Superhero Movie

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Superhero Movie is a 2008 parody film that satirizes the superhero genre, particularly Spider-Man, through broad comedy and genre spoof conventions.

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instanceOf film
basedOn superhero genre conventions
character Jill Johnson NERFINISHED
Lou Landers NERFINISHED
Professor Xavier parody
Rick Riker NERFINISHED
Uncle Albert Adams NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Shawn Maurer NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Craig Mazin NERFINISHED
distributedBy MGM Distribution Co. NERFINISHED
distributedInFormat home video
theatrical release
editedBy Craig Herring NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Los Angeles
genre comedy
parody
superhero parody
hasTheme superhero origin story parody
mainCharacterIs teenage superhero
musicBy James L. Venable NERFINISHED
notableFor satirizing Spider-Man
spoofing multiple Marvel and DC superheroes
originalLanguage English
parodies Batman Begins NERFINISHED
Fantastic Four film series NERFINISHED
Spider-Man film series NERFINISHED
Superman Returns NERFINISHED
X-Men film series NERFINISHED
producer David Zucker NERFINISHED
Robert K. Weiss NERFINISHED
productionCompany Dimension Films NERFINISHED
Regency Enterprises NERFINISHED
rating PG-13
releaseDate March 28, 2008
releaseYear 2008
runtime approximately 85 minutes
setIn Empire City NERFINISHED
stars Brent Spiner NERFINISHED
Christopher McDonald NERFINISHED
Drake Bell NERFINISHED
Kevin Hart NERFINISHED
Leslie Nielsen NERFINISHED
Marion Ross NERFINISHED
Sara Paxton NERFINISHED
Tracy Morgan NERFINISHED
uses broad comedy
genre spoof conventions
writer Craig Mazin NERFINISHED

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Craig Mazin notableWork Superhero Movie