Joe Dirt (2001)

Director:

Dennie Gordon

Writers (WGA):

David Spade (written by) &
Fred Wolf (written by)

Release Date:

11 April 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

Keep on Moppin' in the Free world.

Plot:

David Spade stars as Joe Dirt, an idiot who works as an oil weller who is on the search for his parents who abandoned him when he was a baby at the grand canyon.

Plot Keywords:

Surreal | Character's Journey Shown On Map | Grand Canyon | Mushroom Cloud | Statue Of Liberty

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

David Spade	...	Joe Dirt
Brittany Daniel	...	Brandy
Dennis Miller	...	Zander Kelly
Adam Beach	...	Kicking Wing
Christopher Walken	...	Clem
Jaime Pressly	...	Jill
Kid Rock	...	Robby
Erik Per Sullivan	...	Little Joe Dirt
Megan Taylor Harvey	...	Joe's Little Sister
Caroline Aaron	...	Joe's Mom
Fred Ward	...	Joe's Dad
John Farley	...	KXLA Security Guard
Bob Zany	...	Bullying Man #1
Bean Miller	...	Bullying Man #2
Lee Walker	...	Zeke

Also Known As:

The Adventures of Joe Dirt (Canada: English title) (TV title) (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, and for language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37628)

Filming Locations:

Dead Horse Point State Park - State Highway 313, Moab, Utah, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The part of Kicking Wing was originally intended for Evan Adams, who starred in as Thomas Builds-the-Fire in "Smoke Signals" with Adam Beach. To remedy the mistake, Beach's hair was braided and he wore glasses like the Thomas character.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Joe calls Brandy to tell her he is returning to Silvertown, the answering machine displays zero messages. Then it switches to one while he is speaking, and changes again to zero when Robby erases it.

Quotes:

Robby: You all right Dirt?
Joe Dirt: Yeah, I'm cool.
Robby: No you're not.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: David Spade/Jack Johnson (#30.14)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Rocky Mountain Way

The Ish!!!

I usually hold myself to a high movie standard. I usually would not consider a movie like Joe Dirt the "cream of the crop." But like many other times in my life I was wrong. Joe Dirt is a fantastic heart-felt flick staring David Spade as a pathetic white trash orphan in search of his parents. He meets many a folk along the way leaving an impression with them all. I saw this in the theater and thought, "wow what a funny movie." But then I caught in on Comedy Central a few years later and lo and behold I was hooked. Good plot, great humor, hot chicks, and even Kid Rock playing his white trash nemesis (it was a real stretch for him :P). If you see this movie for 10 bucks at Walmart or Blockbuster do yourself a favor and buy it. It will keep you company on even your darkest nights.

Life's a garden, DIG IT!!!