Cougars, Inc.

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Cougars, Inc.
Cougars, Inc. FilmPoster.jpeg
Directed by Asher Leven
Written byAsher Levin
Produced byAmir Cyrus Ahanchian (EP), Graham Larson, Jack Schuster, and Danny Roth; Barry Brooker (EP), Mickey Gooch (EP), Eli Wooten (EP) and Josh Monkarsh (EP)
Starring Kyle Gallner
Kathryn Morris
Denise Richards
Jim Belushi
Maeve Quinlan
Cinematography Harris Charalambous
Edited by Brian Hoey
Production
companies
Sycophant Films
Lookout Films
StoneBrook Entertainment
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • May 10, 2011 (2011-05-10)
[1]
Running time
87 minutes[ citation needed ]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000

Cougars, Inc., developed under the title Mother's Little Helpers and displayed in the title shot as Cougars Inc., is an American independent comedy written and directed by Asher Levin about a college-age teenager, played by Kyle Gallner, and his friends' adventures as escorts to attractive older women. [2] The direct-to-DVD [3] film was released May 10, 2011. [3]

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