Mystery Men

Mystery Men is a 1999 American superhero comedy movie directed by Kinka Usher and written by Neil Cuthbert, based on Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot Comics.

Mystery Men
Directed byKinka Usher
Written byNeil Cuthbert
Based onFlaming Carrot Comics
by Bob Burden
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyStephen H. Burum
Edited byConrad Buff
Music byStephen Warbeck
Production
companies
Golar Productions
Dark Horse Entertainment
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • July 22, 1999 (1999-07-22) (Los Angeles)
  • August 6, 1999 (1999-08-06) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$68 million[2][3]
Box office$33.5 million[2]

The film stars Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Eddie Izzard, Greg Kinnear, William H. Macy, Kel Mitchell, Lena Olin, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Ben Stiller, Wes Studi, and Tom Waits. The story revolves around a team of lesser superheroes with unimpressive powers who are required to save the day from a criminal genius when Champion City's resident superhero gets captured.

  1. ↑ "MYSTERY MEN (PG)". United International Pictures. British Board of Film Classification. September 8, 1999. Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Mystery Men". Box Office Mojo. IMDb.com. October 14, 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mystery Men (1999) - Financial Information".