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You Don't Mess with the Zohan had its red carpet premiere this week in Hollywood, CA!
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commando Zohan Dvir (Adam Sandler) known throughout his country as The Zohan
is his countrys most famous counter-terrorist. Highly skilled, seemingly indestructible, The
Zohan is equally adept with the ladies as he is with taking out his enemies,
including his nemesis, the Palestinian terrorist Phantom (John Turturro). But The Zohan has a secret though he loves
his country, he is tired of all the fighting, and he longs for an opportunity
to make a break from the army and express his creativity by becoming a
hairstylist. However, as long as he
fights terrorism, The Zohans dream is impossible, leading him to cry himself to
sleep at night over images from the 1987 Paul Mitchell style book he keeps
hidden in his bedroom.
The
Zohan gets his chance when Phantom resurfaces.
Instead of taking him out, The Zohan fakes his own death and escapes,
leading a delighted Phantom to believe that he has finally offed The
Zohan. Stowing away on a plane to New
York with only a dream and the clothes on his back, The Zohan hides out in a
cargo container with two dogs, Scrappy and Coco.
The
Zohans first stop is the Paul Mitchell salon, where he takes on his cover
identity: Scrappy Coco. Scrappy
expects to be hired but is mocked for his outdated ways. However, The Zohan is not to be stopped in
his quest to make the world silky smooth.
After
defending the meek Michael (Nick Swardson) following a traffic accident, The
Zohan finds a place to stay upstairs from Michael and his mother, Gail
(Lainie Kazan), in their Brooklyn apartment.
That
very night, The Zohan attends his first American disco. Though he insists that his name is Scrappy
Coco, his true identity is detected by Oori, an Israeli immigrant who
immediately recognizes his hometown hero and cant believe that The Zohan is
alive and well and living in New York.
Oori promises to keep The Zohans identity a secret.
After
being rejected by salon after salon, The Zohan visits Oori at his electronics
store, and is shocked to see that in this neighborhood, Israelis and
Palestinians live side-by-side in relative peace. Oori knows just the place for The Zohan to
get his foot in the door...a relatively run-down salon with an older
clientele. Theres just one catch: its
on the Arab side of the street. At
first, The Zohan is hesitant he came here to get away from the fighting, but
can he actually work for a Palestinian?
The salons owner, Dalia (Emmanuelle Chriqui), has her own reservations
after all, Scrappy Coco has no experience cutting hair. In pursuit of his dream, The Zohan perseveres
and Dalia relents. Scrappy Coco might
just be sweeping the floor for no pay, but he is on his way
and
will soon get his chance when one of Dalias hairdressers quits without
notice. With his first client in the
chair, The Zohan rises to the occasion. Though he is only capable of cutting
styles from his ancient Paul Mitchell book, his client enraptured by The
Zohans sexy talk and performance loves the results. His dream is his
destiny. Word soon spreads among New
Yorks older women: see Scrappy Coco and you will leave satisfied.
Everything
is going great for The Zohan. He is
living his dream of making the world silky smooth. Business is booming, allowing Dalia to meet
the exorbitant rent payments demanded by the blocks new owners. He is even beginning a budding romance with
Dalia. But trouble looms.
Salim
(Rob Schneider), a Palestinian cabdriver with a long-held grudge against the
former army commando, recognizes The Zohan from the old country and becomes determined to do him
in. After a few misguided attempts at
taking out the Zohan, Salim alerts the Phantom that The Zohan is still alive,
and soon, the infamous terrorist is winging his way to New York.
For
The Zohan, this is a disaster not because he is afraid of the Phantom, but
because he came to America to put the fighting behind him. What he doesnt expect is that he and the
Phantom will have to unite against a common enemy that threatens to tear the
neighborhood apart.
Click on the IESB VIDEO thumbnails below to view interviews from the red carpet of YOU DON"T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN!
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YOU DON"T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN opens in theaters everywhere June 6th!
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