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COMING in 2009
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World's Greatest Dad
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updated: October 21, 2009     
  World's Greatest Dad 2009
  Click here theatrical play dates of World's Greatest Dad!
  Click here to watch the trailer & featurette for World's Greatest Dad!
  Click here to see a bunch of Video Interviews with Robin & Bobcat!
GENERAL INFORMATION

directed by - bobcat goldthwait
screenplay by - bobcat goldthwait
music composed by - jerry brunskill
genre - comedy, satire
runtime - 98 min
rated - r
world premiere - january 18, 2009
vod / xbox / amazon release - july 24, 2009
theatrical release date - august 21, 2009 (limited)
dvd release date - december 08, 2009 (region 1 - US)
                                 january 26, 2010 (region 2 - Europe)
filming - july 14, 2008 > august 15, 2008
               - 25 day shooting schedule

filming location - seattle, wa
                                 - wallingford
                                 - former f.a. mcdonald school
                                 - ballard (34th / 65th street)
                                 - sunset hill
                                 - green lake (aug 01)
                                 - alexis hotel
production companies - darko entertainment
                                            process media
                                            jerkschool productions
                                            cinetic media (domestic distribution rights)
distribution by - magnolia pictures (us)

  SUMMARY

As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for. In World’s Greatest Dad, a wickedly funny dark comedy, Lance Clayton (Robin Williams) discovers that what he covets most in life may not be what makes him happy, and being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone.
Lance is a high school poetry teacher who dreams of becoming a rich and famous writer. A single father, he tries desperately to connect with his teenage son, Kyle (Daryl Sabara), an insolent, hormone-raging smartass who defies his dad at every turn. Lance exercises his own hormones with Claire (Alexie Gilmore), a painfully adorable art teacher who may have her eyes on a bigger prize. After a freak accident, Lance suddenly faces both the worst tragedy of his life, and the greatest opportunity. Determined to make lemonade from life’s lemons, Lance treads a path that could land him everything he’s ever dreamed of, as long as he can live with the knowledge of how he got there.
Alexie Gilmore is cheeky and Daryl Sabara is droll incarnate but it’s the outstanding performance by Robin Williams that propels World’s Greatest Dad. Writer/director and longtime-comedian Bobcat Goldthwait returns to Sundance with another lusciously perverse, and refreshingly original comedy that tackles love, loss, and our curious quest for infamy.

  QUOTES

Lance
If you don't act right at dinner, I'll stab you in the face.

Kyle
Bruce Hornsby is a fag
Lance
H e's got kids, Kyle.
Kyle
You have a kid, and you're a fag.
Lance
Why? Because I like Bruce Hornsby?
Kyle
Yeah
Lance
Well, put on some music you like, Kyle.
Kyle
No, I hate music.

Lance
All music is gay now? What about heavy metal?
Kyle
That probably is the faggiest of all the fag music out there.

Lance
It's 9:30, we could go to a video store and get a movie.
Kyle
Are you stupid. Movies are for losers who aren't fags.

Claire
So, do you play sports?
Kyle
No, I'm a big spaz like my dad.
Lance
Well, I was in the dive team in college.
Kyle
Diving is not really a sport, it's falling

  FILMING INFO

The film crew is set up this week (july 16, 2008) at the former F.A. McDonald School, thanks in part to WashingtonFilmWorks, which had a hand in Goldthwait's decision to shoot here. Since last year, the state has offered financial incentives to production companies. If feature films spend more than $500,000 on expenses such as food, housing and labor, WashingtonFilmWorks will pay 20 percent of the costs back to the production company.

Amy Lillard Dee, executive director of WashingtonFilmWorks, said "World's Greatest Dad" is expected to spend $2 million in the state on local food, labor, transportation and lodging, netting the producers $400,000 in return.

  SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
World's Greatest Dad had its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in january 2009. Below a list of all screenings at the festival!
 
Date Time Location
01/18 sun 5:30pm Library Center Theatre, Park City   World Premiere!!
01/20 thu 8:30am Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
01/20 thu 6:00pm Tower Theatre, SLC
01/24 sat 11:30am Racquet Club, Park City
  INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON

World's Greatest Dad will screen at the Independent Film Festival in Boston, which takes place from April 22 - 28.

Date Time Location
04/28 tue 8:00pm Coolidge Corner Theatre - Boston, MA
  SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

World's Greatest Dad will screen at the Syracuse International Film Festival in Syracuse, NY, which takes place from April 24 - May 03.

Date Time Location
05/03 sun 7:00pm Palace Theater - Syracuse, NY 
  MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL

World's Greatest Dad will also screen at the Maryland Film Festival in Baltimore, MD, which takes place from May 07 - 10. Passes & tickets packages are already on sale. Click here for World's Greatest Dad tickets ($10).
The festival opens with a event called "Opening Night Shorts", which will be hosted by Bobcat Goldthwait.

Date Time Location
05/09 sat 7:30pm Charles Theater 1
  SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

World's Greatest Dad will also screen at the Seattle International Film Festival in Seattle, WA, which takes place from May 21 -June 14. Tickets are on sale now.

Date Time Location
06/06 sat 6:30pm Egyptian Theatre
06/07 sun 4:00pm Egyptian Theatre
  CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL

World's Greatest Dad will also screen at the Cinevegas Film Festival in Las Vegas, NV, which takes place from June 10 - 15. Passes & tickets packages for the festival are on sale now.

Date Time Location
06/14 sun 7:30pm Brenden Theatre
  BOBCAT ABOUT ROBIN

Robin's an old, old friend of mine, but I've never really pimped him or exploited him. He always acts like we're peers, which is really weird; it reminds me of Marlon Brando hanging out with Wally Cox. But I didn't write the part with him in mind. I was telling a mutual buddy about it over dinner, and he was like, "What about Robin?" Robin really liked Sleeping Dogs Lie, and he read this, and he said, "I'd like to be in your movie." [Laughs] It's so weird. I even had to rewrite it because the guy I had was younger.

  STILLS
     
  ON SET
     
Taken on July 30th - All photos are © MyBallard.com
    
Taken on July 31st - Both photos were taken by Diana Miglioretti
 Bobcat directing Robin  
 Bobcat directing Robin
  MAIN CAST
robin williams - lance clayton
alexie gilmore - claire
daryl sabara - kyle clayton
bruce hornsby - himself
tom kenny - jerry klein
mitzi mccall - bonnie
henry simmons - mike lane
geoffrey pierson - principal anderson
lorraine nicholson - heather
toby huss - bert green
dan spencer - dan spencer
bobcat goldthwait - the driver
  TAGLINE

Lance Clayton is about to get everything he deserves

  RELEASE DATE INFO

The movie premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Prior to its theatrical release, World's Greatest Dad will be available on "Video on Demand"

Click here for a complete list of cities & dates of where this movie can be seen.

  EXTRA INFO
Bobcat also directed, wrote and starred in the film "Shakes the Clown" in which Robin did a cameo as "Mime Jerry"

Bobcat's directing Robin in World's Greatest Dad.
  DARYL SABARA
If we have to believe the trivia on IMDB, Daryl's favorite film is Hook, so being able to act with Robin on the World's Greatest Dad must be a dream come true.
  FILMING INFO 2
July 31, 2008 - Crews have been in Wallingford until today, when they moved to Sunset Hill for a single day of shooting — the first extended shoot outdoors. We’re told tomorrow they’re headed to Green Lake, and then later to the Alexis Hotel.
  BOX OFFICE DETAILS

gross - $45,502 (us)
opening weekend
    - limited -
$4,675 (1 theater)
widest release - 9 theaters
in release - 14 days / 2 weeks

  SOUNDTRACK INFO

"Invisible"
"Sneaking Up On Boo Radley"
"Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby"
"Song C"
"Shadow Hand"
"Mandolin Rain"

- by Bruce Hornsby

"It's a Good Day"
- by Peggy Lee

"The Creeper, (High)"
- by Tom Kenny, Darius Holbert, Jerry Brunskill, Ryan Rees, and Andy Paley

"Don't Be Afraid, You're Already Dead"
- by Akron / Family

"I Hope I Become A Ghost"
- by The Deadly Syndrome

"Genius"
- by Inara George

"Under Pressure"
- by Queen & David Bowie

"Tiny Spark"
- by Brendan Benson

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