Get Smart is a 2008 American spy-fi comedy film based on Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's 1960s spy parody television series of the same name. The film stars Steve Carell as Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99. Alan Arkin, who also worked with Carell in Little Miss Sunshine, plays the Chief. The film co-stars Dwayne Johnson, Terence Stamp, Terry Crews, David Koechner, Masi Oka, David S. Lee, Ken Davitian, Larry Miller, James Caan, Kevin Nealon, Patrick Warburton and Dalip Singh. Bernie Kopell, who played Siegfried in the original series, Leonard B. Stern, the original series' producer, and... Bill Murray make cameo appearances. Maxwell "Max" Smart , an analyst for the top secret American intelligence agency CONTROL, yearns to become a field agent like his friend Agent 23 whom he idolizes. Despite scoring extremely well in the acceptance tests, Max is denied the promotion as the Chief of CONTROL feels that Max’s analytical skills are best used for his present assignment.
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| Release date: | June 19, 2008 |
| Directed by: | Peter Segal |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 111 Minutes |
| Producer: | Alex Gartner, Andrew Lazar, Charles Roven, Michael Ewing |
| Editor: | Rick Pearson |
| Music by: | Trevor Rabin |
| Cinematography: | Dean Semler |
| Screenplay by: | Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember |
| Estimated budget: | $80,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |