Fathers' Day (film)
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| Directed by | Ivan Reitman |
| Produced by | Ivan Reitman Joel Silver |
| Written by | Francis Veber (film Les Compères) Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel (screenplay) |
| Starring | Robin Williams Billy Crystal Julia Louis-Dreyfus Nastassja Kinski Bruce Greenwood Charles Rocket Patti D'Arbanville |
| Music by | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography | Stephen H. Burum |
| Editing by | Wendy Greene Bricmont Sheldon Kahn |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | May 9, 1997 (USA) |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $85,000,000 (estimated) |
| Gross revenue | $28,598,376 (USA) |
Fathers' Day is a 1997 comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Nastassja Kinski. It is a remake of the 1983 French film Les Compères.
In the film, Collette Andrews (Kinski) gets two former lovers, cynical lawyer Jack Lawrence (Crystal) and lonely, suicidal writer Dale Putley (Williams) to help her search for her runaway teenage son Scott by telling each man that he is the father. When Jack and Dale run into each other and find out what's happening, they work together to find Scott and determine the identity of the actual father.
The film features an appearance by the musical group Sugar Ray, and Mel Gibson makes a brief uncredited cameo appearance. IMDb credits Gibson as "Scott the Body Piercer". Catherine Reitman and Jason Reitman also have cameos.
Cast
- Robin Williams... Dale Putley
- Billy Crystal... Jack Lawrence
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus... Carrie Lawrence
- Nastassja Kinski... Collette Andrews
- Bruce Greenwood... Bob Andrews
- Charles Rocket... Russ Trainor
- Patti D'Arbanville... Shirley Trainor
- Jared Harris... Lee
- Louis Lombardi... Matt
In South Africa, Fathers' Day was released as What's Up Pop's?, a title the distributor decided would be more appropriate for the local market. The name was subsequently changed to What's Up Pops? for DVD release, when they realized the apostrophe had been used incorrectly.
In 1991, a Hong Kong film called Daddy, Father, Papa, starring Sammo Hung and Anthony Wong, was released with the same synopsis as Fathers' Day.
The movie was not a success with either critics or audiences. Julia Louis-Dreyfus was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress for her work in the film.
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