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Carell hosts charity screening of 'Get Smart' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Movies
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Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, creators of the original "Get Smart" TV show back in 1965, are credited as consultants on the new blockbuster film of the same name. (article 2) " Get Smart version 2008, surrounds skilled, likable players, and a handful of solid belly laughs with $80 million worth of formulaic summer-movie mediocrity. (article 2) That may be because the original show made rude fun of spy-movie cliches, whereas director Peter Segal 50 First Dates " Anger Management just caves in to them. (article 2) The new Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) may be a boob, but in the clutch he's a standard action hero with comic trimmings. (article 2) Carell hosts charity screening of Get Smart ' BOSTON Steve Carell stepped out of "The Office" to join the fight against cancer at a benefit that featured a screening of his new movie, " Get Smart. (article 4) The screening was held Thursday night to benefit The Zachary Carson Brain Tumor Fund, named after a Newton teenager Carell met on the set of his NBC comedy in February 2007 through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. (article 4) Despite some nips and tucks and a back story involving a fat suit, the updated movie Max isn't that different from the television version. (article 1)

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    Carell, Smart, Movie, Max, spy

    Source articles
    1. The New York Times (movies.nytimes.com, 06/20/2008, 852 words)
    2. Get Smart Movie Trailer (boston.com, 06/20/2008, 735 words)
    3. Movie review: Get rewrite on 'Get Smart' (sfgate.com, 06/20/2008, 737 words)
    4. Carell hosts charity screening of 'Get Smart' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Movies (suntimes.com, 06/20/2008, 362 words)




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