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 | snowed in | snowplow | weather | snow | 

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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:

Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,331,819, 13 February 2000, Wide Release

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

This is actually the second movie in which Chevy Chase goes down a snow covered hill screaming out of control, while people around him are enjoying the same hill. The same thing happened to him in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), albeit at a much faster speed.

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Goofs

When Lane skates over to Hal, she comes from the other direction than where she was standing.

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Quotes

Lane Leonard: [knocking on the door] Mr. Zellweger, please!
Mr. Zellweger: Whats the problem?
Lane Leonard: Mr. Zellwegar, i tried to stop her i really tried!
Mr. Zellweger: Stop who from doing what?
Lane Leonard: "Al Martino bites the big one". thats what she wrote. On the bathroom wall. Some weird girl with a dog collar, and a snake tatoo on her face!
Mr. Zellweger: WHAT KIND OF SICKO?

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Connections

References It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

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Soundtracks

There She Goes
Written by Lee Mavers
Performed by Sixpence None the Richer
Courtesy of Squint Entertainment

User Reviews

Very dumb, even for kids

I saw Snow Day not expecting too much, but getting even less than I thought. It is a incredibly stupid, unfunny and almost saddening kids movie (any movie where they have the great punk man Iggy Pop into classical music and wearing a neckbrace is a sacrilege). The film follows a kid (Mark Webber) who wants a popular girl (who is one of the hottest real teen girls I've seen in a while) on a day when all the schools are closed. Not the worst romantic plot, but with kids fighting against a maniacal snowplowman who is embodied by a overacted Chris Elliot. A terrible movie which kids could like or hate depending though the parents are definate, which if you think is helped by7 Chevy Chase should sometime rent Caddyshack or Vacation. D