1. Cast, Crew, Story, Theme, Review Muse-En-Scene, Life Connections
Everything You Need To Know About PAUL BLART: MALL COP
Cast, Crew, Story, Theme, Review Muse-En-Scene, Life Connections

2. Paul Blart is a single, suburban dad, trying to make ends meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall. Though no one else takes his job seriously, Paul considers himself on the front lines of safety. When a heist shuts down the megaplex, Jersey's most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day.
MPAA Rating: PG (for some violence, mild crude and suggestive humor, and language)
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3. KEVIN JAMES (Paul Blart)  Starred opposite Adam Sandler in the 2007 hit comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.
 Came to fame in 2005 in the box-office hit Hitch starring opposite Will Smith.
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4.  Appeared in director Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers.
JAYMA MAYS (Amy)  Portrayed a harried assistant hotel manager in Wes Craven’s Red Eye opposite Rachel McAdams.
 Appeared in director Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers.
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5. KEIR O’DONNELL (Veck Sims)  Keir has been in a slew of independent films, including Noise, , After Sex, Patriotville, Havoc and What We Do Is Secret.
 Born in Sydney, Australia. He attended The Hartt School in Connecticut, an acting conservatory for classical theatre.
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6. STEVE CARR (Director)  He started his entertainment career in the music industry.
 His feature film directorial debut was Next Friday, starring Ice Cube.
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7. KEVIN JAMES  Stars as main character, Paul Blart  He wrote the screenplay  And… he is the producer
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8. Kevin James came up with the idea for the character after a discussion with his fellow comedy superstar and producer, Adam Sandler.
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9. Paul Blart is a single, suburban dad, trying to make ends meet.
PAUL BLART: MALL COP ©2009 Columbia Pictures. Review © David Bruce

10. He works as a security officer at a New Jersey mall.
PAUL BLART: MALL COP ©2009 Columbia Pictures. Review © David Bruce

11. Though no one else takes his job seriously, Paul considers himself on the front lines of safety.
PAUL BLART: MALL COP ©2009 Columbia Pictures. Review © David Bruce

12. When a heist shuts down the megaplex, Jersey's most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day…
PAUL BLART: MALL COP ©2009 Columbia Pictures. Review © David Bruce

13. …Jersey's most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day.
PAUL BLART: MALL COP ©2009 Columbia Pictures. Review © David Bruce

14. MALL AS A CHARACTER “The mall in this story is like another character in the movie. It has its own personality.” --Russ T. Alsobrook, director of photography.
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15. REAL PEOPLE They could have shut down the mall, or closed sections of it, or even shot after-hours, when the mall is closed. Instead, the filmmakers opted to film during business hours, when the mall was teeming with shoppers.
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16. PUBLIC: YES CRITICS: NO Consensus voice: "Like the movie's sad-sack hero, this comedy never comes close to achieving its real potential." -- Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
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17. THE POWER OF REGULAR FOLK Plot: a bungling Jersey mall cop who saves the day. “Because mall cops are purportedly in positions of authority, but without the real power of the police, I thought it would be fun to play that kind of a character.” -- Kevin James.
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18. PAUL BLART: MALL COP came out during harsh economic times
PAUL BLART: MALL COP came out during harsh economic times. People are depressed and uncertain about their future. Jobs losses are at record levels. And yet people are hopeful with the new president Barack Obama. PAUL BLART was released the week of the Presidential Inauguration. This film really connects to the moment and makes people feel better. Peter Ustinov said it right, “Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.” The message in PAUL BLART is: “We can get through all this.” And that is the message we all want to believe in. Even though the critics panned this film, the public made it #1 two weeks running! The public gets it! We need PAUL BLART: MALL COP, the bungler who makes it.
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19. RESPONDING TO TOUGH SITUATIONS Mall cop Paul is a charming everyman who finally gets the chance to test his mettle when an extreme team takes over the mall. He makes it! We can make it!
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20. IN TOUGH TIMES, KEEP PERSPECTIVE “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot”
--Charlie Chaplin
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