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Director:
Mick Jackson
Writers (WGA):
Po Bronson (novel)
Jon Favreau (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 October 2002 (Russia) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
When things get odd... The odd get even
Plot:
Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, because he feels disconnected with the values about work he learned from his father... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Simplify, Clarify, and Economize more (28 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Adam Garcia ... Andy Kasper

Rosario Dawson ... Alisa

Jake Busey ... Darrell Claxton
Enrico Colantoni ... Francis Benoit

Ethan Suplee ... Curtis 'Tiny' Reese

Anjul Nigam ... Salman Fard

Gregory Jbara ... Hank
Dan Butler ... Lloyd Acheson
Linda Hart ... Mrs. 'B'

Shiva Rose ... Torso

Chandra West ... Robin

Rob Benedict ... Willy (as Robert Patrick Benedict)

Heather Paige Kent ... Claudia Goss

Stoney Westmoreland ... Link

John Rothman ... Ben (as John M. Rothman)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The First $20 Million (USA) (working title)
The Ironmen (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and sexual content.
Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Ocean Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When Andy moves into Mrs. B house she puts him in room number 2. (You see the number on the door.) He then goes to the bathroom and meets Alisa and introduces himself and says he lives in number 3. Alisa says she lives in 2. After Alisa makes the prototype case she enters her room, but it's room 3. more
Quotes:
Salman: My girlfriend says don't mess with the CIA, IRS or bikers. Psh! I'm only afraid of bikers. more
Movie Connections:
References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) more
Soundtrack:
We're in the Money more

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Simplify, Clarify, and Economize, 8 February 2008
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Author: lastliberal from Florida

The idea of a $99 computer may have been a big dream in this film, but to those who have seen the documentary TED, it is a reality. Of course, the real $99 computer is nothing like these guys dreamed up!

Andy (Adam Garcia) wants to really build something like his father. So, he quits his marketing job and goes to work at a dream factory. They do not accept him and give him the $99 computer project, which no one believes is possible. he has to recruit his own team.

He gets the only guys left. When you see them, you will know why they are left - no one else would touch them. Jake Busey, Ethan Suplee (Randy from "My Name Is Earl"), and Anjul Nigam join Andy.

While Andy is not busy on the computer project he is trying to make it with Rosario Dawson. You know that she is really the reason I am watching this movie.

But, I got a bonus. Besides almost seeing Rosario shine, I got a lot of laughs along the way and I got to see a jerk (Enrico Colantoni) get his due. Not bad for an hour and a half.

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