Pitka, an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and sub... Read allPitka, an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.Pitka, an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.
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- 5 wins & 8 nominations
- Kanye West
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- TriviaThere is an extra scene with Ye being interviewed at a hockey game to which Mike Myers has brought him. Each time the interviewer gives the microphone to Kanye, Mike Myers leans in and keeps repeating, "Don't say it, don't say it!" Mike Myers was on-stage with Kanye West when Kanye made his infamous "George W. Bush doesn't care about black people", statement.
- GoofsDuring the first game between Toronto and LA, Roanoke and Grande get into a fight. The referee informs Roanoke that he has been suspended. Referees cannot suspend players from future contests, and would order a game misconduct in this situation.
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Guru Pitka: If your Uncle Jack helped you off an elephant, would you help your uncle jack off an elephant?
- Crazy creditsOne outtake with Verne Troyer is shown during the end credits.
- ConnectionsEdited into Tosh.0: Scarlet Takes a Tumble (2009)
- SoundtracksLead Me To Your Rock
Written by Orville Heyn
Performed by Telma Hopkins and TC3 (Toronto Children's Concert Choir)
Produced by Orville Heyn and John Houlihan
More scenes of young Pitka might have explained better how he grew into the adult he became, and Rajneesh could have been fleshed out a bit. I suspect that a lot of character development and back story were left on the cutting room floor. What should have been cut were the cameos that were either pointless or self-referential without being truly funny.
The plot wasn't exactly Citizen Kane quality, but it could have worked with better writing. After all, if anything cries out for satiric treatment, it's the self-help and New Age movements. With such target-rich subject matter, how did Myers manage to make such a dud? I think that it's a case of plain self-indulgence. Jim Carrey and Robin Williams are two other talented, over-the-top funny men who do some of their best work when they show restraint and don't play themselves. Someone should have reined in Myers on this one.
For his penance, I suggest that he lay off comedy for a while and do a few dramatic roles - including supporting ones - as he did (quite well) in "54." Williams and Carrey have shown other dimensions of themselves in dramatic roles, and I'm sure Myers can, too.
- pgstreby
- Jun 19, 2008
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- Untitled Mike Myers Project
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- Budget
- $62,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $32,235,793
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,907,130
- Jun 22, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $40,877,556
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
- 2.39 : 1