See Spot Run (2001)

A mailman takes care of a dog that, unbeknownst to him, is an FBI drug-sniffing superdog that has escaped from the witness protection program after becoming the target of an assassination.

Director:

John Whitesell

Writers:

George Gallo (screenplay), Gregory Poirier (screenplay),

Stars:

David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Arquette	...	Gordon
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Murdoch
Leslie Bibb	...	Stephanie
Joe Viterelli	...	Gino
Angus T. Jones	...	James
Steve Schirripa	...	Arliss (as Steven R. Schirripa)
Anthony Anderson	...	Benny
Paul Sorvino	...	Sonny Talia
Kim Hawthorne	...	Cassavettes
Kavan Smith	...	Ricky
Peter Bryant	...	Cop
Fiona Hogan	...	Cop
Roger Haskett	...	Michaels
Fulvio Cecere	...	Lawyer
Stephen E. Miller	...	Danvers

Storyline

A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.

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Plot Keywords:

witness protection | mailman | dog | underwear | watching tv | 

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Taglines:

The Smart One Isn't Wearing Any Pants.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for crude humor, language and comic violence

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros.

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English American Sign Language

Release Date:

2 March 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Spot

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£253,876 (UK) (25 May 2001)

Gross:

ESP 20,529,105 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character Benny, played by Anthony Anderson, originally had one line in the film. The director decided that Gordon needed someone to talk to, so they increased the role of Benny.

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Goofs

When James refuses to eat, the cereal box changes places between shots.

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Quotes

[Gordon attempts to get Starchild's attention by squeezing a dog toy in her face; but to no avail]
Gordon: Hello? What's the matter, cat got your tongue?

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Crazy Credits

In the closing credits, J.B. Bivens' character is misspelled as "Desk Sargent".

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Connections

References E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Can't Smile Without You"
Written by Chris Arnold, David Martin and Geoff Morrow
Performed by Barry Manilow
Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Surprisingly Entertaining and Funny

As a child I loved watching this movie and regarded it as one of my favourites, though recently I watched it again it was actually a delight to watch, the jokes are quite varied and usually funny, the slapstick style of humour can get a bit dry at times as David Arquettes keeps running into mishaps.

The storyline it self is relatively boring and generic though this does not mean it cant be an enjoyable experience, the humour (especially for a kids movie) is spot on (get it? spot on?... anyway) and surprisingly the acting is not the worst, in my honest opinion it is underrated sometimes due to it's relatively not well known cast.

Definitely a movie I would recommend.