My Date with Drew (2004)

"If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul." - Drew Barrymore. Ever since the second grade when he first saw her in E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Brian Herzlinger has had a crush on ... See full summary »

Directors:

Jon Gunn, Brian Herzlinger,

Stars:

Drew Barrymore, John August, Stephanie Bedell

12 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Drew Barrymore	...	Herself
John August	...	Himself
Stephanie Bedell	...	Herself
Allison Burnett	...	Himself
Bill D'Elia	...	Himself
Kerry David	...	Herself
Sonya Dakar	...	Herself
George DelHoyo	...	Himself - Voice Trailer Guy
Dylan	...	Himself - Limo Driver
Corey Feldman	...	Himself
Ross Forooghi	...	Himself
Jon Gunn	...	Himself
Lisa Furst	...	Herself (as Lisa Gunn)
Lauren Hays	...	Herself
Brian Herzlinger	...	Himself

Storyline

"If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul." - Drew Barrymore. Ever since the second grade when he first saw her in E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Brian Herzlinger has had a crush on Drew Barrymore. Now, 20 years later he's decided to try to fulfill his lifelong dream by asking her for a date. There's one small problem: She's Drew Barrymore and he's, well, Brian Herzlinger, a broke 27-year-old aspiring filmmaker from New Jersey. But that doesn't stop Brian and his film school pals from doing everything they can think of to convince Barrymore to go out with him - and documenting their quest along the way. Equipped with a video camera they have to return to Circuit City in 30 days and the $1,100 Brian won on a game show (where the winning answer was, prophetically, "Drew Barrymore"), they've got one month to accomplish their mission. To succeed, they'll need to negotiate an army of publicists, agents, producers and assistants who surround the star so Brian can pop the question. My ...

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Plot Keywords:

date | crush | video camera | four word title | personal quest | 

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Taglines:

30 days, $1100, For an Ordinary Guy to Get a Date with Drew Barrymore

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Website

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 September 2005 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Dating Drew

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,100 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$32,562 (Hong Kong) (16 June 2006)

Gross:

$32,562 (Hong Kong) (16 June 2006)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lucky Crow Films, Rusty Bear Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

After the film was promoted with a disastrous internet spamming campaign that became increasingly abusive, the film has been cited by the authors of The Guerrila Filmmaker's Handbook as a textbook case of how not to launch a no-budget internet marketing campaign.

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Quotes

Bill D'Elia: When I was 27, my big dream was world peace- not Drew Barrymore.

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Connections

Referenced in The Drew Crew: On the Road to Hollywood (2006)

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Soundtracks

" (I'd Have It All) If I Had Drew"
Performed by Tony DeSare
Composed by Tony DeSare and Michael Lee
Courtesy of Beeber Songs and Ceti Alpha V Music

User Reviews

Great training video for wannabee stalkers

Proof that anyone with a video camera and enough desire can compete with the big boys. It's good to see that any schlub can now get his message out there rather than all the power in the hands of the elite. That being said, why anyone would have such a fixation on a human being they hardly know was disturbing. I'm glad that Drew Barrymore didn't seemed bothered by it, maybe she was relieved as she might have felt this guy wasn't a potential danger to her after meeting him. Watching him trying to get into shape in the time he had was ridiculous. A major problem I had with the movie though was I couldn't tell if the main character was gay or not, which created a lot of distracting dissonance.