| Adopted | |
| Director: | Pauly Shore |
| Producer: | Ann Roberts Pauly Shore |
| Starring: | Pauly Shore |
| Music: | The Newton Brothers |
| Distributor: | Phase 4 Films |
| Runtime: | 80 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Adopted is a 2009 American independent mockumentary film starring comedian Pauly Shore as himself, "going to Africa to adopt a child, à la Madonna and Angelina Jolie."[1] It is the second narrative feature directed by Shore.
According to Dan Persons of The Huffington Post,[2]
The film was shot in South Africa in 2007 while Pauly Shore had been visiting the country.[3] The idea for the film had come to him during the same visit and he had his crew members flown in to shoot the film. He "storyboarded the entire film in his hotel room, and a casting agent sent along a few “orphans” for the shoot." Adopted itself was then filmed within a period of only a few weeks.[4]