Dutch (1991)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Peter Faiman

Writer (WGA):

John Hughes (written by)

Release Date:

19 July 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

They're the best of friends... And they've got the scars to prove it.

Plot:

To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.

Plot Keywords:

Thanksgiving | Road | Meat Cleaver | Prostitute | Fireworks

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Ed O'Neill	...	Dutch Dooley
Ethan Embry	...	Doyle Standish (as Ethan Randall)
JoBeth Williams	...	Natalie Standish
Christopher McDonald	...	Reed Standish
Ari Meyers	...	Brock
Elizabeth Daily	...	Hailey (as E.G. Daily)
L. Scott Caldwell	...	Homeless Woman
Kathleen Freeman	...	Gritzi
Lisa Figus	...	Party Woman
Cedering Fox	...	Party Woman
Shelby Leverington	...	Party Woman
Kyle Fredericks	...	Maid
David James Alexander	...	Man #1
Ross Borden	...	Man #2
Joe Baker	...	Party Butler

Also Known As:

Driving Me Crazy

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-8 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Berry College - 2277 Martha Berry Highway, Rome, Georgia, USA

Company:

Hughes Entertainment

Trivia:

The large double doors that Doyle bursts out of at the beginning of the movie are supposed to be the doors of his dormitory. In reality, these doors are the main entrance to Hermann Hall, the administration building at Berry College, where the school scenes were filmed.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dutch kicks his leg and falls onto his back, he turns over revealing he has split the crack of his pants. You can see his underwear are white (there's even a light blue car in the back-round to see the difference), then when he moons Doyle at the end of the scene his underwear is light blue.

Quotes:

Dutch: How do you know I'm working-class?
Doyle: From your cheap shoes, to your ridiculous hairstyle, to your crude vocabulary, to my mother's taste in men, you scream it.
Dutch: And is working-class bad.
Doyle: If you want to get into a political discussion with me, I'll shred you. No, it's not bad. A solid economy needs hand workers.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Married with Children: Dial B for Virgin (#9.7)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Give A Little Love

Pleasing and above all, honest.

Wow! What a funny film. What I liked about the film was how these two different characters try to get along - both from different backgrounds - be it culturally, economically or living status.

The film gets you thinking - can these two people eventually learn to get along, and above all, make it home for Thanksgiving?

At first, you think the spoiled rich kid needs a good boot in the bum, but all he needed was someone to talk to and have a shoulder to lean on - his dad had left his mum - a broken family. Towards the end of the film, the divorced dad lets a bomb drop - he wants his ex-wife out of her house (he paid for).

I'm from Australia - and this film was titled "Driving Me Crazy". I learned recently that the U.S. called this film "Dutch", named after Ed O'Neill's character Dutch Dooley.

No matter where you go in this world, and whoever you may meet, a friendship can develop - don't forget that.

If you enjoy this movie, please look at the following buddy - road movies:

Midnight Run, The Odd Couple 2, Road Trip, Planes,Trains and Automobiles