An uncanny Presidential lookalike named Dave is recruited by the Secret Service to become a momentary stand-in for the President of the United States.An uncanny Presidential lookalike named Dave is recruited by the Secret Service to become a momentary stand-in for the President of the United States.An uncanny Presidential lookalike named Dave is recruited by the Secret Service to become a momentary stand-in for the President of the United States.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total
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- TriviaAlthough the plot of this movie is largely fantasy, there was an actual instance in U.S. history of a president's administration covering up the extent of his stroke and debilitation and instead allowing an unelected non-politician to govern in his place after his incapacity. In the autumn of 1919, about two years into Woodrow Wilson's second term, he suffered a stroke that left him semi-paralyzed, partly blind, and mentally incapacitated to an extent that is, a century later, still not completely known. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment (which establishes the procedures for responding to a presidential incapacity) had not yet been ratified. Instead of Wilson simply resigning and passing the presidency to his vice-president, Thomas R. Marshall, what happened instead was that the extent of Wilson's illness was kept secret, and Wilson's second wife, Edith, started running the executive branch of the U.S. government in the president's place.
- GoofsIn the opening scene when the president's helicopter lands and President Mitchell disembarks, the engine is running and the rotors are spinning. The president is never allowed to enter or leave the aircraft while the rotors are in motion.
- Quotes
Dave: If you've ever seen the look on somebody's face the day they finally get a job, I've had some experience with this, they look like they could fly. And its not about the paycheck, it's about respect, it's about looking in the mirror and knowing that you've done something valuable with your day. And if one person could start to feel this way, and then another person, and then another person, soon all these other problems may not seem so impossible. You don't really know how much you can do, until you stand up and decide to really try.
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(1958)
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Performed by Elvis Presley
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Music
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- Дейв
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- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $63,270,710
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,306,755
- May 9, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $63,270,710
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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