt and Rachel McAdams were considered for the part of "Agent 99" before it went to Anne Hathaway.
  • When the project was in development in 1998, Jim Carrey was attached to star.