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MacGruber (film)

MacGruber
Macgruber poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jorma Taccone
Produced by Lorne Michaels
John Goldwyn
Written by Will Forte
John Solomon
Jorma Taccone
Starring Will Forte
Kristen Wiig
Ryan Phillippe
Powers Boothe
Maya Rudolph
Val Kilmer
Music by Matthew Compton
Cinematography Brandon Trost
Edited by Jamie Gross
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • March 15, 2010 (2010-03-15) (SXSW)
  • May 21, 2010 (2010-05-21) (United States)
Running time
99 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $10 million
Box office $9.3 million

MacGruber is a 2010 American action comedy film based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, itself a parody of action-adventure television series MacGyver. Jorma Taccone of the comedy trio The Lonely Island directed the film, which stars Will Forte in the title role; Kristen Wiig as his love interest/partner, Vicki St. Elmo; Ryan Phillippe as Dixon Piper, a young lieutenant who becomes part of MacGruber's team; Maya Rudolph as MacGruber's dead wife, Casey; and Val Kilmer as the villain, Dieter von Cunth.

Originally scheduled for release on April 23, 2010, the film was instead released on May 21, 2010, grossing $9.3 million worldwide against a $10 million budget. The film has since been labeled a cult classic.

In eastern Siberia's Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Dieter Von Cunth and his men take control of the X-5 missile, which has a nuclear warhead. In Ecuador, Col. Jim Faith and Lt. Dixon Piper are searching for former Green Beret, Navy SEAL and Army Ranger MacGruber. The two men find him meditating in a chapel, and try to convince him to retrieve the warhead. MacGruber refuses; later that night, MacGruber explodes into a fit of rage after a flashback where Cunth killed his fiancée, Casey Fitzpatrick, at their wedding; he then accepts offer.

After having a heated conversation with Faith and Piper at The Pentagon, MacGruber forms his own team to pursue Cunth. MacGruber recruits all but his long-time friend Vicki St. Elmo and Brick Hughes. MacGruber meets Faith and Piper on a tarmac, while his team is in a van with his homemade C-4 explosives. The van explodes, killing the team and MacGruber is removed from the case. MacGruber convinces Piper to form a new team, now including Vicki.


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