Screenplay by
Francis Veber
Music Composed by
James Newton Howard
Theatrical Release Date
May 9, 1997
DVD Release Date
September 10, 1997
Production Companies
Warner Bros, Northern Lights Entertainment, Silver Pictures
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Jack Lawrence is a smart-alec lawyer who is one day visited by an ex-girlfriend who tells him her kid is his. Dale Putley is a writer and a depressed goofball who meets with the same ex-girlfriend who tells him her kid is his. One day Jack and Dale meet each other and discover what has happened: they've been told the same story and now there's the question of who the real father is. They learn "their" son is following a rock band called Sugar Ray around. So Jack and Dale hit the road to Sacramento and find their drunk, lovestruck son. Soon after they bring him back to their hotel room, their son escapes and Jack and Dale must use teamwork to find him again, bring him home, and find out which one of them is his real father.
Dale
How did you get her husband to talk?
Jack
I head-butted him.
Dale
How Joe Pesci of you. What are you gonna do with her, run her tits through the Visa machine?
Robin Williams
Dale Putley
Billy Crystal
Jack Lawrence
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Carrie Lawrence
Nastassja Kinski
Collette Andrews
Charlie Hofheimer
Scott Andrews
Bruce Greenwood
Bob Andrews
Why some animals eat their young.
All she said was, "My son is yours." Unfortunately, she said it to both of them.
Dates
July 8, 1996 - October 9, 1996
Locations
Harold's Casino, Lake Tahoe, CA
Tahoe International
Airport, CA
Reno, NV
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
Canada
May 9, 1997
Australia
July 31, 1997
UK
August 10, 1997
Argentina
August 21, 1997
Germany
Singapore
September 18, 1997
Poland
Switzerland (German)
Turkey
September 26, 1997
South Korea
October 3, 1997
Italy
Sweden
October 10, 1997
Israel
October 15, 1997
Finland
October 17, 1997
Iceland
November 7, 1997
Japan
November 8, 1997
Kuwait
November 12, 1997
Slovenia
November 20, 1997
France
November 26, 1997
Netherlands
December 4, 1997
Denmark
Spain
December 19, 1997
Estonia
January 16, 1998
Portugal
March 20, 1998 (video premiere)
Hungary
April 16, 1998 (video premiere)
Brazil
1 Dia 2 Pais
Hungary
Apák napja
Greece
Dialexte baba
France
Drôles de pères
Italy
Due padri di troppo
Poland
Dzien ojca
Israel
Efo Ha-Yeled?
Germany
Ein Vater zuviel
Finland
Isänpäivä
Canada
La fête des pères (French title)
Portugal
O Dia dos Pais
Slovenia
Ockov dan
Turkey
Sürpriz babalar
Sweden
Två pappor för mycket
Spain
Un lío padre
Romania
Un tata în plus
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Gross
$28,598,376 (USA)
N/A (international)
$28,598,376 (total)
Opening Weekend
$8,776,159 (2,482 theaters)
Widest Release
2,507 theaters
