Guru pitka mike myers preaches a fivestep selfhelp discipline he calls drama distraction, regression, adjustment, maturation, action. Mike myers, creator of waynes world and austin powers, adds another character to his arsenal of comic personae. In addition to starring in the film, myers wrote the love guru with graham gordy and produced it with gary barber. The love guru by marco schnabel marco schnabel, mike myers. Years later, maurice has established himself as guru pitka in america, but would like to appear in the oprah show and be better than deepak chopra. Mike myers very funny guru shares the love daily press. Before starting work on the love guru script, myers, in fake beard, paisley robes and speaking in a mysterious, mellifluous accent, took the guru pitka character on a. Mike myers starred as guru maurice pitka, who tries to help a hockey player get his mojo back, in the 2008 comedy, the love guru. The film ends with jane and pitka dancing together in a bollywoodstyle number to a rendition of the joker.
Jul 25, 2008 mike myers in the love guru y ou dont need to be a hindu in order to find compelling and karmically convincing reasons to boycott mike myers the love guru. Pitka mike myers, third from left and his friends meet with coach cherkov verne troyer in the comedy the love guru. Jun 16, 2008 myers had first tinkered with the character of guru pitka in the mid1990s, but as his relationship with chopra deepened, he became completely absorbed in it, listening to chopras audiobooks to. They went with the multiple jokes per scene theory and it really worked. Mike austin powers myers returns in this madcap tale of an indian guru s attempt to help a star hockey player get back on track. Romany malco, jessica alba and justin timberlake costar. John patterson on mike myers the love guru film the guardian.
Kings star jacques grande justin timberlake causes his game to hit rock bottom. Hes hired by the toronto maple leafs owner alba to help her star player reconcile with his wife in time for him to help her team win the stanley cup. Off screen, this toronto native is reserved, profound and someone whose characters are rooted in a deep need to pay tribute to his late father, who inspired him, as he explains to paul fischer. At the ashram, guru pitka the love guru gives a hilarious yogic talk complete with silly acronyms and words turned into other words.
The guru pitka takes on oprahs book club, and stalks. The love guru brought to us by mike myers is either one of those love it or hate it films. The love guru is an 2008 american romantic sports comedy movie set in toronto, ontario, canada. Mike austin powers myers returns in this madcap tale of an indian gurus attempt to help a star hockey player get back on track. Its been circulating in the selfhelp world for years. Back in india, guru tugginmypudha tells pitka that he has finally learned to love himself and removes pitka s chastity belt, revealing there was a hook in the back. Jun 20, 2019 myers switched things up in 2008, returning to live action with the love guru 2008, which he cowrote. The love guru was a total flop in the theaters but i think its a worthwhile comedy. Mike myers new comedy, the love guru, is a disappointment, but its not a disaster, and thats at least something.
John oliver is also featured as pitkas agent richard dick pants, stephen colbert is jay kell a sports commentator, and verne troyer, who appeared in the austin powers series with myers, is roanokes coach punch cherkov. Yogi bhajan, the guru of kundalini yoga, was a pro at coming up with this stuff. Mike myers goofs it old school with the love guru, his first nonshrek role in ages, a film that flies in the face of all that is apatow in todays screen comedy. Join facebook to connect with mike myers and others you may know. The love guru guru pitka mike myers stop hitting yourself. Orphaned at a young age, maurice myers studies with guru tugginmypuddha ben kingsley at an ashram in india where his classmate is a young deepak chopra. Jun 18, 2008 behind every great man is a great woman, so who is behind mike myers love guru, maurice pitka.
With mike myers, jessica alba, romany malco, jessica simpson. The love guru guru pitka young pitka teenage pitka mike myers 2008 actor bohemian rhapsody ray foster 2018. The film ends with jan e and pi tka dancing together in a bollywoodstyle number to a rendition of the joker. Michael john myers oc born may 25, 1963 is a canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and director. His guru, tugginmypudha, while approving of deepak, cautions maurice and has a chastity belt put around his waist, much to maurices chagrin. And id like to cooperate in any way possible to make sure this kind of mugging never happens again. In addition to starring in the movie, myers wrote the love guru with graham gordy and produced it with gary barber. The love guru simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The guru pitka takes on oprahs book club, and stalks editors.
May 25, 2008 mike myers and adam sandler return to film comedy. Back in india, gur u tugginmypudha tell s pit ka that he has finally learned to love himself and remo ves pit ka s chastity belt, revealing there was a hook in the back. It was directed by marco schnabel and starring mike myers. The spiritual comedy starred myers as an aspiring selfhelp idol named guru pitka. As a young child, pitka is abandoned at the gates of an ashram in india and taken in by kindly gurus. Mike myers plays the hilarious character the guru pitka. Mike myers has created some of the screens most iconic characters, and he hopes to add his guru pitka as the latest character to take the world by storm.
Svu actress as a greetingand she appeared in a cameo. The guru pitka takes on oprahs book club, and stalks editors of popular movie websites as i said before, i believe that somehow the guru pitka, star of the upcoming paramount film the love guru. So i truly enjoyed the lecture as guru pitka regales us with a blizzard of cutesy mnemonics, such as. And at that time,a friend of mine who is a writer, eric gilligan. His first challenge is to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.
In the love guru, comedian mike myers plays pitka, a hollywood guru charged with reuniting a famous hockey star with his estranged wife. He is known for his run as a performer on saturday night live from 1989 to 1995, and for playing the title roles in the waynes world, austin powers, and shrek film franchises. There he was, talking directly to me in a rambling speech about how he was the guru pitka a canadian raised in harenmahkeester, indiaand he was going to tell me the whole story of what he. Jun 19, 2008 myers merrily stupid sendup of eastern enlightenment belongs in the guinness book of world records as the movie with the most penis jokes in the history of hollywood. For a disaster, look no further than get smart, which is competing against. Mike myers interview the love guru collider collider. Guru pitka mike myers gets a little grooming help from rajneesh manu narayan in the love guru. Chopras a poorweather friend of myers, and he even walked past the mugging with that blissedout smile of hisyou might want to bring him in for questioning.
Hockey player jacques grande justin timberlake, left, employs pitka mike myers to help improve his game in the love guru. Jun 19, 2008 guru pitka mike myers preaches a fivestep selfhelp discipline he calls drama distraction, regression, adjustment, maturation, action. Austin powers trilogy star mike myers collaborates with writer graham gordy for this comedy concerning a selfhelp guru named pitka myers. The love guru is here it opens in theaters on friday. A salute to mariska hargitay, who survived the love guru. The love guru is a 2008 american comedy film, directed by marco schnabel and starring mike myers and jessica alba. Usa today mike myers will return next summer in the form of a selfhelp guru named pitka. Myers merrily stupid sendup of eastern enlightenment belongs in the guinness book of world records as the movie with the most penis jokes in the history of hollywood. An american by birth, pitka absorbs the lessons taught to him by his. It starts with justin timberlakes character a quebecois hockey star by the name of jacques le coq grande and continues with kingsleys yogi bequeathing the teenage pitka. Behind every great man is a great woman, so who is behind mike myers love guru, maurice pitka.
Myers plays the guru pitka, a deepak chopra type character who writes book and conducts seminars on selfimprovement. The spiritual comedy starred myers as an aspiring selfhelp idol named guru pitka, but the. Its a romantic comedy as he falls for jessica alba as jane bullard, the owner of the toronto maple leafs. And the guru pitka kept talking about how he wanted to be, by way of oprah, the next deepak chopra. The movie was released by paramount pictures on june 20, 2008 and was. Jul 26, 2008 before starting work on the love guru script, myers, in fake beard, paisley robes and speaking in a mysterious, mellifluous accent, took the guru pitka character on a tour of new york standup clubs. The love guru mike myers spoofs the selfhelp industry with the creation of guru pitka, his first original character since austin powers. As the guru pitka vies for the title of the worlds best self help guru, pitka must help a star hockey player win his wife back from rival athlete jacques le coq grande justin timberlake and, along with it, the stanley cup. And i love kundalini yoga, which is partly why i just love this parody. Mike myers, the popular comedian who created and plays pitka, hopes the love guru will be a delivery system for some wonderful ideas, according to entertainment weekly. The love guru by marco schnabel marco schnabel, mike. This graph shows mike myerss score on our annual analysis of leading stars at the box office. The love guru guru pitka young pitka teenage pitka mike myers 2008 actor bohemian rhapsody ray foster 2018 terminal clinton mr. This prop book was used in the 2008 comedy film the love guru starring mike myers.
Guru pitka, an americanborn, indiaraised, spiritual selfpromoter, is definitely a labor of love. The film was released by paramount pictures on june 20, 2008 and was. Myerss guru pitka, a shaman cursed with lagging behind chopra on the poppsych. Pitka, an american raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the states in order to break into the selfhelp business. He is known for his run as a performer on saturday night live from 1989 to 1995, and for playing the title roles in the waynes world, austin powers, and.