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You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2008 american satirical action comedy film directed by dennis dugan”. Today it says “a 2008 american satirical action comedy film directed by dennis dugan and written by adam sandler”. "terror" appeared 2 times in the opening in 2023. Today: absent from the opening.
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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.1 It is the fourth film to include a collaboration of Sandler as actor and Dugan as director.2 The film tells the story of a superhuman Israeli counter-terrorist commando who fakes his own death in order 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. The film was a box office success, grossing $204.3 million worldwide from a $90 million budget. Despite this, however, the film received mixed reviews.3 British Board of Film Classification .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “a 2008 american satirical action comedy film directed by dennis dugan”. Today it says “a 2008 american satirical action comedy film directed by dennis dugan and written by adam sandler”. "terror" appeared 2 times in the opening in 2023. Today: absent from the opening. Read the current article and compare.
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a 2008 american satirical action comedy film directed by dennis dugan

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a 2008 american satirical action comedy film directed by dennis dugan and written by adam sandler

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