Snow Day (2000)

When a school in upstate New York is snowed in, a group of students hi-jack a plow to keep the school closed.

Director:

Chris Koch

Writers:

Will McRobb, Chris Viscardi

Stars:

Chevy Chase, Mark Webber, Schuyler Fisk

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Elliott	...	Snowplowman
Mark Webber	...	Hal Brandston
Jean Smart	...	Laura Brandston
Schuyler Fisk	...	Lane Leonard
Iggy Pop	...	Mr. Zellweger
Pam Grier	...	Tina
John Schneider	...	Chad Symmonz
Chevy Chase	...	Tom Brandston
Zena Grey	...	Natalie Brandston
Josh Peck	...	Wayne Alworth
Jade Yorker	...	Chet Felker
Damian Young	...	Principal Weaver
Connor Matheus	...	Randy Brandston
J. Adam Brown	...	Bill Korn
Emmanuelle Chriqui	...	Claire Bonner

Storyline

When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensure that the schools stay closed by stopping a mechanical snowplow driver by trying to hijack his plow truck. Meanwhile, Natalie's big brother Hal is using this day to try to win the affections of Claire Bonner, the most popular girl in his high school, while Hal and Natalie's father Tom, a TV meteorologist, faces off against a rival meteorologist for weather coverage of the day's events.

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Plot Keywords:

meteorologist | child fighting an adult | unruly child | child driving a truck | snowed in | 

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Taglines:

Roads closed. Schools shut. Rules were made to be frozen!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for brief mild peril and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 February 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Un día de nieve

Filming Locations:

Galaxie Diner, 1413 11 St SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,331,819, 13 February 2000

Gross USA:

$60,020,107

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$62,464,731

Company Credits

Production Co:

MFF Feature Film Productions, New Faction Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The name of Snowplowman (Chris Elliott), is Rodger Stubblefield.

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Goofs

Near the 45 minute mark, after the Snowplow runs into a gray Plymouth Reliant, you can clearly see a CAA (Canadian Auto Association) sticker on the trunk. When the camera cuts back to a closer angle, you can see that the sticker has been peeled off. Obviously the producers didn't want the audience noticing the CAA sticker, which would be a dead giveaway that this movie was filmed in Canada.

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Quotes

Tom Brandston: You're a fraud.
Chad Symmonz: And you're a joke, Tom.

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Crazy Credits

The Nickelodeon Movies bumper has the man out in the snow with his dog shoveling. He again falls to the ground when the Nickelodeon logo collapsed his house

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: The Beach/Snow Day/Holy Smoke (2000)

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Soundtracks

Love Letters
Written by Edward Heyman & Victor Young
Performed by Al Martino
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

User Reviews

Ferris Bueller's Day Off for the Pre-Teen set

This movie is "Ferris Buellier's Day Off" meets "American Grafitti" for the pre-teen set. It has no main plot, instead, it has several plots, like "Amiercan Grafitti", each plot focusing on a perticular kid. It has the light-hearted, anything can happen today, of "Ferris". Also like "Ferris", it takes place during the day.

If you are looking for a high-class intellecutal movie to watch at night, don't rent this. But if you are looking for a movie to watch with the kids in the afternoon, this is the movie. It is not the best movie ever made, but kids will like it.