Micmacs Movie (2009)
A man and his friends come up with an intricate and original plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.
Avid movie-watcher and video store clerk Bazil has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco and one fateful night a stray bullet from a nearby shootout embeds itself in his skull, leaving him on the verge of instantaneous death. Losing his job and his home, Bazil wanders the streets until he meets Slammer, a pardoned convict who introduces him to a band of eccentric junkyard dealers including Calculator, a math expert and statistician, Buster, a record-holder in human cannonball feats, Tiny Pete, an artistic craftsman of automatons, and Elastic Girl, a sassy contortionist. When chance reveals to Bazil the two weapons manufacturers responsible for building the instruments of his destruction, he constructs a complex scheme for revenge that his newfound family is all too happy to help set in motion.
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Storyline
Avid movie-watcher and video store clerk Bazil has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco and one fateful night a stray bullet from a nearby shootout embeds itself in his skull, leaving him on the verge of instantaneous death. Losing his job and his home, Bazil wanders the streets until he meets Slammer, a pardoned convict who introduces him to a band of eccentric junkyard dealers including Calculator, a math expert and statistician, Buster, a record-holder in human cannonball feats, Tiny Pete, an artistic craftsman of automatons, and Elastic Girl, a sassy contortionist. When chance reveals to Bazil the two weapons manufacturers responsible for building the instruments of his destruction, he constructs a complex scheme for revenge that his newfound family is all too happy to help set in motion.
Details
- Rated: R
- Runtime: 1:45 hours
- Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
- Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Writer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (scenario), Guillaume Laurant (scenario), Guillaume Laurant (dialogue)
- Actors: Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Yolande Moreau, Dominique Pinon
- Language: French
- Country: France
- Awards: 5 wins & 8 nominations
- Production Company: Sony Pictures Classics
- Box Office: $1,260,917
- ASIN: B0045NXMJE
- Year Released: 2009
- Release Date: Jun 10, 2010
- DVD Date: Dec 13, 2010
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