Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Paul Blart: Mall Cop is a 2009 American action comedy film directed by Steve Carr, written by Kevin James and Nick Bakay, and produced by James, Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo, Todd Garner, and Barry Bernardi. It stars James as the titular character Paul Blart, with Jayma Mays, Keir O'Donnell, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Rannazzisi and Shirley Knight in supporting roles. The film tells the story of Blart, a single dad and a bumbling mall security guard, who finds himself in the middle of a heist and the only one in position to rescue hostages. Filming began in February 2008 with a majority of the shooting taking place at the Burlington Mall in Burlington, Massachusetts; it was produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions and in association with Relativity Media.
Plot
Paul Blart lives in West Orange, New Jersey with his young daughter Maya and his mother. Aspiring to join the New Jersey State Police, he trains at the police academy, but his hypoglycemia causes him to collapse before finishing the physical fitness test, leading Blart to take a job as a security officer at the West Orange Pavilion Mall.
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author | Kevin James |
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contentLocation | New Jersey |
director | Steve Carr |
editor | Jeff Freeman |
genre | action comedy |
keywords | arrest black and white black friday build cayman islands cell phone credit card even fall gang of thugs hypoglycemia invisible ink lemonade margarita married nacho new jersey state police one by one outnumber police academy rock band segway segway pt shoot state police swat swat team train walk west west orange young daughter |
musicBy | Yasiin Bey |
producer | Adam Sandler Barry Bernardi Jack Giarraputo Kevin James Todd Garner |
productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
theme | action comedy romantic comedy security and surveillance |