Watch This Tonight

Idiocracy (Deep Dive Into A Movie That 'Was Too Optimistic')


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Idiocracy became a cult classic almost immediately, but for that to happen, the people making the film, like Mike Judge, had to contend with an almost comically low VFX budget, near-zero promotion from the studio, and a generally bruising production in which neither the filmmakers or the studio seemed to want to work together.

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