Team America: World Police - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Team America: World Police or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Team America: World Police

[jesse]

Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson was due to meet with the film's directors but they canceled the meeting, thinking that Anderson would object to the film's expletives. In retrospect, this was a wise decision. Anderson is on record as saying "there are good, fun parts [in the film] but the language wasn't to [his] liking".

[cassandra]

Kim Jong-il - a world famous film buff - never publicly commented on the film, in which he has a highly prominent role.

[cassandra]

The statue in Jong-Il Kim's palace is actually a human in heavy makeup. In the first scene in which he appears, you can see his eyes blinking.

[morris]

When Lisa is at the Peace Ceremony with Jong-Il Kim, Her hair sticks are in fact matches.

[ava]

The song about 'montage' can also be heard in Season 6 Episode 2 : Asspen of South Park created by the same creators of Team America.

[ronnie]

After the flooding scene in Panama, the puppets that were "drowned" had to be literally wrung out and dried so that they could be used in the next scenes.

[chad]

The language the terrorists speak is not Arabic but gibberish with the names, "Mohammed," "Allah," "Jihad," and "Mohammed Ali" said to make the language sound more Middle Eastern. Oddly enough the villagers in Cairo speak real Arabic.

[stephanie]

Alec Baldwin claims that he enjoys people joking with him on the street, saying "You are useless Alec Baldwin", as a result of the film, to which he replies "Back at you Kim."

[terry]

For the voice of Spottswoode, Daran Norris imitates the voice of Charlton Heston.

[carla]

Paramount immediately greenlighted the idea of making a puppet movie, in the mistaken belief that it would be cheaper than a live action film.

[jim]

All of the puppets in the movie used the same two bodies (one for the males and one for the females) with different heads- except for Kim Jong Il, to make him look that much smaller.

[sandra]

Household objects were used as props in order to, according to Trey Parker and Matt Stone, remind the audience the actual size of the puppets. A pair of nail clippers can be seen on a Team America's utility belt in their first scene; in Cairo, a citizen is carrying a basket of Goldfish snacks on his head; and a set of palm trees have leaves made out of dollar bills.

[brent]

Despite almost getting an NC-17 rating in the United States, the film was promoted as a "kids and family" movie in several European countries, and rated fit for all accordingly.

[bryan]

The MPAA gave this film an R rating, accompanied with the specific explanation "For graphic crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language - all involving puppets."

[bernice]

Several references to Star Wars (1977) are made in the film, including a recreation of the Mos Eisely cantina scene when Gary walks into the Cairo bar, and the assault on the Death Star when Team America is engaged in an airborne dogfight with the North Koreans.

[sylvia]

When Team America arrives in Cairo, the woman in the grey dress with a black mask has what looks like to be oranges in a basket on her head. These are actually goldfish.

[bryan]

The very first footage screened for Paramount executives was of a poorly crafted puppet in front of a background of a badly drawn Eiffel Tower, prompting one executive in the audience to yell, "Oh God, they fucked us!" This was a prank pulled by the directors and the shot then pulls back to reveal a highly refined marionette manipulating the inferior one, then flies over beautifully detailed Parisian landscape full of believable yet cheesy marionettes. This actually ended up being the opening shot of the movie.

[brent]

In the overhead shot of Gary lying in the giant puddle of vomit, it is actually Trey Parker wearing a pair of fake legs so his proportions more closely match those of the marionettes. The "vomit" was a mixture of soup and beer.

[fred]

During the palace scene, when the camera pans across the audience, some of the people near the sides and in the back appear to be 2D cardboard cut-outs.