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The Love Guru

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Official Site: Paramount

The Love Guru is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Marco Schnabel his directorial debut, and also written and produced by Mike Myers, and starring Myers, Jessica Alba, Romany Malco, Justin Timberlake, Verne Troyer and Meagan Good. In addition to starring in the film, Myers wrote The Love Guru with Graham Gordy and produced it with Gary Barber. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on 20 June 2008 and was rated PG-13. The film was released on 1 August in the United Kingdom and was rated 12A. It was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on 16 September. The Love Guru was a critical and commercial failure and was the winner of three Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Picture.

Darren Roanoke (Romany Malco), the star player of the Toronto Maple Leafs, is suffering from stress because his wife, Prudence Roanoke (Meagan Good), has left him for Jacques "Le Coq" Grandé (Justin Timberlake) The goaltender of rival team Los Angeles Kings, whose nickname is apparently a nod to being exceedingly well-endowed. The stress causes his hand to shake, which affects his hockey performance. Team owner Jane Bullard (Jessica Alba) enlists the support of Guru Maurice Pitka (Mike Myers) to help Darren with his stress so that the team can hopefully break their losing streak.

The original score for the film was composed by George S. Clinton, who recorded it with an 80-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at Warner Bros.

The song "Dhadak Dhadak" from the 2005 Bollywood film Bunty Aur Babli was used in the trailer.

The Love Guru has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.