The Specials is the title of a 2000 comedy film about a group of superheroes on their day off. The Specials were created by James Gunn. According to the film, the Specials are the sixth or seventh most popular group of superheroes in the world.
Unlike most superhero movies, The Specials has almost no action or special effects; instead it focuses on the day-to-day lives of the heroes. The film was written by Gunn and directed by Craig Mazin.
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America's 7th Best Superhero Team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. We get to see one day in their lives as fan and new member Nightbird joins the group, just in time for the group to get a new line of action figures. But the members' extreme personalities and personal issues threaten to rip the group apart. Written by
