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MONEY
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Mid-budget at $56M β the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
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The Pacifier
"Welcome to the infantry."
2005 1h 35m EN
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ComedyFamilyAction
Synopsis
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Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.
βWelcome to the infantry.β
Cast
Vin Diesel
Shane Wolfe
Lauren Graham
Claire Fletcher
Faith Ford
Julie Plummer
Brittany Snow
Zoe
Max Thieriot
Seth
Chris Potter
Bill Fawcett
Carol Kane
Helga
Brad Garrett
Vice Principal Murney
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Adam Shankman
- Writers
- Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Rob McCallum
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Made its money back 3.5Γ over at the box office.
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ERA
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Released 21 years ago.
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CAST
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255+ people credited in cast and crew β a small city's worth of labour.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Adam Shankman, shot by Peter James. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Christopher Greenbury shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Vin Diesel and Lauren Graham and Faith Ford carry the top of the cast.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Adam Shankman directs. Peter James behind the camera. John Debney scores. Christopher Greenbury cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Mid-budget at $56M β the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
- 2Made its money back 3.5Γ over at the box office.
- 3Released 21 years ago.
- 4255+ people credited in cast and crew β a small city's worth of labour.
- 5Directed by Adam Shankman, shot by Peter James. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 7Editor Christopher Greenbury shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 8Vin Diesel and Lauren Graham and Faith Ford carry the top of the cast.
- 9Marketing tagline: "Welcome to the infantry.".
- 10IMDB entry: tt0395699 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 11Classified under 10 themes, including "mission", "bodybuilder", "body guard", "scientist".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Peter James
- Original score
- John Debney
- Editing
- Christopher Greenbury
- Production design
- Linda DeScenna
- Costume design
- Kirston Mann
- Makeup / hair
- Linda Dowds
- VFX supervisor
- Mark Dornfeld
- Sound
- David E. Fluhr
- Stunt coordinator
- Bob Brown
- Runtime
- 95 min Β· 1h 35m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $56,000,000
- Box office
- $198,636,868
- Return
- 355% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG
Also by
Adam Shankman
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- signsoflifeβ 6/10
Crux of the matter is adults can't relate to children and children can't relate to adults, is there a middle ground? Which also poses the question, are children watching this? Are the parents? It's entertaining, sure, but nobody would go out of their way to rewatch thisβexcept me, I guess, for Brittany Snow. The eventual dynamics do endear you, but are otherwise framed and driven by dumbed down army glazing propaganda, that would go over the predicted audience's heads anyway.
Production companies
Who made it
Walt Disney Pictures
US
Spyglass Entertainment
US
Key crew
- ProducerGary Barber
- Executive ProducerAdam Shankman
- Executive ProducerGeorge Zakk
- EditorChristopher Greenbury
- ProducerRoger Birnbaum
- Executive ProducerDerek Evans
- ProducerJonathan Glickman
- Executive ProducerGarrett Grant
- Stunt DoubleBilly D. Lucas
- Executive ProducerJennifer Gibgot
- Unit Production ManagerGarrett Grant
- First Assistant CameraJoseph Micomonaco
- Script SupervisorSusanna David
- CastingVictoria Thomas
- First Assistant DirectorDaniel Silverberg
- Second Assistant DirectorKarl Irvine
- Unit Production ManagerBrian Leslie Parker
- Key Makeup ArtistLinda Dowds
- Second Assistant CameraMark Beauchamp
- Stand InRobert Bastens
- Costume SupervisorKim Child
- First Assistant Art DirectionGrant Van Der Slagt
- LeadmanKen Clark
- Assistant Location ManagerDavid McIlroy
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- mission
- bodybuilder
- body guard
- scientist
- family
- u.s. soldier
- death of husband
- us military
- action hero
- male nanny
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical2005-03-04PG
Also known as
International titles
- The Pacifier - Missione TataIT
- ΖmzikAZ
