Idiocracy is a 2006 American dystopian science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Judge and co-written by Judge and Etan Cohen. Starring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, and Dax Shepard, it follows an American soldier who takes part in a classified hibernation experiment, only to be accidentally frozen for too long and awaken 500 years later in a dystopian world where dysgenics and commercialism have run rampant, mankind has embraced anti-intellectualism, and society is devoid of such traits as intellectual curiosity, social responsibility, justice, and human rights. The film was not screened for critics, and the distributor, 20th Century Fox, was accused of abandoning it. Despite its lack of a major theatrical release, which resulted in a mere $495,000 gross at the box office, the film received positive reviews from critics and has become a cult film.
| Director | Mike Judge |
| Produced by | Mike Judge, Elysa Koplovitz |
| Screenplay by | Mike Judge, Etan Cohen |
| Story by | Mike Judge |
| Starring | Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard |
| Music | Theodore Shapiro |
| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Edited by | David Rennie |
| Production, company | Ternion |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Released | September 01, 2006 |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2–4 million |
| Box office | $495,303 |
| Netflix ID | 70028899 |
About Idiocracy
Satirical comedy which finds "average American" Private Joe Bauers undercover as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. He is forgotten and awakens five centuries in the future.
Achievement of Idiocracy
The Mike Judge comedy became a cult film. A number of spin-offs had been in the plans, but none ever came to fruition.
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