Hollywood A-Listers Prove Ignorance in Supporting... Mar 31, 2008
com readers may remember the film "Team America: World Police," a puppeteer's parody about the American government, its foreign policy and its home-grown critics in Hollywood. One of the puppets lampoons Oscar-winner Sean Penn, who, in the film, laments the invasion of Iraq by harking back to the time it "was a happy place. They had flowery meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate." Penn was so angry about the film's message that he wrote the film's creators, Matt Stone and Trey... (Fox News)
Defend Taiwan? Other nations? Mar 25, 2008
It s called playing World Police, and it s what enables other advanced nations to spend their money on their own people and infrastructure, secure in the knowledge that the good ol U.S. will do all their military work for them. Terrible, stupid idea. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Adam Carolla adds charm to The Hammer Mar 20, 2008
But as Team America: World Police so astutely pointed out, you need a montage. Even Rocky had a montage. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Foreign aid workers to pull out after women are kidnapped Mar 15, 2008
Independent Online Edition - Europe News - Independent. from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday. (Yahoo News -- Rap and Hip-Hop)
DVD review: 'South Park: Imaginationland' Mar 15, 2008
Now on DVD with added scenes that were too racy for TV, it's an awesome film - just as cutting edge as "Team America: World Police," with humor that nearly matches that of "South Park: Bigger, Longer ." "Imaginationland" starts with Cartman chasing down a leprechaun, who's trying to warn about a terrorist attack. From there, the boys go back and forth to and from Imaginationland, which contains all of the good and evil characters in our imaginations, and is also the new ground zero. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Team Hollywood Inks Rebholz to Helm Comic Book Mar 2, 2008
March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Team Hollywood, Inc. () a marketing consulting firm that specializes in crisis management, Homeland Security training, and consumer relations for private sector and governmental agencies, is widely rumored to be the non-fictional heroes of the real-life movie "Team America." Today, Team Hollywood announced the results of their worldwide search among artists for their limited edition, volume 1, of their comic book series. Bobby Rebholz, of Cincinnati, Ohio has... (PR Newswire)
The Morning After Feb 28, 2008
Word is, SuperMario said to do the deal-to quote Team America: I love your balls. Must be nice to have ownership that gives a fig about winning-We had it once upon a time hen I was a kid and Lysiak was lighting the lamp @ the Omni but investments go south, and then you end up somehow with the douchebaggery (I invented a word. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Attention Musicals Haters! Feb 3, 2008
Team America: World Police (2004): A famous Broadway actor is recruited by a team of secret agents to fight terrorism in the Middle East. And it's all done with puppets. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
It's time whaling became extinct Jan 21, 2008
It's too early to say whether they're telling the truth, or the detected blast was conventional, but Kim Jong Il has certainly upset lots of people including some South Korean protesters who were so incensed that they made a of him that looked exactly like the puppet from Team America. So if even the world's most terrifyingly wacky regime is now a nuclear power, why shouldn't Australia cobble together a few nuclear weapons as well. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Bring on the puppets! Jan 9, 2008
The Team America Oscars. Similar to the above, only using the marionettes Matt Stone and Trey Parker created for Team America: World Police. (Guardian Unlimited)
Feeling is, Patriots' Belichick wants this one vs. rival Jets Dec 16, 2007
But at 13-0, the Patriots are viewed as everybody's rivals, the NFL's answer to the New York Yankees - the team America loves to hate and wants to beat. "It'd be about a 31-way tie," Belichick said Thursday when asked about the harshest reception he's gotten on the road. (Boston Globe)
Algiers Bombers Identified; 37 Dead Dec 14, 2007
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007 By Article Tools. (ALGIERS, Algeria) Two convicted terrorists who had been freed in an amnesty carried out the suicide bombings at U.N. and government buildings that killed 37 people, an Algerian security official said Thursday. (Time.com)
Read on... Dec 11, 2007
Guilty pleasures:* TV: Deadliest Catch * Film: Team America: World Police * Reading material: GPM (Guilty Pleasure Magazine) * Web sites: NHL.com* YouTube video: Grape Stomp, deliciously wrong to be laughing at someone elses pain but the slow-mo replay is too much. Best hangover remedy. (Variety)
Looking back fondly through the purple haze Dec 9, 2007
Team America: World Police (2004). Though the puker is a puppet, experts largely agree that this is cinema's most cruelly overextended vomit scene. (Globe and Mail)
Chiodos's cult following is sending them to the top of the charts Nov 27, 2007
They helped arrange a visit to their fathers' studio, where the band was treated to tours of puppets and props from "Klowns," "Elf," and "Team America: World Police." Filmmaker Ed Chiodo has noticed another upside to the name-borrowing beyond simple flattery. "It's funny, it's introduced our movie to a younger audience. Now we're associated with a much younger demographic because of the band," says Chiodo. (Boston Globe)
Mr Congeniality Nov 16, 2007
In 2004, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone mocked his activism in their Hollywood lampoon Team America: World Police. He had just returned from a trip to Iraq, the first of two he made to the region, and took offence at the duo's suggestion that he had painted a rose-tinted view of the place. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Ski season starts with annual Expo Nov 15, 2007
After splitting from the US Ski Team, Miller formed Team America. Miller, off to an uneven start this season, missed training last month because of a back injury, then placed fifth with the second-fastest second run in a Soelden Austria giant slalom Oct. 28. (Boston Globe)
Eye on the Oscars: Animation Preview Nov 7, 2007
The same requirement ruled out "Team America," which was submitted to the animated feature category. "We said no, those aren't animated characters, those are puppeted," Weiss says. (Variety)
Things to do this weekend Oct 11, 2007
Move over, Team America, there's a new puppet auteur in town. For more on films go to. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Political thriller with plenty of firepower Sep 28, 2007
The Kingdom has a lot on its mind: it s a police procedural, a culture clash, a Team America morale booster, a statement on the futility of violence and an example of Hollywood big-screen violence at its most brutal and alluring. Shot with the jittery propulsiveness associated more with Mann s films than Berg s, Kingdom builds in momentum until it boils over in a climactic sequence that batters and elates both characters and audience. (Boston Globe)
South Park creators bring new show to cable Sep 28, 2007
An episode about which man could stay awake the longest Spenny ate health food for help, Kenny (the winner) kept gobbling caffeine caught Parker and Stones eyes as they were pulling all-nighters to finish the movie Team America: World Police. . (MSNBC -- News)
Marriage of convenience that will end in tears Sep 19, 2007
(People who've seen the animated Team America will have a giggle at the unintentional comparison. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Top Movie Soundtracks Sep 16, 2007
The songs, mostly written by Trey Parker, are also extremely catchy - even more than Parker and Matt Stone's other movie with a great profane soundtrack, "Team America: World Police." ... Honorable mentions: "Almost Famous," "Beat Street," "Bob Roberts," "The Bodyguard," "The Crow," "Do the Right Thing," "8 Mile," "Footloose," "Hustle " "Judgment Night," "Magnolia," "Maximum Overdrive," "One Trick Pony," "Rushmore," "Team America: World Police," "Trainspotting" and "Valley Girl.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Spike TV Goes Into the Woods for SCREAM 2007 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles Sep 6, 2007
Members of this year's advisory board include: Wes Craven (writer/director, "A Nightmare on Elm Street"); Tim Kring (executive producer/creator, "Heroes"); Tom DeSanto (writer, "X-MEN" and producer, "Transformers"); Eli Roth (writer/director, "Hostel"); Phil Tippett (two-time Oscar winner and visual effects supervisor, "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Jurassic Park"); Geoff Johns (comic book writer, Infinite Crisis and 52); George Huang (independent filmmaker, "Swimming With Sharks" and the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Party animal Sep 3, 2007
As the Janeane Garofalo puppet says in Team America: World Police: "It's our job to read the newspaper, and then say what we read as if it's our own idea.". Potential Republican candidate for next year's presidential election Senator John McCain echoed this cynicism when he described US politics as Hollywood for ugly people. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Ang Lee's latest nabs NC-17 rating Aug 24, 2007
But 1990's "Henry and 2000's "Requiem for a Dream" were two NC-17 pic that drew Oscar noms. Steamy Euro fare like "The Dreamers" has also been released under the NC-17 designation Stateside.Among recent battles over NC-17: "Team America: World Police" originally received the designation for depictions of puppet sex, but Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Scott Rudin resubmitted it several times and eventually received an R. Wayne Kramer won an R on "The Cooler" after he trimmed 1 minutes from the... (Variety)
Full Story from Daily Utah Chronicle Aug 8, 2007
"Hairspray" is a glorious, often very funny celebration of progress, set to some terrific songs and dance numbers (with music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman, who also wrote the brilliant songs for "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut" and "Team America," which ought to earn this movie some cool points from the college crowd. . (U-Wire.com)
* It's time to die free or live hard Jul 20, 2007
But McClane is also unequivocally playing for team America, helping the FBI and its no-nonsense, supremely capable deputy director, Bowman (Cliff Curtis), who runs the sillily named cyber division with blinking monitors and scurrying minions. Heroic in deed and in acquaintance, Bowman knows to side with McClane, saving his contemptuous looks for the guy from Homeland Security. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Don't flatter terrorists with po-faced hush. Mock them Jul 14, 2007
" People are fond of beginning sentences with these words when they mean quite the opposite. What follows tends to suggest that you really may not laugh at all. You may laugh, a person might say, but she's having it amputated next week. You may laugh, but the smell will never come out of that carpet.I recently found myself tacitly reprimanded in this way after it had emerged that the chaps accused of crashing that environmentally unfriendly Jeep Cherokee into Glasgow airport had failed to... (Guardian Unlimited)
Pollies let hair down on MySpace Jul 12, 2007
Democrat Senator Andrew Bartlett listed the sombre works of Nick Cave, Joy Division and Leonard Cohen as his favourite music and rated the controversial film Team America: World Police - which ridicules US foreign policy - as one of his most-loved films. Workplace minister Joe Hockey s MySpace automatically plays the 2000 hit Who Let the Dogs Out. (NEWS.com.au)
Fourth Of July Events and Closures Jul 4, 2007
"Team America: Word Police" Sing-a-Long: Celebrate the Fourth of July by singing along to the director's cut of the greatest foul-mouthed American marionette musical of all time - "Team America: World Police." The film, from "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is not suitable for children. Before the screening, grilled "Freedom Dogs" will be available for only "a buck-0-five." Cold beer and patriotic doodads also will be on sale. (KOLD.com, AZ)
World: Police smash global pedophile ring Jun 19, 2007
Are you going to bring your dog to work on Friday, June 22. SignOnSanDiego is looking for businesses in San Diego where pets will be welcomed that day for a video feature. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Xbox Live Marketplace adds video GLBT, anime offerings Jun 5, 2007
Recent Accessory Reviews. June 04, 2007 3:55 pm ET. (MacCentral)
Hendrie Joins Talk Radio Network-FM Jun 5, 2007
He is also known for performing voices on the animated Fox sitcoms King of the Hill and Futurama, and the movie Team America: World Police. . (MediaWeek.com)
BRENDAN CONWAY: A man's war years Jun 5, 2007
It also makes some sense for a contemporary memoir to sound like the spoof movie "Team America: World Police," with PlayStations and incest jokes between mortar attacks and potshots. This is, after all, a young guy writing. (Washington Times)
Italian TV bins reality shows May 28, 2007
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Bart Simpson full frontal nude in upcoming feature film?... Apr 29, 2007
More recently, the makers of 2004's Team America: World Police had to re-cut a sex scene involving genitalia-free puppets nine times before the Motion Picture Association of America withdrew the movie's NC-17 rating and replaced it with an R.. Young Simpson's foray into flashing, however, is likely to elicit giggles rather than criticism. (The Drudge Report)
Good bobby, bad bobby take on one mean hamlet Apr 21, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007. Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent and Edward Woodward. (San Francisco Chronicle)
report on a proxy war Apr 5, 2007
People call us the "world police" but never the "world contributor". All the good this country does for others goes over-looked due to the fact that it's administration tries to keep America safe even by the means that it does. (Harper's Magazine)
Who are the smartest celebs? Mar 31, 2007
"Team America: World Police" parodied Jerry Bruckheimer movies. Their forays into taboo territory like stem cell research have led to claims of thoughtlessness, but as Parker said in a CBS interview, "You have to think about it a lot in order to make fun of it.". (Orlando Sentinel)
Shooting Holes in a Conspiracy Mar 24, 2007
Shooter is a compelling cinematic depiction of how to fix a problem by blowing things up. " (The always authoritative Levon Helm has an excellent cameo here as a Yoda of gun lore.) His other helper is a rookie FBI agent (World Trade Center's Michael Pena), who does a lot of Internet research before he joins Swagger and gets to blow up some traitors. Fuqua, who directed Training Day and King Arthur, knows his male audience, and knows that they like how-to movies on survival against all odds. So... (Time.com)
Butler's Graves a small-town shooter with big-time game Mar 20, 2007
The Bulldogs are just the sort of team America loves at this time of year, a mid-major with heart and soul and plenty of room on its bandwagon. "They can jump right on," coach Todd Lickliter says. (USA Today -- Sports)
Comedy Central Goes Movie Shopping Mar 17, 2007
Comedy Central will lay out a total of about $10 million for exclusive cable TV rights to "Reno 911!: Miami" and "Team America: World Police" and for a shared window to "Borat.". "Original series are still Comedy Central's most important programming, but we regard movies as a complement," said senior VP of programming David Bernath. (Multichannel News)
Interest-Free! Mar 14, 2007
Travel, go shopping, take the kids to Disneyland, he admonished, raising a battle cry like the puppets in Team America: "Hey, terrorists terrorize this!" Our way of life may have been under attack, but our credit rating was strong, and we were called on to fight back not with guns but funds, brandishing our MasterCards in the face of the heathens. Sacrifice is for commies. (City Pages)
WP: Terrorists proving harder to profile Mar 12, 2007
One was the well-to-do English son of a Conservative Party activist; he worked in a bar and loved the movie "Team America.". A recently completed Dutch study of 242 Islamic radicals convicted or accused of planning terrorist attacks in Europe from 2001 to 2006 found that most were men of Arab descent who had been born and raised in Europe and came from lower or middle-class backgrounds. (MSNBC -- Race)
IGN Movies Mailbag: 3/09/07 Mar 11, 2007
Honestly, as a really simple solution to his problem off of the top of my head, why not just depict Cobra and the Joe's exactly as over-the-top and cornballish as they are on TV; it would leave him with a lot of room for comedy, absurd vehicles, and political commentary (A more action-packed and family-friendly Team America, if you will). --Steve. (IGN FilmForce)
Review: The '300': Ah, the fine-looking fighters of freedom-loving Sparta Mar 9, 2007
Another movie Matt Stone and Trey Parker's "Team America," whose wooden puppets were more compelling actors than most of the cast of "300" calculated the cost at $1. 05. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
TCF grad now assistant to director Nolan Mar 8, 2007
But the first job that really got him in the business was as a production assistant on "Team America: World Police.". "Being a PA [production assistant] is a great way to start out," he said. (The Crimson White, AL)
Worthy of honor on Capitol grounds? Mar 2, 2007
Common sense conservativism. The entry titled "Who do we honor?," and any of the comments about it. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
¿Valentine's movies aren't for the faint of heart Feb 11, 2007
Team America: World Police (2004). Its a spoof of bombastic action movies from the genius minds of South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and puppets are the stars. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband says he might be father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby, had long affair Feb 10, 2007
The students say the video was a parody inspired by the animated film "Team America: World Police.". "We would all like to apologize, to use this moment now as our public forum to say that we are sorry if we offended anyone," said William McDermott, 21, a senior criminal justice/pre-law major from Snow Hill, Md. (North County Times)
Report: Iran plans to get involved in Iraq Jan 30, 2007
It is our future generations who will be paying the bill for is disaster and as world police we should be compensated as such. this would reduce our taxes and costs of living thus providing us the ability to pay for our military. (Yahoo News -- Iran)
Top 10 Tuesdays: Movies That Need to be Games Jan 27, 2007
5) Team America: World Police. America F**K YEAH. (IGN Xbox)
The Future Is Now Jan 10, 2007
Not since Team America has a studio picture dared such irreverence. And not since Office Space has a studio reject so eagerly awaited its cult. (City Pages)
The Quotes of 2006 Jan 4, 2007
-- Bay Buchanan, chairman of Team America (March 4)The Republicans. Both sides of the aisle are enamored of pork and increased entitlement spending, which is still where 65 or 58 percent of federal spending goes. (Human Events Online)
Jackboots on Whitehall Dec 12, 2006
It's "Team America without the strings," claims producer ... Somewhat surprisingly, the success of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride and Trey Parker & Matt Stone's Team America: World Police didn't unleash a barrage of marrionettes and stop-motion figures doing adult things on the silver screen (no Robot Chicken doesn't count) ... "It's Team America in style and tone but without the strings," claims Swipe Films producer Frank Mannion. (Suite101.com)
Political animals Dec 12, 2006
Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto thinks Happy Feet, this season's blockbuster animation, contains 'far-left' propaganda. I half-expected an animated Al Gore to pop up,' he said. (Guardian Unlimited)
Swipe marches with 'Jackboots' Dec 9, 2006
Film takes inspiration from 'Team America ... LONDON -- Taking their inspiration from "Team America," an enterprising group of British filmmakers has started work on "Jackboots on Whitehall," a WW2 comedy spoof using action figures as the characters, voiced by a stellar cast of British actors ... "It's 'Team America' in style and tone but without the strings," says producer Frank Mannion of Swipe Films. (Variety)
Action figures making up 'Jackboots' cast Dec 8, 2006
The British film "Jackboots on Whitehall" is taking a page from its Hollywood counterpart "Team America" by using action figures as its only cast members ... "It's 'Team America' in style and tone but without the strings," producer Frank Mannion said. (Washington Times, DC)
Conservatives vs. toons Pt2 Nov 30, 2006
The Western Standard, the bible of Canada's far-right movement, called Parker and Stone's 2004 movie Team America: World Police"the most intelligent satire you will never see this year," saying there was a brilliant statement about America's War on Terror lurking under all that toilet humour. South Park, now in its 10th season, is showing no signs of slowing down: such controversial episodes as the Emmy-nominated "Trapped in the Closet" have given the show its best ratings in 4 years. (Suite101.com)
For make benefit of world peace Nov 23, 2006
Or the stick: imagine John Bolton sidling over to a member of a certain UN delegation, slipping a screenplay into their hands, and intimating that if particular non-proliferation treaties aren't entered into, South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone will set "Team America II" entirely in their capital city. I don't know if it will work, and obviously there are wrinkles to be ironed out. (Christian Science Monitor)
Hollywood spreads war at home, peace abroad Nov 18, 2006
Colombian rebels invoke Team America. In a plea that sounds like the plot of a bad sequel to Team America: World Police, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are asking for help from American film celebrities in brokering a hostage exchange deal. (Yale Herald, CT)
The Contenders Nov 17, 2006
Hence well-reviewed releases such as "The Devil Wears Prada," "Little Miss Sunshine" and the most politically incorrect satire since 2004's "Team America," "Borat" -- which grossed $26. 5 million on little more than 800 screens in its opening weekend -- have thrived. (Variety)
Daniel Craig as New Bond: Shaken or Stirred, Hes a Hit Nov 16, 2006
But there also some real cult items, too, from movies like the "South Park" group s "Team America.". Proceeds go to the Max Family Foundation, started by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in memory of their father. (Fox News -- Views)
'Borat' goes to America Nov 8, 2006
An extended nude wrestling match between Azamat and Borat is about as crude as "Team America," but it's also sublimely funny, rivaling the corpse transportation sequence in "Little Miss Sunshine" for the title of the year's most hilarious comedy scene. Mary F. Pols is the Times movie critic. (Contra Costa Times -- Entertainment)
