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SUMMARY
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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.
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QUOTES
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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
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FILMING
INFO
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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.
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SUNDANCE
FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
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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 |
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Taken on July 31st - Both photos
were taken by Diana Miglioretti
Bobcat directing Robin
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MAIN
CAST
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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 |
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RELEASE DATE INFO
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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.
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EXTRA INFO
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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. |
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DARYL SABARA
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| 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. |
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FILMING INFO 2
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| 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.
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SOUNDTRACK INFO
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"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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