Witless Protection
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| Directed by | Charles Robert Carner |
| Produced by | J.P. Williams Alan C. Blomquist |
| Screenplay by | Charles Robert Carner |
| Story by |
Charles Robert Carner Alan C. Blomquist |
| Starring |
Larry the Cable Guy Jenny McCarthy Ivana Miličević Joe Mantegna Lisa Lampanelli |
| Music by | Eric Allaman |
| Cinematography | Michael Goi, ASC |
| Edited by | Marc Leif |
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Samwilla
Shaler Entertainment Parallel Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Running time
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7,500,000 |
| Box office | $4,161,625 (US and Canada) |
Witless Protection is a 2008 comedy crime film from Lionsgate, starring Daniel Lawrence Whitney, better known as Larry the Cable Guy and Jenny McCarthy written and directed by Chicago native Charles Robert Carner. Whitney plays Larry Stalder, a small-town deputy in Mississippi. Many parts of the film were filmed in Plano, Illinois and Virgil, Illinois (train depot, farms, gas station and a few downtown restaurants). Filming also took place in numerous towns in Illinois including Elmhurst, Lombard, Lemont, Sugar Grove, Glen Ellyn, Vernon Hills, Westmont and Yorkville. The film was released in theatres on February 22, 2008 and was released for DVD on June 10, 2008.
The story centers on Larry Stalder, a small-town deputy who dreams of becoming an FBI agent. He then witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue a woman named Madeleine. The "kidnappers" turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and deliver her to a big Enron-type corruption trial in Chicago.
After the misunderstanding is cleared, Larry attempts to deliver Madeleine to the agents and get a commendation letter from them until he discovers that they're corrupted. It's later revealed that they work for Arthur Grimsley, the criminal whom Madeleine is going to testify against, who also dumped her. While spending the night at a motel, Larry and Madeleine are found by the agents and escape. During their journey, they discover that the evidence against Arthur, contained within a disc, was stolen and is inside a safe in Arthur's mansion. After evading capture from Wilford Duvall, Arthur's head of security, they manage to keep the villains off track by faking Madeleine's death. Arriving in Chicago, Larry enters a charity polo match to get invited to a ball at Arthur's mansion. He manages to beat Arthur, who at first denies to invite him to the ball until Larry convinces him otherwise.
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