FATHERS DAY (DVD) DVD

Fathers' Day
Two of the screen's most popular comic actors meet in this movie about two men brought together by unexpected circumstances. On the surface, Jack Lawrence (Billy Crystal) and Dale Putley (Robin Williams) wouldn't appear to have much in common. Jack is an efficient, serious-minded lawyer with a successful practice and a beautiful wife, Carrie (Julia-Louis Dreyfus). Dale is a very single performance artist given to dramatic mood swings and extreme overreaction to the sad state of his career. However, 17 years ago both men were involved with the same woman, Collette Andrews (Nastassja Kinski); she later had a son, Scott (Charlie Hofheimer), without being sure if Jack or Dale was actually the father. Collette chose to raise the boy on her own, but when Scott runs away from home and she can't track him down, she calls both Jack and Dale looking for help. It doesn't take long for the two men to discover that they're both looking for the same boy in the same places, and they decide to join forces, though their personalities don't get much more compatible the longer they hunt for Scott. Keep an eye peeled for a brief cameo by Mel Gibson and an appearance by the rock band Sugar Ray, shortly before their commercial breakthrough. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast Robin Williams as Dale Putley Billy Crystal as Jack Lawrence Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Carrie Lawrence Nastassja Kinski as Collette Andrews Charlie Hofheimer as Scott Andrews Bruce Greenwood as Bob Andrews

Crew Daniel Dorrance - Art Director Sheldon Kahn - Associate Producer Michael Chinich - Casting Bonnie Timmermann - Casting Karyn Fields - Co-producer Gordon A. Webb - Co-producer Rita Ryack - Costume Designer Albert M. Shapiro - First Assistant Director Ivan Reitman - Director Joel Kramer - Second Unit Director Wendy Greene Bricmont - Editor Sheldon Kahn - Editor Joe Medjuck - Executive Producer Daniel Goldberg - Executive Producer Francis Veber - Executive Producer James Newton Howard - Composer (Music Score) Thomas Sanders - Production Designer Stephen H. Burum - Cinematographer Joel Silver - Producer Ivan Reitman - Producer Lauri Gaffin - Set Designer Gene S. Cantamessa - Sound/Sound Designer Clark King - Sound/Sound Designer Lowell Ganz - Screenwriter Babaloo Mandel - Screenwriter

Fathers' Day
With Billy Crystal and Robin Williams starring, Ivan Reitman directing, Joel Silver producing, and frequent Crystal collaborators Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel penning the script, it's difficult to figure out why critics hated Fathers' Day so much. Its worst sin is one of conventionality, and it's not even as blatant a practitioner as a dozen other superstar-driven comedies that have been a lot better received. But Fathers' Day was on the business end of such lambasting and it became something of a modern-day Ishtar. Williams and Crystal do play very familiar types -- Williams, a skittish eccentric, Crystal, a businesslike sarcastic -- but the script makes funny use of this odd couple-pairing often enough for it to work. The performances may reek of laurel resting, but for fans contented by familiarity, the actors develop a likeable chemistry. Watching the two dads navigate the underground punk rock scene is good for its share of goofy grins, especially those that result from seeing Mel Gibson with a face full of piercings. A secondary plot involving the disastrous search attempts of Nastassja Kinski's husband, a surprisingly comic Bruce Greenwood, is also grossly humorous. Fathers' Day has become a historical curiosity for pop music fans, as it captures the band Sugar Ray in the waning moments of their old-school, hardcore integrity. Fans will hardly recognize singer Mark McGrath, punked out and screaming his song lyrics. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: Interactive menus Production notes Scene access Theatrical trailer Subtitles: English, Français, Español MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 99 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- STANDARD 0. Scene Index 1. "Young Boy." [2:51] 2. I don't find/I sue. [3:26] 3. "My son needs me." [2:28] 4. Try on fatherhood. [1:40] 5. Tip Top Towing. [4:26] 6. Asleep at wheel. [2:04] 7. Maudlin at marina. [4:48] 8. Comparing notes. [2:53] 9. In Sacramento. [4:22] 10. Four for the road. [3:53] 11. Toes and whirls. [3:14] 12. Complex goings-on. [3:24] 13. Rude awakening. [4:46] 14. Toilet gone south. [1:15] 15. Coffee crashout. [3:20] 16. The lower depths. [:39] 17. New travel plans. [2:00] 18. Reluctant flyer. [3:30] 19. Reno reunion #1. [2:04] 20. Running wild. [3:49] 21. Dad stories. [5:34] 22. Reno reunion #2. [4:16] 23. "I need this kid." [1:48] 24. Happy now? [2:09] 25. The awful truth. [3:57] 26. Piercing questions. [1:04] 27. Headbusters. [2:28] 28. Fly down from Reno. [1:22] 29. Nice family. [2:47] 30. Truth twice over. [2:46] 31. Did good. [2:57] 32. From the beginning. [1:34] 33. In driver's seat. [1:45] Side #2 -- WIDESCREEN 0. Scene Index 1. "Young Boy." [2:51] 2. I don't find/I sue. [3:26] 3. "My son needs me." [2:28] 4. Try on fatherhood. [1:40] 5. Tip Top Towing. [4:26] 6. Asleep at wheel. [2:04] 7. Maudlin at marina. [4:48] 8. Comparing notes. [2:53] 9. In Sacramento. [4:22] 10. Four for the road. [3:53] 11. Toes and whirls. [3:14] 12. Complex goings-on. [3:24] 13. Rude awakening. [4:46] 14. Toilet gone south. [1:15] 15. Coffee crashout. [3:20] 16. The lower depths. [:39] 17. New travel plans. [2:00] 18. Reluctant flyer. [3:30] 19. Reno reunion #1. [2:04] 20. Running wild. [3:49] 21. Dad stories. [5:34] 22. Reno reunion #2. [4:16] 23. "I need this kid." [1:48] 24. Happy now? [2:09] 25. The awful truth. [3:57] 26. Piercing questions. [1:04] 27. Headbusters. [2:28] 28. Fly down from Reno. [1:22] 29. Nice family. [2:47] 30. Truth twice over. [2:46] 31. Did good. [2:57] 32. From the beginning. [1:34] 33. In driver's seat. [1:45]