Details

Release year: 1999

Storyline

A group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillain threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city.

Top credits

Directors

Kinka Usher

Writers

Cast

Ben Stiller — Furious
Janeane Garofalo — Bowler
William H. Macy — Shoveler
Hank Azaria — Blue Raja

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Did you know

• Janeane Garofalo had originally turned down the the part of The Bowler, but changed her mind when she heard William H. Macy and Geoffrey Rush had signed on.

• The scene where The Spleen accidentally ignites a blast of flatulence standing by a barrel with a fire in it was a happy accident. Apparently, a crew member had tossed a plastic lighter in the barrel. It happened to explode (a small explosion, but an explosion none the less) while filming Paul Reubens. The reactions that followed were created after the fact, capitalizing on the moment caught on film.

• Tom Waits' odd hand gestures when explaining the psychofrakulator were the result of him writing his dialogue on his fingers and reading the words as he went along.