Mystery Men

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Mystery Men is a 1999 superhero comedy film that parodies traditional comic-book heroes by following a group of inept, misfit crimefighters trying to save their city.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
superhero comedy film
basedOn Flaming Carrot Comics
Mystery Men self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mysterymen
basedOnWorkAuthor Bob Burden
castMember Artie Lange
CeeLo Green
Claire Forlani
Eddie Izzard
Geoffrey Rush
Greg Kinnear
Janeane Garofalo
Kel Mitchell
Lena Olin
Paul Reubens
Pras Michel
Tom Waits
Wes Studi
cinematographer Stephen H. Burum NERFINISHED
composer Stephen Warbeck
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Kinka Usher
distributor Universal Pictures
editor Conrad Buff IV
genre comedy
superhero
hasCultFollowing true
heroCharacter Captain Amazing
language English
mainCharacter Invisible Boy
Mr. Furious
The Blue Raja
The Bowler
The Shoveler
The Sphinx
The Spleen
narrativeFocus inept misfit superheroes
parodies traditional comic-book superheroes
plotSummary A group of amateur superheroes must save Champion City after its main hero Captain Amazing is captured by villain Casanova Frankenstein.
producer Lawrence Gordon
Lloyd Levin
productionCompany Dark Horse Entertainment
Universal Pictures
protagonistActor Ben Stiller
Hank Azaria
William H. Macy
releaseDate 1999-08-06
releaseYear 1999
runtimeMinutes 121
screenwriter Neil Cuthbert
setInFictionalCity Champion City
villainCharacter Casanova Frankenstein

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Eddie Izzard notableWork Mystery Men
Hank Azaria notableWork Mystery Men
Lloyd Levin notableWork Mystery Men
Claire Forlani notableWork Mystery Men
Claire Forlani participatedIn Mystery Men
Janeane Garofalo notableWork Mystery Men
Janeane Garofalo performedIn Mystery Men
Paul Reubens performedIn Mystery Men
Pras notableFilmAppearance Mystery Men
Neil Cuthbert workOn Mystery Men
Neil Cuthbert notableWork Mystery Men
Mystery Men basedOn Mystery Men self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mysterymen