Corporal Joe Bauers, a decidedly average American, is selected for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the... Read allCorporal Joe Bauers, a decidedly average American, is selected for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.Corporal Joe Bauers, a decidedly average American, is selected for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- President Camacho
- (as Terry Alan Crews)
- Bailiff
- (as Kevin S. McAfee)
- Officer Collins
- (as Mike McCafferty)
- Hospital Technician
- (as Ryan Melton)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn addition to concerns about how to market the film, Twentieth Century Fox also grew weary of the film's frequent, harsh critiques of recognizable corporations. Studio executives wished to shuffle the movie to DVD shelves as quickly and quietly as possible. The film's contract stipulated that it had to receive a theatrical release. The studio met the terms of the contract, but provided no marketing for the film, released it in an unusually small number of cinemas in select cities, and pulled the film in all markets after only one week. So little effort was put into showing the film in theaters, that some of the few cinemas that screened the film were forced to promote it as "Untitled Mike Judge Project" in their lists of coming attractions.
- GoofsIn the montage following his initiative to irrigate the crops with water rather than Gatorade, the crowd chant "Joe, Joe". But they all know him by the name "Not Sure".
- Quotes
[first lines]
Narrator: As the twenty-first century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more intelligent. But, as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become an endangered species.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits there is a scene in which Upgrayedd arrives into the future to look for Rita.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Chibi Project: Sailor Soldiers vs Fresnel Lens (2007)
- SoundtracksTrio Sonata No. 1 in G
Written by Domenico Gallo
Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Courtesy of Extreme Production Music
This horror film depicts the future in a way not even Orwell or Huxley have considered. Far more dystopian than 1984 or Brave New World. Not even Fahrenheit 451 could have made me so worried about the future.
It haunts my nightmares now and I keep a defibrillator nearby all the time. I learned a better way to use it watching the last season of Breaking Bad.
Watch with caution. Don't let children watch it.
Very scary. Not for the faint of heart.
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- Dec 26, 2015
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- 3001
- Filming locations
- Austin Convention Center - 500 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas, USA(Escalator/Tattoo/IQ Test)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $2,400,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $444,093
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $124,367
- Sep 3, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $495,652
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