Joe Dirt (2001)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

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:

Grand Canyon | Janitor | Father Child Reunion | Wig | School

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	...	Security Guard
Bob Zany	...	Man
Bean Miller	...	Man
Lee Walker	...	Zeke
Que Kelly	...	Beauty College Woman
Kathleen Randazzo	...	Beauty College Woman (as Kathleen Lambert)
Liz Torres	...	Beauty College Woman
Elisa Leonetti	...	Beauty College Woman
Chris Wylde	...	Railroad Boy
Justin Staffer	...	Railroad Boy
Justin Kupanoff	...	Railroad Boy
Hamilton Camp	...	Meteor Bert
Tom McGillen	...	Painter
John Kirk	...	Painter
Anthony Mastromauro	...	Painter
Greg M. Martin	...	Dude
Angela Paton	...	Woman with Roadrunner
Robb Skyler	...	Man at Dental Clinic
Tyler Mane	...	Bondi
Gordon Michaels	...	Oil Rig Boss
Lenny Schmidt	...	Bill
Rance Howard	...	Bomb Squad Cop
Erin Murphy	...	Sorority Girl
Bree Turner	...	Sorority Girl
Natalia Cigliuti	...	Sorority Girl
Avery Rosin	...	Kid at Carnival
Brian Thompson	...	Buffalo Bob
Steven Brill	...	Cop at Crime Scene
Mitzi Martin	...	Miss Clipper
Mark Abney	...	Cafeteria Kid
Ian Falk	...	Cafeteria Kid
Matthew Siemonsma	...	Cafeteria Kid
Joshua Farrell	...	Cafeteria Kid (as Joshua Ferrell)
Alexandra Amoscato	...	Cafeteria Kid
Brian Chiesa	...	Cafeteria Kid
Eric Marquette	...	Chemistry Student
Fred Stoller	...	Chemistry Teacher
Steve Schirripa	...	Hood (as Steven Schirripa)
Kevin P. Farley	...	Cop at Clem's (as Kevin Farley)
Richard Riehle	...	Car Dealer
Blake Clark	...	Old Cajun Man
Hal Fishman	...	Himself
Eddie Money	...	Himself
David Garry	...	Joe's Fan
Jourdan Fremin	...	Reporter at Parent's House
Kristina Simonds	...	Newswoman on the Bridge
Karl Makinen	...	Cop at Bridge
James Tupper	...	Cop at Bridge
Jana Sandler	...	Woman on Bridge
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rosanna Arquette	...	Charlene the Gator Farmer (uncredited)
Michael Arturo	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Joe Don Baker	...	Don, Brandy's Dad (uncredited)
Michael Beardsley	...	High School Student (uncredited)
Robin Borovic	...	Cute Girl (uncredited)
Teresa Couch	...	Cafeteria Kid (uncredited)
Carson Daly	...	Himself (uncredited)
Alison Ebbert	...	Balloon Girl (uncredited)
Chance Eldridge	...	Wrestle Alligator (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman	...	Joe Dirt's Foster Mother (uncredited)
Amanda Herzberg	...	Cafeteria Kid (uncredited)
Paxton Hickey	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Tammi Land	...	Production Assistant (uncredited)
Adam Lieberman	...	Joe Dirt Guy (uncredited)
Karen McDougal	...	Taller Brunette Lifeguard (uncredited)
Jo McGinley	...	Woman #12 (uncredited)
Paul Moncrief	...	Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Kevin Nealon	...	Greasy Mechanic (uncredited)
Brian Ruppert	...	Skateboarder (uncredited)
Amy Weber	...	Shorter Brunette Lifeguard (uncredited)
Fred Wolf	...	Freddy the Producer (uncredited)

Directed by
Dennie Gordon

Writing credits (WGA)
David Spade		(written by) &
Fred Wolf		(written by)

Produced by
Jack Giarraputo	....	executive producer
Adam Sandler	....	executive producer
Ira Shuman	....	co-producer
Robert Simonds	....	producer

Original Music by
Waddy Wachtel

Cinematography by
John R. Leonetti		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peck Prior

Casting by
Roger Mussenden

Production Design by
Perry Andelin Blake

Art Direction by
Alan Au

Set Decoration by
Evette Knight		(as Evette Frances Knight)

Costume Design by
Alexandra Welker

Makeup Department
Ralph M. Abalos	....	hair stylist
Cheryl Markowitz	....	makeup artist (as Cheryl Ann Markowitz)
Elaine L. Offers	....	makeup artist (as Elaine Offers)
Violet Ortiz	....	hair stylist
Ann Pala	....	key makeup artist
Thomas Real	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Dustin Bernard	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anne Berger	....	second second assistant director (as Anne M. Berger)
Susan E. Fiore	....	second assistant director (as Susan Fiore)
Rip Murray	....	first assistant director
Marty Eli Schwartz	....	first assistant director (as Marty E. Schwartz)

Art Department
Maike Both	....	buyer
Susan A. Burig	....	graphic designer
Paul Duchemin	....	set dressing
Thierry Labbe	....	set dresser
Jared Scardina	....	set dresser
Domenic Silvestri	....	set designer
Eliza Steel	....	art department administrator
Eliza Steel	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Bach	....	adr supervisor
Joe Barnett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Weldon Brown	....	adr mixer
Paula Fairfield	....	supervising sound editor
Russell Farmarco	....	sound editor
Marc Fishman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Orada Jusatayanond	....	sound editor
David Kelson	....	sound mixer (as David M. Kelson)
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound editor
Richard Lightstone	....	sound mixer
Dan Lipe	....	boom operator
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist (as S. Diane Marshall)
Carla Murray	....	sound effects
Anthony Ortiz	....	boom operator
Klaus Peintner	....	sound editor (as Klaus Peinter)
John Ross	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alec St. John	....	foley mixer
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist
Johanna Turner	....	transfer engineer
Clayton Weber	....	assistant sound editor
Elmo Weber	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Ken Tarallo	....	special effects
Malia Thompson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Derek Ledbetter	....	visual effects
Richard Malzahn	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Craig Branham	....	stunts
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Danny Downey	....	stunts
Jeff Evans	....	stunts (as Jeffrey R. Evans)
David Brian Martin	....	stunts
Cliff McLaughlin	....	stunts
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	stunt coordinator (as Ernie Orsatti)
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts
Allen Robinson	....	stunts
Spike Silver	....	stunts
Clark Tucker	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Amy Alarian	....	electrician
Rikki Alarian	....	second assistant camera
William H. Battersby Jr.	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Bryan Booth	....	electrician
Walter Byrnes	....	rigging grip: re-shoot
Charles Crivier	....	dolly grip
Jon Baronn Farmer	....	still photographer (as Jon Farmer)
Jay M. Huntoon	....	video assist operator (as Jay Huntoon)
Derrick Kolus	....	chief lighting technician
Brent Morgan	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Larry Nielsen	....	first assistant camera (as Lawrence W. Nielson)
Christopher Prampin	....	gaffer: additional photography
Ann Rabin	....	assistant camera: reshoot
Harry Rez	....	key grip (as Harry L. Rez)
Jason Rez	....	best boy grip
Scott Ronnow	....	second assistant camera (as Scott C. Ronnow)
Mark Santoni	....	first assistant camera
Scott Toland	....	rigging gaffer
John Trapman	....	aerial director of photography
Stephen J. Ullman	....	camera operator
Roger Wall	....	film loader

Casting Department
Sasha Adkinson	....	extras casting
Elizabeth Boykewich	....	casting associate (as Elizabeth Torres)
Jennifer Saxon	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rochelle Best	....	costumer
Kathleen Russo	....	key costumer (as Kathy Russo)
Jennifer L. Soulages	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Rayford Berrymon	....	assistant editor
Jennifer Hatton	....	assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Bart Rachmil	....	second assistant editor
Eric Rigney	....	avid technician
Matvey Shatz	....	color timer
Sandy S. Solowitz	....	first assistant editor (as Sandy Solowitz)
Dale Jones	....	avid technician (uncredited)

Music Department
Brian Arbuckle	....	orchestrator
Christine Cholvin	....	assistant music editor
Michael Dilbeck	....	music supervisor
Peter Doell	....	score recordist
Mark Eshelman	....	scoring crew
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring crew
Steven Scott Smalley	....	orchestrator
Pat Weber	....	scoring technician

Other crew
Benjamin Adams	....	production accountant (as Paul Benjamin Adams)
Michael Alexander	....	animal trainer
Ken Bondy	....	craft service (as Kenneth A. Bondy)
Eamon Buehning	....	payroll accountant
Jennifer Clymer	....	production secretary
Linda Mirella Cuevas	....	assistant: Mr. Simonds (as Linda Cuevas)
Juliana FauntLeRoy	....	production assistant
Eric L. Fersten	....	assistant: Ms. Gordon
Rob Frank	....	assistant location manager (as Robert S. Frank)
James Hinton	....	assistant accountant
Derek Hurd	....	key craft service
Jerrold McKinley Ivery	....	assistant post-production accountant
Nancy Karlin	....	script supervisor
Wendi Laski	....	unit publicist
Jonathan Loughran	....	assistant: Mr. Sandler
Joseph Malone	....	choreographer
Lynne Martin	....	production assistant
Terrence Martin	....	assistant production coordinator
Edward Mazurek	....	key assistant location manager
Michael Neale	....	location manager (as Michael E. Neale)
Rhonda Reznick	....	assistant production accountant
Page Rosenberg-Marvin	....	production coordinator
Jana Sandler	....	production assistant
Jessica Erin Scully	....	production secretary
B.J. Smith	....	set medic (as BJ Smith)
Brenda Taylor	....	production assistant
Eli Wolstan	....	assistant: Mr. Giarraputo

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Happy Madison Productions
• Robert Simonds Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures
• Columbia TriStar Film
• Columbia TriStar Films (France)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (Argentina)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (Spain)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Film Permits Unlimited  location permits
• Legacy Records  soundtrack
• Sony Music Soundtrax  soundtrack

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:

Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:L | New Zealand:M | Netherlands:AL | 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 scene in which Joe, while working at the quarter toss booth at the carnival, sprays the plates down with PAM is a reference to his 1998 stand-up special Take The Hit in which he joked about trying to make a quarter land on a plate sprayed with PAM at a carnival.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Joe Dirt is standing outside his parent's abandoned house at night there is a porch light on.

Quotes:

Joe Dirt: Turn it up

Movie Connections:

References "Dallas" (1978)

Soundtrack:

That Smell

Surprisingly enjoyable

I braced myself for yet another film with low grade humour, plenty of bodily function jokes and not enough plot to go around.

Well, 'Joe Dirt' has all that and more... but surprisingly it turned out to be not half bad.

Perhaps the day of the preview caught me in a particularly good mood, because this story of a white trash loser searching for his parents who left him for dead at the Grand Canyon when he was eight was relatively enjoyable entertainment.

The movie is told primarily in flashback; Joe stumbles into the studio of a radio disc jockey who coaxes out of him his incredible life story. In the process Joe Dirt becomes a media darling as his story of woe and misfortune is heard by an ever sympathetic audience.

This is another movie which relies on the gross and disgusting to get its laughs; dogs balls stuck to the front porch, being covered in excrement, blowing up atom bombs, consumed by alligators and much much more!

The movie works for the most part because of David Spade's affable loser Joe Dirt. He plays a character that is not a 100 miles away from his 'Just Shoot Me' personna - a loveable idiot. He goes through life having all these setbacks - but he still maintains his positive outlook.

The movie does lag a bit at the three quarters mark, but this is a minor quibble for a film that does what is sets out to with a lot more style than its lamentable cousins.

A whole lotta fun

6 out of 10.