Team America: World Police

Team America: World Police
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Trey Parker
Written by	Trey Parker Matt Stone Pam Brady
Produced by	Scott Rudin Trey Parker Matt Stone
Starring	Trey Parker Matt Stone Kristen Miller Masasa Moyo Daran Norris Phil Hendrie Maurice LaMarche Chelsea Marguerite Jeremy Shada Fred Tatasciore
Cinematography	Bill Pope
Edited by	Thomas M. Vogt
Music by	Harry Gregson-Williams
Production companies	Scott Rudin Productions Braniff Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	October 14, 2004 (2004-10-14) (Denver) October 15, 2004 (2004-10-15) (United States)
Running time	98 minutes[1][2]
Countries	Germany United States[1][3]
Language	English
Budget	$32 million[4]
Box office	$51 million[4]

Team America: World Police is a 2004 puppetry comedy film directed by Trey Parker, who co-wrote the film with Matt Stone and Pam Brady. Parker and Stone also star alongside Kristen Miller, Masasa Moyo, Daran Norris, Phil Hendrie, Maurice LaMarche, Jeremy Shada, and Fred Tatasciore. A satire of action film archetypes, American militarism, and the foreign policy of the United States, the film follows the titular international counterterrorism force, who recruit a Broadway actor to assist in saving the world from Kim Jong Il and his coalition of Islamic terrorists and liberal Hollywood actors.

The film intertwines puppetry and miniature effects in a manner similar to Supermarionation, known for its use in the television series Thunderbirds, although Stone and Parker were not fans of that show. They worked on the script with Brady, a former South Park writer, for nearly two years. The film had a troubled production, with various technical problems regarding the puppets and the scheduling extremes of finishing in time for its theatrical release. It also came into routine conflict with the Motion Picture Association of America, which returned the film multiple times with an NC-17 rating due to an explicit sex scene involving puppets.

Team America: World Police premiered at the Denver Film Festival on October 14, 2004, and was theatrically released in the United States the following day. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a modest success at the box office, grossing over $51 million worldwide on a $32 million budget.^[4]