Dudley Do-Right (1999)

Director:

Hugh Wilson

Writers (WGA):

Jay Ward (characters)
Hugh Wilson (written by)

Release Date:

27 August 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Romance

Tagline:

From the creator of "George of the Jungle" comes a new kind of hero.

Plot:

Inept Canadian mountie Dudley Do-Right chases after villian Snidely Whiplash and woos girlfriend Nell Fenwick.

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Police Officer | Mounted Police Officer | Based On Cartoon | Based On TV Series

Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	Dudley Do-Right
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Nell Fenwick
Alfred Molina	...	Snidely Whiplash
Eric Idle	...	Prospector
Robert Prosky	...	Inspector Fenwick
Alex Rocco	...	Chief
Jack Kehler	...	Howard
Louis Mustillo	...	Standing Room Only
Don Yesso	...	Kenneth
Jed Rees	...	Lavar
Brant von Hoffman	...	Barry (as Brant von Hoffmann)
Corey Burton	...	Voice of the Announcer (voice)
Dyllan Christopher	...	Young Dudley
Ashley Yarman	...	Young Nell
Jeremy Bergman	...	Young Snidely

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild comic action violence, and for brief language and innuendo.

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:S | Iceland:L | USA:PG (No. 36887) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Germany:6 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Davis Entertainment

Trivia:

The scene of Snidely Whiplash landing in Canada is a parody of the famous footage of Douglas MacArthur walking ashore Leyte Island, The Philippines after it was liberated in 1944.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: In Canada, Indians are found on "reserves", not "reservations", the American term.

Quotes:

Snidley Whiplash: That's no fair! They've got rocks and all we've got is machine guns!

Movie Connections:

Remake of "The Dudley Do-Right Show" (1969)

Soundtrack:

Vienna Blood

Major Miss

What we have here is a failure to communicate any of the satire Mr. Jay Ward created. Mr. Wilson made so many mistakes in

telling Dudley's story that upon a second viewing I realized

this was not the Dudley D0-Right story, this was someone else's

story. The set up should have centered more on the Mounties and

less on Whiplash's plan, which dominated the entire film. Never

once did Dudley have to rescue Nell, in fact, she seemed

smittened by Whiplash. This gave Jessica very little to do. Nell

was written as though the writer had to include her in even

though he didn't want to. Horse, which could have been a great

character asset disappeared a quarter into the film and was not

seen until the end without any explaination. Likewise, the Eric

Idle character seemed to be three seperate characters that were

hastely strung together, so the producers could use Idle's

talents. The flavor of the original cartoon is no where to be

found. Fraser and Alex Rocco were Great considering what they

had to work with... silly set-ups, no pay offs and a script that

seemed aimless at times