You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess with the Zohan
The tagline: Lather, rinse, save the world. Pictured is a man holding a hairdryer and scissors while doing the side standing splits.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDennis Dugan
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMichael Barrett
Edited byTom Costain
Music byRupert Gregson-Williams
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • June 6, 2008 (2008-06-06)
Running time
113 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$90 million[2]
Box office$204.3 million[2]

You Don't Mess with the Zohan is a 2008 American satirical action comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan; written by Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel, and Judd Apatow; produced by Sandler and Jack Giarraputo; and starring Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan, and Rob Schneider with supporting roles by Kevin Nealon, Ido Mosseri, Dave Matthews, Michael Buffer, Charlotte Rae, Sayed Badreya, and Daoud Heidami.

It is the fourth film to include a collaboration of Sandler as actor and Dugan as director. The film tells the story of an Israeli super soldier and counter-terrorist commando who fakes his own death to pursue his dream of becoming a hairstylist in the United States while contending with a crooked businessman, a superhuman terrorist arch-rival, and the grudge of a certain taxi driver.

Produced by Happy Madison Productions, You Don't Mess with the Zohan was released by Columbia Pictures in the United States on June 6, 2008. Despite the film's mixed reviews, it was a box office success, grossing $204.3 million worldwide from a $90 million budget.[2]

  1. ^ "You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
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