God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
Practical Effects
Full-scale ark built for production, not CGI nonsense
Acting
Carell's physical comedy with animals is unmatched
Director
Tom Shadyac
Steve Carell
Evan Baxter
Morgan Freeman
God
Lauren Graham
Joan Baxter
Johnny Simmons
Dylan Baxter
Graham Phillips
Jordan Baxter
Jimmy Bennett
Ryan Baxter
John Goodman
Congressman Long
Wanda Sykes
Rita
John Michael Higgins
Marty
Jonah Hill
Eugene Tannenbaum
Molly Shannon
Eve Adams
Harve Presnell
Congressman Burrows
P.J. Byrne
Evan's Staffer
Ralph Louis Harris
Evan's Staffer
Arden Myrin
Evan's Staffer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The ark cost $175 million to build and was the largest standing set in Hollywood history at the time. They couldn't even fit it on a soundstage.
This was the most expensive comedy ever made ($175M budget) and a notorious box office bomb, effectively killing Steve Carell's leading-man franchise potential for years.
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