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| Year: | 2009 |
| Rating: | 5.3(23684) |
| Listed in: | Action, Comedy, Crime |
| Directed by: | Steve Carr |
| Actors: | Kevin James Keir O'Donnell Stephen Rannazzisi Jayma Mays Raini Rodriguez Shirley Knight |
| "Don't mess with his mall!" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Steve Carr | |
| Actors | |
| Kevin James | as Paul Blart |
| Keir O'Donnell | as Veck Sims |
| Stephen Rannazzisi | as Stuart |
| Peter Gerety | as Chief Brooks |
| Bobby Cannavale | as Commander Kent |
| Adam Ferrara | as Sergeant Howard |
| Jamal Mixon | as Leon |
| Adhir Kalyan | as Pahud |
| Erick Avari | as Vijay |
| Gary Valentine | as Karaoke Singer |
| Allen Covert | as Jerky Security Guy |
| Mike Vallely | as Rudolph |
| Mike Escamilla | as Blitzen |
| Jason Ellis | as Prancer |
| Jason Packham | as Comet |
| Rick Thorne | as Cupid |
| Victor T. Lopez | as Donner |
| Mookie Barker | as Mr. Ferguson |
| Jackie Flynn | as Officer |
| Richie Minervini | as Bank Manager |
| Bernie McInerney | as Old Man on Scooter |
| Dylan Clark Marshall | as Jacob |
| Tyler Spindel | as SWAT Tech |
| Bas Rutten | as Drill Instructor |
| Robert Harvey | as SWAT Officer |
| Billy Concha | as Joe's Patron #1 |
| Michael Burton | as Joe's Patron #2 |
| Carl Randall | as Father Carl |
| Joel Arsenault | as Mall Cop |
| Paul Azarian | as Shopper 1 |
| William Bornkesell | as Shopper |
| Brian Bradbury | as Joe's Drunk Bar Patron |
| Patrick Canty | as New Jersey Police Academy Trainee |
| Gio Castellano | as Mall Shopper |
| Jeffrey Corazzini | as Security Guard |
| Kevin DeCoste | as Shopper |
| Michael DeMello | as Shopper |
| Vincent J. Earnshaw | as Mall Shopper |
| Keith Fluker | as NJ Trooper |
| Shawn Fogarty | as Mall shopper/Bar and grill patron |
| David J. Garfield | as Surveillence Officer |
| Albert Gornie | as Wedding guest |
| Rob W. Gray | as Wedding Guest |
| Dane Grigas | as Mall Patron |
| Cody Harter | as Mall Shopper |
| Patrick Mel Hayes | as Shopper/Terrorist Victim |
| Matt Heron-Duranti | as Mall Shopper |
| Mark Hetherington | as Mall Shopper |
| Frankie Imbergamo | as Usher |
| Haytham Kandil | as Shopper |
| Victor Lopez | as Donner |
| Dan Marshall | as Mall Shopper/Dancing Bistro Waiter at Wedding |
| Adam Masnyk | as Black Friday Shopper |
| Todd Mello | as NJ Police Officer |
| Martin Montana | as Police Recruit |
| Jason Mulcahy | as Police Recruit |
| Ron Murphy | as Man Walking Down Street in Dog Chase Scene |
| Scott Neufville | as Bartender |
| Aaron J. Patton | as Police Recruit |
| Alan Resnic | as Mall Patron |
| Michael Rich | as Mall Game Shopper |
| Nicholas Rich | as SWAT Team Member |
| Gary Roscoe | as Restaurant Patron |
| Eric Ryan | as West Orange Police Officer |
| Steve Scarfo | as Police Officer |
| George J. Vezina | as Bar Patron/Shopper |
| Donald Warnock | as Wedding Guest |
| Jon Warnock | as Late-Night Mall Denizen |
| Mike Wendt | as Mall Shopper |
| G.A. West | as Security Guard/Mall Shopper |
| Kent R. Williams | as Shopper |
| Actresses | |
| Jayma Mays | as Amy |
| Raini Rodriguez | as Maya Blart |
| Shirley Knight | as Mom |
| Natascha Hopkins | as Vixen |
| Jackie Sandler | as Victoria's Secret Sales Associate |
| Brie Hill Arbaugh | as Bank Teller |
| Steffiana De La Cruz | as Shopper with Kids |
| Teresa Zantua | as Shopper |
| Dahlia Salem | as Mother |
| Zele Avradopoulos | as Victoria's Secret Customer #1 |
| Maria Arcé | as Victoria's Secret Customer #2 |
| Carla Antonino | as Joe's Waitress |
| Ruby Wendell | as Ruby the Waitress |
| Cindi Alex | as Upscale Shopper |
| Dale Appel | as Mall Shopper |
| Amber Baldinelli | as Girl in Mall Throwing Play Balls |
| Ellen Becker-Gray | as Mall Shopper/Wedding Guest |
| Katelyn Cahill | as Wedding Guest/Dance |
| Chemi Che-Mponda | as Mall Shopper/Wedding Guest |
| Desiree April Connolly | as Christmas Shopper |
| Nicki Connors | as Shopper |
| Diane Curran | as Christmas Mall Shopper |
| Hannah Depew | as Mall Shopper |
| Suzanne England | as Amy's Friend at Joe's |
| Susan Farese | as Upscale Shopper |
| Sari Gagnon | as Mall Shopper |
| Suzanne Gillies | as High Fashion Shopper |
| Sophya Gudelman | as Shopper |
| Teresa Haney | as Mall Shopper |
| Antonia Kanischtscheff | as Maya Blart |
| Jackie Lane | as Shopper |
| Brieann Rich | as Mall Shopper |
| Anna Roscoe | as Restaurant Patron |
| Cate Smit | as William Sonoma Employee |
| Vyvian B. Stevens | as Mom w/baby stroller |
| Stream | as Mall Shopper |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | February 2008 - April 2008 |
| Budget: | USD 25,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 96,886,687 USD (8 February 2009) UK - 5,237,343 GBP (19 April 2009) Aruba - 98,307 AWG (5 April 2009) Australia - 2,936,790 AUD (29 March 2009) Austria - 604,943 EUR (29 March 2009) Dominican Republic - 38,657 DOP (5 April 2009) Germany - 3,023,266 EUR (29 March 2009) Iceland - 3,532,082 ISK (29 March 2009) Lithuania - 53,541 LTL (29 March 2009) Mexico - 9,038,211 MXN (15 March 2009) Singapore - 726,570 SGD (29 March 2009) South Africa - 963,663 ZAR (29 March 2009) Switzerland - 493,661 CHF (29 March 2009) Venezuela - 479,954 VEB (15 March 2009) |
| Plot: | A single, albeit overweight, parent, Paul Blart lives a middle-classed lifestyle with his daughter, Maya, in New Jersey. After being mocked at in school, and having been unsuccessful to get employment with the local police services, he gets hired at a Mall as a security guard. He is attracted to a mall employee, Amy, but his attempts to woo her are foiled by a pen salesman. His continuing efforts to date Amy are hilarious as he must first adapt himself to cell phones and text messaging, which he attempts to do with his pal, Vijay's daughter's cell-phone. Things get complicated after he is instructed to train a new security guard - who has an agenda of his own - that will end up changing Paul's life forever. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Frankenstein" Written and Performed by Edgar Winter Courtesy of Monigar Music Productions "Mr. Blue Sky" Written and Performed by Jeff Lynne Courtesy of Daft as a Brush, Inc. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" Written by Charles Wesley , Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (as Felix Mendelssohn) and William Cummings "O Tannenbaum" Traditional "Ding Dong Merrily on High" Traditional "Turn Up the Music (The World Is Watching You)" Written by Julius Dobos, Aaron Arnold, Joseph Sabin, Cynethia Jackson, Asani Charles and Joshua Sullivan Performed by Jessica Ferguson Courtesy of BZEE ROC Music Group "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" Traditional "I Can't Hold Back" Written by Jim Peterik (as James M. Peterik) and Frankie Sullivan (as Frank Sullivan) Performed by Survivor Courtesy of Volcano Entertainment III, LLC By Arrangement with SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT "Take It on the Run" Written by Gary Richrath Courtesy of Stingray Music "Runaway" Written by Jon Bon Jovi and George Karakoglou Courtesy of Chartbuster Karaoke "Weekend in New England" Written by Randy Edelman Performed by Barry Manilow Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc. By Arrangement with SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT "Parade of Champions" Written by Damon Criswell Performed by Patriotic Fathers Courtesy of Westar Music "Detroit Rock City" Written by Robert Ezrin (as Bob Ezrin) and Paul Stanley Performed by KISS (as Kiss) Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "My Bubble Gum" Written by Rasheeda Frost, Kirk Frost and Shiwen Shann Performed by Rasheeda Frost (as Rasheeda) Courtesy of D-Lo Entertainment/Hunnypot Unlimited Under license from ICG/EverGreen "Do the Thang Thang (TSP Remix)" Written by Marcus Bell , Thara Thangavelu and Mishy Pritchett Performed by Shakti Courtesy of Global Soul Entertainment, Inc. By Arrangement with The Song Pimp, Inc. "Caribbean Sea" Written by John Costello and David Hilker Performed by John Costello Courtesy of Wild Whirled Music "Think I'm in Love" Written by Eddie Money and Randy Oda Performed by Eddie Money Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT |
Goofs
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Continuity: In the Mall fight scenes, Paul's shirt goes from tucked in to tucked out and back again several times. Fact errors: All of the police vehicles in the movie are shown with all blue emergency lights. In New Jersey the display of blue lights exclusively is reserved for volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS personal vehicles. A New Jersey driver would recognize the minivan with the blue throw light Paul and Jimmy were driving as a volunteer responding to a call, not a police vehicle. Fact errors: New Jersey State Police vehicles are white with a blue and gold stripe descending diagonally from the upper left hand corner to the lower right hand corner of the door (driver side door) with a gold triangle with New Jersey State Police in blue letters inside of it. GEOG: Legal Seafood is seen twice as a restaurant at the mall. There is no Legal Seafood restaurant in West Orange, New Jersey, according the the chain's website. There are many, however, in Massachusetts where this movie was filmed. Fact errors: Security officers do not have the codes to the automatic teller machines (ATMs) as security officer Veck Sims has in the movie. Revealing mistakes: The movie was supposed to be taking place at the West Orange Pavilion Mall in New Jersey during the Christmas shopping season. Several windows depicted bathing suits, bikinis and even summer wear in their windows, along with beach towels, (part of the movie was filmed at the Burlington (MA) Mall during the summer), whereas other stores, such as Macy's had window displays of Christmas and New Year's Eve apparel in their windows. CHAR: When Paul takes Amy out to her car, he says "1965 Mustang", and she says he's right. The car is actually a 1966 Mustang. The 3-prong chrome trim on the side was only available on the 1966 model. Continuity: In the scene where Blart is on the roof with one of the suspects, the suspect takes the cell phone from Blart and never gives it back. In the next scene, Blart has the cellphone back on his belt. Continuity: When Paul and Commander Kent change seats in the van Paul's seat belt is visibly on and suddenly disappears when as the angle changes. Continuity: When Paul gets hit with the spray tan, a lot of it winds up on his white shirt. Later, when he and one of the robbers fall through the ceiling and into the plastic ball bin, Paul's shirt shows no trace of the spray-tan. In the next scene, however, his shirt is once again covered with tan residue. Continuity: When Paul Blart is trying to run through the glass doors to pick up a birthday-card you can see how is radio is secured on his right shoulder. When he falls backwards you can clearly see how the radio falls off. But directly in the next shot it's back on his shoulder. Continuity: When Blart and a bad guy are on the mall roof the speed of the fans behind them drastically changes from one shot to the next, then back again. Continuity: When Paul Blart stops the old man on the disability scooter, the old man drives away and the scooter pushes Blart over, then he drops his book and walks away. However, he has the book again later in the film. Fact errors: SPOILER: When Vecks, Amy and Mia exit through the "Restricted Access" door they exit to the outside. International Building Code requires that all egress doors shall open without a key and without any special knowledge or effort. The door would not have an access key to exit the building as this is a fire and trap hazard, and the panic bar would have collapsed when Paul Blart pushed on it (it was locked in the collapsed position). This door violates all aspects of egress code with the exception that it does swing outside. Continuity: When Paul is drunk in the bar, he shoves a shish-ke-bob into Vijay's mouth. In one shot, there is a red cherry or tomato on the end. In the next shot it's gone, then it's back again. Fact errors: At the beginning of the movie at the New Jersey police academy, Paul Blart has a mustache. In that academy, facial hair on all recruits is strictly prohibited. Continuity: When Paul first talks to Amy, an attractive girl walks through the shot and past Paul. It cuts back to Amy, and then back to Paul, it shows the attractive girl walk past him again. Revealing mistakes: Although set in late November in New Jersey, in many shots people are wearing summer t-shirts outside for extended periods of time. It would be too cold for this in real life. Revealing mistakes: When Paul is in American Joe's participating in the nacho eating contest, he grabs a glass with ice in it to pour a drink. After he pours the drink, the "ice" stays on the bottom of the glass, as the cubes were likely made out of glass. Continuity: In the scene where Paul is training Veck, Paul hands him a cup of coffee so he can stop a man who is speeding. Veck holds the cup in his right hand in one shot, and is now holding it in his left in the next. CHAR: When Blart goes back into the mall (after it was taken over) and talks to his boss on his radio, his boss calls him Cody instead of Paul. Revealing mistakes: When Paul is in the Elevator and a bad guy smashes through the window, the glass breaks into large, sharp, and seemingly very thin pieces. In real life, for safety reasons the Elevator would have tempered glass, which breaks into thousands of small chunks and the glass would be much thicker. Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: When Paul crashes down from inside the air conditioning duct he knocks out Vixen. Vixen blinks several times as Paul attempts to pick her up and place her in the dressing room even though she is supposed to be unconscious. Continuity: When Paul is leaving the bank he is noticed and the hostages are sent to the back room. However a few scenes later when his daughter is captured and brought in you can still see the hostages in the background where they were before. Revealing mistakes: Some shots of the mall interior after the thieves had taken it over show the stores and kiosks shuttered. While it's possible that store employees had shuttered their stores and evacuated through rear service passageways, the shuttered kiosks suggest those retailers had taken the time to close up before evacuating. Crew: After being ran over by the old man on the mobility scooter a camera can be seen on the right hand side of the screen as he stands up. Fact errors: As a mall employee, Amy would never be allowed to park as close to the mall entrance as depicted when Blart notices her car is still there - mall employees are directed to park in the most distant spots, usually at the far ends of aisles. In addition, throughout the holiday season, especially on Black Friday, most malls force employees to park in remote, off-site parking lots, from which they ride a scheduled shuttle bus to the mall. Both these approaches are to leave open the largest number of possible parking spaces for customers. Fact errors: Paul Blart is playing the guitar and microphone for Rock Band (2007) (VG) in an arcade. While the microphone can be used as a tambourine or cowbell, the television screen shows somebody is tapping the microphone, but nobody is near the microphone. Revealing mistakes: When Blart puts the "Hello Kitty" Band-Aid on the small cut on his arm, it is apparent there were multiple takes of this scene. The skin the Band-Aid covered is much cleaner than the surrounding tissue and the imprint of the Band-Aid from previous takes is very apparent as he puts the Band-Aid on in the shot used in the movie. PLOT: SPOILER: When a motor vehicle is placed inside of a mall as a prize, most fire codes would make you disconnect the battery and have no gas in the tank. The mini van could not have started and drove for that long of a time. Plus, where did the keys come from? Fact errors: When Paul is about to start playing Rock Band (2007) (VG) it shows the start of a Guitar Hero song starting up, but the song "Detriot Rock City" is only on Rock Band. PLOT: When Paul Blart takes the toy robot, he does not take the remote for it, however he is able to use it later on. Crew: SPOILER: When Paul falls through the roof into the ball pool with his Segway, you see at least two people moving in the background, but there shouldn't be anyone there. CHAR: When Paul Blart is talking to Amy she asks him if he was the guy that crashed into the minivan and points to a blue minivan, but he actually hits a silver one. GEOG: Eascare Ambulance, seen at the end, is a company in Boston who mainly do inter-facility transfer. They are not in New Jersey. Crew: In the scene where Chief Brooks hands Sgt. Howard the notebook with a list of clever comebacks, the hand that takes the notebook appears far too old to be Adam Ferrara's. According to the DVD commentary, that hand is in fact producer Barry Bernardi's. Revealing mistakes: As the film progresses, the amount of light during the outdoor scenes varies. In some indoor scenes, which are supposed to take place after the mall has closed at night, bright sunlight can be seen shining in the doors from outside. Fact errors: The criminals' getaway vehicle, the water and power van, has the NJ inspection sticker on the passenger side corner of the windshield when it should be on the driver's side. |
Quotes
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[from trailer] Paul Blart: [talking to himself] What are you trained to do? Nothing... [from trailer] Paul Blart: Nobody knows this mall better than I do. [from trailer] Paul Blart: Safety never takes a holiday. Paul Blart: [after showing a Loch Ness Monster tattoo on his lower back that he got while drunk] Yeah... I don't drink. Veck Sims: When are you gonna give up, Blart? Paul Blart: How about now? I'll meet you on the corner of "NE" and "VER"! Veck Sims: It's like my mother always said, if you want something done right, waste them yourself. I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea. Paul Blart: This lemonade is insane! Vijay: That's because it's a Margarita, Paul. Pahud: Peanut Blart and jelly! What, what, what's up, man? Paul Blart: [Headbutts criminal] No one wins with a headbutt. Paul Blart: Scuba-dooby-doo! [sends a scuba tank into a villain knocking him out] Maya Blart: [reading ad] Okay, next question. "Tell me about yourself." Paul Blart: Let's see. I know a lot about sharks. Mom: Let me stop you right there. [sees Leon hanging by a rope, being pulled up into the air ducts] Veck Sims: I wish I had a bat. I would bust you open, see how much candy fell out. [First Line] Drill Instructor: Alright you have all completed the written exam, however, you must now pass the obsticle coarse to be admitted into the training program. And remember: Survive this and you are on front lines of keeping New Jersey safe. [Last Line] Paul Blart: Thank you sir, but I think I'm going to stick with what I do best. That's protecting the people of the West Orange Pavilion Mall. Sergeant Howard: Looks like Paul Blart turned into quite the badass. Commander Kent: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Relax. One thing I know is Paul Blart is not a badass. Commander Kent: [talking on radio to Paul] Remember me? I set you on fire at the pancake festival. Sergeant Howard: [Chief Brooks has just given Sgt Howard a book of insult comebacks] You and what army? Chief Brooks: What's wrong with that? Sergeant Howard: He [Commander Kent] *has* an army. |
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