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Movie Info
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Director -
Brian Robbins -
Producer -
Alain Chabat , Stephanie Danan , Nicolas Cage , Norman Golightly , Brian Robbins , Sharla Sumpter Bridge -
Screenwriter -
Steve Koren -
Distributor -
Paramount Pictures -
Production Co -
Saturn Films , Paramount Pictures International , Work After Midnight Films -
Rating -
PG-13 (Language|Dialogue|Sexual Situations|Some Drug-Related Humor) -
Genre -
Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Mar 9, 2012, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 1, 2014 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$18.4M -
Runtime -
1h 31m -
Sound Mix -
Datasat , SDDS , Dolby Digital