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Idiocracy

Index Idiocracy

Idiocracy is a 2006 American science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Judge and starring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, and Dax Shepard. [1]

103 relations: African-American presidents of the United States in popular culture, Andrew Wilson (actor), Austin Film Society, Austin Studios, Austin, Texas, Bread and circuses, Buckaroo (instrumental), Camacho, Childlessness, Darlene Hunt, David Herman, David Rennie (editor), Dax Shepard, Debbie Liebling, Degeneration theory, Dumbing down, Dysgenics, Dystopia, Elysa Dutton, Etan Cohen, Extract (film), Forever Young (1992 film), Free Bird, Genetic engineering in science fiction, Geniocracy, Greg Pitts, Heather Kafka, Incompetence (novel), Joe Basquez, Justin Long, Kakistocracy, Ken Boothe, Kent Beyda, La-La Land Records, List of 20th Century Fox films (2000–present), List of actors who played the President of the United States, List of American comedy films, List of American films of 2006, List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, List of apocalyptic films, List of box office bombs (2000s), List of comedy films of the 2000s, List of comic science fiction, List of comic science fiction films, List of cult films: I, List of dystopian films, List of fictional doctors, List of fictional drinks, List of fictional presidents of the United States (A–B), List of fictional presidents of the United States (C–D), ..., List of fictional presidents of the United States (S–T), List of fictional Vice Presidents of the United States, List of Film Sack episodes, List of films set in the future, List of films: I, List of forms of government, List of people from Texas, List of portmanteaus, List of science fiction films of the 2000s, Luke Wilson, Mark Little (Canadian comedian), Maya Rudolph, Mike Judge, Omni Consumer Products (company), Patrick Fischler, Philistinism, Politics in fiction, Randal Reeder, Rondo (soft drink), Samantha Inoue-Harte, San Marcos, Texas, Sara Rue, Scarface (rapper), Sexmission, Solo (Australian soft drink), Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012 film), Sports entertainment, Starship Exeter, State collapse, Stephen Root, Stupidity, Supreme Court of the United States in fiction, Suspended animation in fiction, Taylor Mead's Ass, Terry Crews, Terry Crews filmography, The Boys Are Back in Town, The Gene Bomb, The Marching Morons, The Projection Booth, Theodore Shapiro, Thomas Haden Church, Tim Suhrstedt, Tom Kenny, Tom Kenny filmography, Traverse City Film Festival, Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, 2006 in film, 2007 in home video, 2007 Teen Choice Awards, 2013 New Zealand primetime television schedule, 2081 (film), 26th century. Expand index (53 more) »

African-American presidents of the United States in popular culture

Before and after the election of Barack Obama as the first African American President of the United States in 2008, the idea of a black president has been explored by various writers in novels (including science fiction), movies and television, as well as other media.

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Andrew Wilson (actor)

Andrew Wilson (born August 22, 1964) is an American film actor and director.

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Austin Film Society

The Austin Film Society (AFS) is a non-profit film society based in Austin, Texas.

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Austin Studios

Austin Studios is a film and video production facility with 10,000 square feet (1,000 m2) of production office space and over 100,000 square feet (10,000 m2) of production space established in 2000.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Bread and circuses

"Bread and circuses" (or bread and games; from panem et circenses) is a figure of speech, specifically referring to a superficial means of appeasement.

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Buckaroo (instrumental)

"Buckaroo" is a 1965 instrumental country single by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos.

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Camacho

Camacho is a Spanish surname.

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Childlessness

Childlessness is the state of people – men and women – not having children.

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Darlene Hunt

Melinda Darlene Hunt is an American actress, producer and television writer, best known for creating and producing the Showtime series The Big C.

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David Herman

David Herman (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor best known as an original cast member of MADtv and for his role as Michael Bolton in Office Space.

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David Rennie (editor)

David Rennie (born in Buffalo, New York) is an American film editor with more than 12 film credits since 1992.

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Dax Shepard

Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor, writer and director.

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Debbie Liebling

Debbie Liebling (born Deborah Liebling) is an entertainment executive and film producer.

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Degeneration theory

Social degeneration was a widely influential concept at the interface of the social and biological sciences in the 19th century.

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Dumbing down

Dumbing down is the deliberate oversimplification of intellectual content in education, literature, and cinema, news, video games and culture.

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Dysgenics

Dysgenics (rarely cacogenics) is the study of factors producing the accumulation and perpetuation of defective or disadvantageous genes and traits in offspring of a particular population or species.

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Dystopia

A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- "bad" and τόπος "place"; alternatively, cacotopia,Cacotopia (from κακός kakos "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 19th century works kakotopia, or simply anti-utopia) is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening.

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Elysa Dutton

Elysa Dutton is an American film producer and senior executive of theatrical development and production for Alloy Entertainment.

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Etan Cohen

Etan Cohen (born March 14, 1974) is an Israeli-American screenwriter and film director.

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Extract (film)

Extract is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge, and starring an ensemble cast featuring Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, and Ben Affleck, with J. K. Simmons, Clifton Collins, Jr., and Dustin Milligan.

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Forever Young (1992 film)

Forever Young is a 1992 American science fiction-romantic drama film directed by Steve Miner and starring Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, and Jamie Lee Curtis.

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Free Bird

"Free Bird", or "Freebird", is a power ballad performed by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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Genetic engineering in science fiction

In literature and especially in science fiction, genetic engineering has been used as a theme or a plot device in many stories.

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Geniocracy

Geniocracy is the framework for a system of government which was first proposed by Raël (leader of the International Raëlian Movement) in 1977 and which advocates problem-solving, creative intelligence and compassion as criteria for governance.

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Greg Pitts

Greg Pitts (born January 21, 1970) is an American actor.

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Heather Kafka

Heather Kafka (born July 7, 1972 in Austin, Texas) is an American film, television, and voice actress who is known for playing Chloe in the television sitcom series Austin Stories, Lacy in the independent drama film Joe, and Henrietta Hewitt in the slasher film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003).

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Incompetence (novel)

Incompetence is a dystopian comedy novel by Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant, first published in 2003 with the tag line "Bad is the new Good".

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Joe Basquez

Joe Basquez is an American songwriter, composer and musician from Austin, Texas.

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Justin Long

Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, comedian and humorist known for roles in such films as Jeepers Creepers (2001), Dodgeball (2004), Accepted (2006), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Alpha and Omega (2010), Tusk (2014) and Comet (2014).

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Kakistocracy

A kakistocracy is a system of government which is run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.

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Ken Boothe

Ken Boothe OD (born 22 March 1948) is a Jamaican vocalist known for his distinctive vibrato and timbre.

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Kent Beyda

Kent Beyda (born 1953) is an American film editor.

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La-La Land Records

La-La Land Records is an American record company based in Burbank, California (91502).

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List of 20th Century Fox films (2000–present)

This is a list of films produced by the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation beginning in 2000.

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List of actors who played the President of the United States

This is a partial list of actors and actresses who have played the role of a real or fictitious President of the United States in films or television.

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List of American comedy films

This is a list of American comedy films.

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List of American films of 2006

This article lists American films released in 2006.

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List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

This is a list of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction works as portrayed in literature, film, television, and, comics.

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List of apocalyptic films

This is a list of apocalyptic feature-length films.

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List of box office bombs (2000s)

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List of comedy films of the 2000s

A list of comedy films released in the 2000s.

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List of comic science fiction

This is current list of comic science fiction, mixing science fiction or science fantasy with comedy.

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List of comic science fiction films

This is a list of comic science fiction films.

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List of cult films: I

Cult.

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List of dystopian films

This is a list of dystopian films.

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List of fictional doctors

This is a list of fictional doctors (characters that use the appellation "doctor", medical and otherwise), from literature, films, television, and other media.

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List of fictional drinks

Many works of fiction have incorporated into their world the existence of beverages or drinks – liquids made for popular consumption - which may create a sense of the world in which the story takes place, and in some cases may serve to advance the plot of the story.

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List of fictional presidents of the United States (A–B)

The following is a list of fictional United States presidents, A through B.

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List of fictional presidents of the United States (C–D)

The following is a list of fictional United States presidents, C through D.

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List of fictional presidents of the United States (S–T)

The following is a list of fictional United States presidents, S through T.

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List of fictional Vice Presidents of the United States

Abernathy.

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List of Film Sack episodes

The following is a list of episodes of the podcast Film Sack.

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List of films set in the future

This is a list of films with settings beyond the year they were released, even if that setting is now in the past, and films with a futuristic setting despite of unspecified (unspec.) date.

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List of films: I

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List of forms of government

In democracies, large proportions of the population may vote, either to make decisions or to choose representatives to make decisions.

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List of people from Texas

The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Texas.

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List of portmanteaus

This is a selection of portmanteau words.

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List of science fiction films of the 2000s

This is a list of science fiction films released in the 2000s.

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Luke Wilson

Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an American actor known for his roles in films such as Idiocracy, Old School, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, Blue Streak, Bongwater, and Legally Blonde.

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Mark Little (Canadian comedian)

Mark Thomas Little (born October 21, 1982) is a Canadian actor and comedian.

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Maya Rudolph

Maya Khabira Rudolph Gale Biography In Context.

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Mike Judge

Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director and musician.

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Omni Consumer Products (company)

Omni Consumer Products, founded in 2006 by graphic designer Pete Hottelet, is a company that creates "real-world" versions of certain products created in movies.

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Patrick Fischler

Patrick S. Fischler (born December 29, 1969) is an American actor best known for his roles as Jimmy Barrett on the drama series Mad Men, Dharma Initiative worker Phil on the drama series Lost and Detective Kenny No-Gun on the police drama Southland.

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Philistinism

In the fields of philosophy and æsthetics, the derogatory term philistinism describes “the manners, habits, and character, or mode of thinking of a philistine”, manifested as an anti-intellectual social attitude that undervalues and despises art and beauty, intellect and spirituality.

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Politics in fiction

This is a list of fictional stories in which politics features as an important plot element.

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Randal Reeder

Randal Reeder is a professional actor, producer, director and writer.

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Rondo (soft drink)

Rondo was a citrus-flavored soft drink available in limited U.S. markets in the late 1970s and early 1980s, one which was "blended from fine essences", and "lightly carbonated".

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Samantha Inoue-Harte

Samantha Inoue Harte (born April 21, 1979) is a voice actress and founder of an animation studio called Saiko Studios.

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San Marcos, Texas

San Marcos is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos metropolitan area.

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Sara Rue

Sara Rue (born January 26, 1979) is an American actress.

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Scarface (rapper)

Brad Terrence Jordan (born November 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Scarface, is an American rapper and music producer.

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Sexmission

Sexmission (Seksmisja) is a 1984 Polish cult comedy science fiction action film.

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Solo (Australian soft drink)

Solo is an Australian lemon-flavoured soft drink manufactured by Schweppes Australia.

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Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012 film)

Somebody Up There Likes Me is a 2012 comedy film written and directed by Bob Byington and starring Keith Poulson, Nick Offerman, and Jess Weixler.

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Sports entertainment

Sports entertainment is a type of spectacle which presents an ostensibly competitive event using a high level of theatrical flourish and extravagant presentation, with the purpose of entertaining an audience.

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Starship Exeter

Starship Exeter is a Star Trek fan film project, one of the earliest of the semi-professional fan film projects that have become an increasingly common fixture of the internet video scene.

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State collapse

State collapse, breakdown, or downfall is the complete failure of a mode of government within a sovereign state.

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Stephen Root

Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor.

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Stupidity

Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or common sense.

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Supreme Court of the United States in fiction

Like many institutions that draw public interest, the Supreme Court of the United States has frequently been depicted in fiction, often in the form of legal drama.

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Suspended animation in fiction

Suspended animation in fiction is the temporary halting of life processes of fictional characters followed by their later revival.

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Taylor Mead's Ass

Taylor Mead's Ass (1964) is a film by Andy Warhol featuring Taylor Mead, consisting entirely of a shot of Mead's buttocks, and filmed at The Factory.

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Terry Crews

Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, artist, activist and former American football player.

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Terry Crews filmography

Terry Crews is an American actor, comedian and former NFL player.

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The Boys Are Back in Town

"The Boys Are Back in Town" is a single from Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy.

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The Gene Bomb

The Gene Bomb is a 1996 book by David E. Comings, self-published by Hope Press, that puts forth the theory that higher education and advanced technology may unintentionally favor the selection of genes that increase the likelihood of ADHD, autism, drug addiction, learning disorders, and behavior problems.

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The Marching Morons

"The Marching Morons" is a science fiction story by American writer Cyril M. Kornbluth, originally published in Galaxy in April 1951.

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The Projection Booth

The Projection Booth is a podcast featuring discussions of films from a wide variety of genres with in-depth critical analysis.

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Theodore Shapiro

Theodore Michael Shapiro (born September 29, 1971) is an American composer best known for his film scores.

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Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church (born Thomas Richard McMillen, June 17, 1960) is an American actor, director, and writer.

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Tim Suhrstedt

Timothy "Tim" Suhrstedt (born August 5, 1948), A.S.C., is an American cinematographer.

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Tom Kenny

Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and comedian.

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Tom Kenny filmography

This is the filmography of American actor Tom Kenny.

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Traverse City Film Festival

The Traverse City Film Festival is an annual film festival held at the end of July in Traverse City, Michigan.

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Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress

Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress is an attraction located at the Magic Kingdom park at the Walt Disney World Resort.

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2006 in film

The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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2007 in home video

2007 in home video was characterized by the format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD raging.

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2007 Teen Choice Awards

The 2007 Teen Choice Awards ceremony was held on August 26, 2007, at the Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California.

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2013 New Zealand primetime television schedule

The 2013 New Zealand primetime television schedule for the five major free-to-air New Zealand television networks (One, 2, 3, Four and Prime) covers primetime hours throughout 2013.

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2081 (film)

2081 is a 2009 short science fiction film which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 29, 2009.

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26th century

The 26th century of the anno Domini (common) era will span from January 1, 2501, to December 31, 2600, of the Gregorian calendar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy

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