Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

Director:

Sam Weisman

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

5 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

50 million people used to watch him on TV. Now he washes their cars.

Plot:

A thirty-something former child star hires a foster family to re-create the childhood he never had.

Plot Keywords:

Alcoholics Anonymous | Actor Shares Last Name With Character | Actor | Former Child Star | Multiple Cameos

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

David Spade	...	Dickie Roberts
Mary McCormack	...	Grace Finney
Craig Bierko	...	George Finney
Scott Terra	...	Sam Finney
Jenna Boyd	...	Sally Finney
John Farley	...	Referee
Bobby Slayton	...	Commentator
Michael Buffer	...	Himself
Fred Wolf	...	Dickie's Corner Man
Alyssa Milano	...	Cyndi
Emmanuel Lewis	...	Himself
Joey Diaz	...	Emmanuel's Entourage (as Joey 'Coco' Diaz)
Kevin Grevioux	...	Emmanuel's Entourage
Brian Clark	...	Guy in Car
Leif Garrett	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Dickie Roberts: (Former) Child Star (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:15 | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Finland:K-7 | Netherlands:MG6 | Sweden:7 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39755) | Singapore:PG | Norway:7 | Spain:7

Filming Locations:

Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School- La Crescenta, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Sally's "Brick wall, waterfall" routine was something Jenna Boyd was doing on the set between takes. The filmmakers liked it and worked it into the script -- twice.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Dickie is getting into the silver Honda Insight, you can see a crew member holding a "bounce card" reflected in the door as it is closed.

Quotes:

Dickie Roberts: Whoa! You ever have such a bad wipeout you don't even feel it?
[falls]
Sam Finney: That wasn't one of them!

Movie Connections:

Features "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989)

Soundtrack:

Bottle Bump

Nostalgic fun

A silly comedy starring David Spade as a former child star who "hires" a family in order to give himself a real childhood experience so he can nab a new part in a Rob Reiner movie. The premise is as silly as you can get but it does have some fun injokes involving quite a number of former child actors from the 70s and 80s which is great fun for tv nostalgia buffs.. Pleasant enough comedy. GRADE: C