Mystery Men

Mystery Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKinka Usher
Written byNeil Cuthbert
Based onFlaming Carrot Comics
by Bob Burden
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyStephen H. Burum
Edited byConrad Buff
Music byStephen Warbeck
Production
companies
Golar Productions
Dark Horse Entertainment
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • July 22, 1999 (1999-07-22) (Premiere)
  • August 6, 1999 (1999-08-06)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$68 million[2][3]
Box office$33.5 million[2]

Mystery Men is a 1999 American superhero comedy film directed by Kinka Usher (in his feature-length directorial debut), written by Neil Cuthbert, loosely based on Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot Comics, starring Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Greg Kinnear, Claire Forlani, Kel Mitchell, Paul Reubens, Janeane Garofalo, Wes Studi, Geoffrey Rush, Lena Olin, Eddie Izzard, and Tom Waits. The film details the story of a team of lesser superheroes with unimpressive powers who are required to save the day from a criminal genius when Champion City's resident superhero gets captured.

Mystery Men received generally positive reviews from critics, but was a box-office bomb, only making a little over $33 million worldwide against a $68 million budget.[2]

  1. ^ "MYSTERY MEN (PG)". United International Pictures. British Board of Film Classification. September 8, 1999. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Mystery Men". Box Office Mojo. IMDb.com. October 14, 1999. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Mystery Men (1999) - Financial Information".

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