Get Smart (film)

Get Smart
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Segal
Produced by	Leonard B. Stern Alex Gartner Charles Roven Andrew Lazar Michael Ewing
Written by	Tom J. Astle Matt Ember
Based on	Get Smart by Mel Brooks Buck Henry
Starring	Steve Carell Anne Hathaway Dwayne Johnson Alan Arkin Terence Stamp Terry Crews David Koechner James Caan
Music by	Trevor Rabin
Cinematography	Dean Semler
Edited by	Richard Pearson
Production company	Village Roadshow Pictures Mosaic Media Group Mad Chance Callahan Filmworks Atlas Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	June 20, 2008 (2008-06-20)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$80 million
Box office	$230.7 million

Get Smart is a 2008 American action comedy film directed by Peter Segal, written by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember and produced by Leonard B. Stern, who is also the original series' producer. The film is based on Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's classic television series of the same name.

The film stars Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson and Alan Arkin, and co-stars Terence Stamp, Terry Crews, David Koechner and James Caan. Bernie Kopell, who played Siegfried in the original series, also appeared in the film. The film centers on an analyst named Maxwell "Max" Smart (Carell) who dreams of becoming a real field agent and a better spy. The film was released on June 20, 2008.

Get Smart received mixed reviews from critics and it earned $230 million on a $80 million budget.

Maxwell "Max" Smart, an analyst for the top secret American intelligence agency, CONTROL, yearns to become a field agent like his idol, Agent 23. Despite top scores in the acceptance tests, Max is denied the promotion due to his higher value as an analyst. When CONTROL headquarters is attacked by the terrorist organization KAOS, almost all of CONTROL's agents' identities are exposed, leaving only Agent 99 as a viable field operative. Max is also promoted to field agent as Agent 86, but the experienced 99 is reluctant to partner with him because of his clumsiness.

The two infiltrate the mansion of KAOS' chief bomb-maker, Ladislas Krstic, and trace nuclear material to a KAOS nuclear weapons factory disguised as a Moscow bakery. In the bakery, Max meets with KAOS boss Siegfried and his second-in-command, Shtarker, only to learn that a double-agent has compromised their identities. Max manages to escape and destroy the weapons factory, but he and 99 are confronted by a KAOS agent named Dalip; Max manages to persuade Dalip to spare their lives. The Chief sends 23 to observe the cleanup of the factory, but KAOS sneaks the weapons out through the Moskva River beforehand, leaving 23 convinced that only a bakery had been destroyed. Realizing that Max was alone during his key discoveries, CONTROL believes Max to be the double-agent. 99, who has been gradually falling in love with Max, is heartbroken but takes Max into custody.