DVD copies of Team America: World Police have sold out on Amazon and Walmart following the controversy surrounding fellow North Korean parody The Interview. The 2004 comedy, by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, uses a cast of puppets to poke fun at former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and a host of Hollywood celebrities. The movie has now become a hit again - following Sony's cancelled and reinstated release of The Interview, a film based on an assassination plot of current North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Scroll down for video Rekindled interest: DVD copies of Team America: World Police have sold out on Amazon and Walmart following the controversy surrounding fellow North Korean parody The Interview
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Team America is a 2004 comedy produced by the creators of South Park
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Sees Kim Jong-Il puppet being impaled on spike and turning out to be alien
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Since The Interview hit headlines, the film has enjoyed new wave of succes
The film drew immediate comparisons to @placeholder for being one of only a few films that mocked a living dictator.